The good news is that once Michelle Williams escaped the tyranny of a Louis Vuitton contract, she….well, she still looked very Michelle Williams-y, but overall it was quite successful. She and stylist Kate Young must have felt so free! Let’s take a gander back at what she wore throughout what I’m calling The Awards Season Where She Was Consistently Nominated But We All Knew She Wasn’t Winning.

[Photos: David Fisher/Shutterstock, CraSH/imageSPACE/Shutterstock, David Fisher/Shutterstock for SAG Awards, Rob Latour/Shutterstock, Broadimage/Shutterstock, AFF-USA/Shutterstock, Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock, Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock, Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock]