The Best and the Worst of the Emmys Red Carpet
By Ani Bundel
The Best
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Kristen Bell attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Kristen Bell in Zuhair Murad. It’s flawless. It’s floral, it’s pattern, it’s not a safe shape or color, and it’s a stunner.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Sophie Turner attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AXN)
On the other end of the spectrum, Sophie Turner in a completely safe choice from Valentino. (What not, it works for Gwen Christie!) And yet it’s one of the best things she’s worn.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Viola Davis (R) and Julius Tennon attend the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Viola Davis got her husband to match his bow tie to her Marchesa gown. Now that’s relationship goals.
Laverne Cox arrives for the 68th Emmy Awards on September 18, 2016 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. / AFP / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Laverne Cox heard Beyonce was coming, and dressed to match. (Good thing she did too, since Beyonce did not walk the red carpet.)
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Constance Wu attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Constance Wu in J.Mendel. How to both wear the safety color of black and totally stand out.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Sarah Hyland attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Sarah Hyland in Monique Lhuillier. She’s taking a page from the Emma Watson school of skinny tux pants under a gown skirt. It works.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Taraji P. Henson attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
There was a lot of yellow this evening, but Taraji Henson’s Vera Wang take on it was my favorite of the night.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Niecy Nash attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Christian Siriano is continuing his commitment to dressing women of all sizes and getting them on the best dressed list. Tonight his main benfitiary was Neicy Nash.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Gwendoline Christie attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
I assume this is Giles? (Gwen Christie’s people didn’t put out who she was wearing ahead of time, but it looks very Giles-ish.) I just love that it doesn’t overwhelm her, and it works with her instead.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Rounding out the Top Ten, Tracee Ellis Ross, looking statuesque in Ralph Lauren. Flawless.