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Much like the awards show itself, the fashion at the 2009 Emmy Awards was a snooze. Sure there were some daring color choices and some interesting silhouettes, but no one really took a risk. Everyone played it safe. And safe is boring!
I’ll start with the good looks from the night, I guess, even though none of them were particularly exciting. They just happened to do a little better than the stars who fell flat on their faces. Leighton Meester, Chloë Sevigny and January Jones looked white hot in their white gowns. Each lady put a different spin on white, which was nice. Not revolutionary, but nice. Leighton did so in her Bottega Veneta gown with knots on the shoulders. Chloë wore a one-shoulder sheer white gown with teeny black polka dots. And January, who I think was probably the best-dressed of the night, wore a long strapless gown with a cut-out bodice.
Other ladies who turned it out were Sandra Oh in a gold strapless Marchesa number, Ginnifer Goodwin in a bright purple Yves Saint Laurent dress and new short hairdo and Guys’ Choice Olivia Wilde in an ethereal silvery Marchesa gown. The ladies of Grey Gardens (my all-time favorite Drew Barrymore and the saucy Jessica Lang) also looked gorgeous. I think Drew might actually be aging backwards as she looked more fresh and young in her blush-color tulle gown than she did when she was a teen. And Jessica Lang looked confident and sexy in her teal Zac Posen dress.
Host Neil Patrick Harris looked pretty foxy in his white satin tux jacket and black pants. And, Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul pulled a Ryan Gosling by showing up in a three-piece gray suit. But it looked sexy, so rock on!
Hmm….and then there were the fashion failures. Oh, Christina Applegate! I love you, but what was with that heavy blue satin dress with that sequin cumber bun? It made her look twenty years older. It was awful. And, John Cryer, who won for his role on Two and a Half Men, if you are nominated for an award, consider putting on a tuxedo and not a stripped sweater under a suit jacket. Hayden Panettiere looked like a CIT (Cougar in Training). Her dress, hair and makeup all made her look like an older desperate cougar on the prowl. But the worst is yet to come…
Victoria Rowell, some soap opera actress I’ve never heard of, showed up in what looked like a homemade strapless dress with President Obama’s face all over it. It seriously looked like she went down to Micheal’s, got a couple yards of Obama fabric and pinned it on herself two minutes before she showed up on the red carpet. Honey, he already won the election. You’re about a year late with your big political statement.
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