Reds, blues, even neutral colors fill Emmys’ red carpet
Lena Dunham showed up for the Emmys in an awkward pink confection, and Kerry Washington went for a bright-orange dress with dark sparkle peeking out from underneath, but it was the reds and blues that dominated the carpet yesterday. And neutrals, too.
On Team Red were best actress in a comedy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who looked a bit pinched in a tight Carolina Herrera, and Christina Hendricks in a gaudy, one-shoulder Marchesa with yards and yards of draping fabric, loud floral embroidery at the waist and a plunging neckline. Homeland star Claire Danes wore a vermillion embellished Givenchy dress, and Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco opted for a strapless Monique Lhuillier with pink floral motifs.
“Red is a vibrant, easy way for celebrities to wear colors that we’ve seen in fashion over the past year,” said Eric Wilson, fashion-news director of InStyle magazine.
Julia Roberts, at 46, had fashion observers near speechless as she showed off her legs in a bubbly beaded mini in deep blue.
Keke Palmer, of The Trip to Bountiful, wowed in a blue cobalt trumpet-shaped gown from Rubin Singer. Layers of fabric skimmed the gown, and a structured strapless bodice was cut in a deep V.
Baby bumps represented. Hayden Panettiere (who announced it’s a girl) lovingly stroked her belly in a metallic fitted gown. Amanda Peet, pregnant with her third child, was in an unfortunate, empire-waisted floral.
Washington bucked the color trend in fitted orange Prada with a high slit and beaded front pleats.
“I saw it hanging there, and I knew it was a contender,” she said. “I threw it on during a lunch break when I was shooting Scandal and fell in love.”
Sofia Vergara, always a red-carpet stunner, went for a more classic look in a fitted white Roberto Cavalli gown with a space-agey bodice that showed less of her cleavage than usual.
Allison Janney, who won best supporting actress in a comedy for herMom role, looked anything but: Her velvet magenta gown by Nicolas Jebran seriously hugged her in all the right places.
“I love this dress because it makes me look like I have the tiniest waist. I put this on, and everyone was like, ‘Done!’ ”
Janney, a Masters of Sex cast member as well, said she settled on the dress after trying on 30, and her publicist had brought a rack of 200 over to her home.
“Beyonce wore this designer last night,” she bragged. “So I’m on point.”
Taylor Schilling of Orange is the New Black wore a lighter-than-air, pale halter gown with subtle sparkle.
“I enjoy a nice non-color,” Schilling joked on the E channel. “It just felt sort of timeless."
Fellow cast member Uzo Aduba was in strapless red. She has been having big fun in fashion since the Netflix show has grown popular. Earlier this month, she won a Creative Arts Emmy for her role as Crazy Eyes.
“I wanted something beautiful,” she said of her custom Christian Siriano.
Robin Wright of House of Cards decided against a dress. She wore a Ralph Lauren Collection custom silk jumpsuit in cream with a tuxedo-style front and wide-open back to her waist.
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