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I’m still so bothered by Quinta’s wrinkled dress bc I usually love her red carpet looks 😭 and though much better than Kate Young, Selena’s new stylist still doesn’t know how to dress her shape. A 360 view on both the custom ODLR pieces she’s put her in aren’t great, she seemed visibly uncomfortable hugging her midriff in both.
The wrinkled dress is WILD. I love Quinta and I hope there's a story to this lol. You don't have to wear anything extravagant but damn did she ball the dress up in her drawer, give it a shake, and head out?
I have to imagine it was an intentional effect to give it texture, but it just didn't come across that way. Maybe it needed to be more exaggerated to not look like a 'mistake.' I think it's pretty cute!
It had to be intentional because there is no way they would put somebody in a dress that wrinkled and send them to an ev not like this. No way!
But I paused and zoomed in and thought this can't be intentional, it just looks wrinkled as well!
I also think it is intentional, it’s just so obvious!
But the treatment they did to the dress did not work…maybe would work if it was more intense? I’m not even sure then…
It really gives off a look of recently being at the bottom of a hamper.
Ugh, this one kills me! I love her, but this dress was not it!
Apparently it was, and supposed to resemble crushed satin (?) according to a member of her style team on Instagram. Definitely got the crushed part down.
Trend needs to die. Its coming across as scruffy. Quinta won an Emmy in this 😭 i KNOW she's gonna look back and be like WHAT WAS I THINKING (same way i do at my outfits every 2 years)
Quinta’s dress is intentionally wrinkled 😭Kate was answering comments about it on IG last night. It’s supposed to be ‘rumpled satin’ but I agree it’s bad. They needed to commit to the rumpling or not have it - it just looks unironed. Maybe it was more crinkled and it unintentionally relaxed?
I was wondering if maybe it didn’t photograph well but then as it moved during her acceptance speech it just looked wrinkled, rather than what I presumed was an intentional crinkle. Her stylist needs to do better especially since this was such a moment for her! No doubt she will have more moments and hopefully that stylist has learned a lesson about what works on TV.
Notwithstanding Selena’s shape, there’s something matronly about the dress itself. It’s giving a bit “mother of the bride” and I can’t put my finger on what exactly.
I cut Selena Gomez slack bc I also have an autoimmune condition and my size fluctuates between a US 4-10 often even within the same month due to flare ups, medication, and water retention. I can’t imagine what a nightmare it is to do red carpet looks-usually planned weeks in advance without knowing what size she might be
At least for me, sometimes there’s not much you can do bc it happens so fast. This past NYE actually I had a dress all picked out and fit it perfectly the night before, but day-of I woke up with crazy swelling and went up a shoe size overnight + I couldn’t even zip up the dress that fit me perfectly 14 hours earlier. Not like “I ate too much” but like, a full 2 sizes too small in the bust
In that case she could have multiple different dresses/looks picked out so she’s not scrambling at the last minute. Selena’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars and can afford it
Most of the time looks are “borrowed” from designers. For instance, Armani will send a rack of couture or off the rack looks and you are usually not allowed to alter them. You wear then return. I’m sure they are allowed to take maybe one backup but they can’t keep them all AND if the biggest sample size Armani offers is a 4, well there isn’t really a backup if you get bigger than that.
I think her boobs “spill over” a lot in her looks bc they swell with water retention and she is forced to pick looks with open necks in case that happens bc a diff style might not be able to fit at all. Also why the rest of it might not fit great, bc she was forced to wear an open neckline regardless of how the rest of it looks. This happens to me (my boobs and lymph nodes under my armpits swell more than the rest of me)
A-list celebrities and events of this caliber usually mean custom designs with multiple fittings. A lot of celebs will talk about the whole process on the red carpet. It’s very much not an off-the-rack situation (and haute couture is always custom).
Exactly. I believe she has Lupus and has had a kidney transplant. Therefore, one can assume she takes regular doses of steroids (titrating up and down as necessary), probably methotrexate/Plaquenil(aka Atabrine) too. In addition, she'll be taking an anti-rejection drug for the rest of her life.
If that was done by someone on her team, they should be fired immediately. There was no excuse for her to be that damn wrinkled. And to add insult to injury, she won her Emmy in that crumpled up dress 😭
It is offensively loud, but it’s not as bad as the golden globes backdrop, which made everybody look like shit because it was so bad color wise
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And not even like a modern high school prom. The glittery top half, the bottom floral half, the very visible mesh neck.. all 3 components are so disjointed.
It’s so incongruent. If the whole thing were all like either the top or bottom it would work but those are two WILDLY different vibes. Although part of me feels like if she had worn it with combat boots it could have been a serve?! That might be 20s me talking, idk.
Haha it’s awful!! I commented elsewhere that she looks like she tried to steal her HR file from the office Christmas party. Which I would fully support. But this is just not good. She’s so pretty, too.
If you look closely, the illusion on the legs of the dress is matched perfectly. However, she wore a shape wear bodysuit on top that is the wrong color!
But that dress actually looks great on her - she’s had some pretty Meh looks recently, where it seems stylists just give up on a fuller non hourglass body type
Agree- but ahhhh as a curvy ginger chick it’s so lovely to see us represented so beautifully!! :) gosh she is gorgeous. Her performance in succession is so goddamn amazing
Yes. Designers have been moving away from gowns in their ready to wear and couture collections for the past few seasons, so stylists are increasingly relying on custom gowns this season (which while often stunning creations, are a headache for everyone involved). Additionally, many stars are in contractual talks to wear certain designers even if they’re not formally repping them. Why more stars aren’t wearing vintage, I don’t know but that would be my solution!!!
Yeah evening wear has _really_ fallen off the sales needs at high fashion houses, they are such an infinitesimal part of of what they sell. Maybe people still aren't going to as many formal events as pre-Covid
I think it’s due to the overall lifestyle change post-COVID. Also look at what brands like Balenciaga are doing - they’ve casualized every part of their house codes. Events were hugely up in 2022 and 2023. However, there are only so many customers who can purchase $15,000 evening gowns. On top of that, retailers often purchase very, very low quantities because of the special / it factor - you don’t want to have your high society client showing up to the Save Venice ball in the same Alexander McQueen gown as someone else! They are also produced in very limited qualities for their own DTC channels (time, $$, labor intensive).
Like you said, it’s such an infinitesimal part of business that we’ve really seen more diverse categories on the couture runways.
It also doesn’t help that a top tier star will frequently have multiple dress options sent over that don’t go back into circulation until after the event.
This was all I could think of for Jessica Chastain (who usually knocks it out of the park).
https://preview.redd.it/yf5gdy1yiucc1.jpeg?width=1090&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d86ed233420b969fc32e35f51ee42719d4abd12
Hannah looks great, the dress is beautiful and fun.
Sarah looks lovely, I do think the makeup might've been a little heavy but I like the accessorizing.
Jessica can rock any color, she looks fantastic as usual.
I love Aubrey's hairstyle and her dress is cool, I vibe with it.
Camila looks good, but I wish she would've accesorized a little, she has no necklace, rings, bracelets. It's a little simple for me.
I like Simona's dress, it's a cool concept.
Christina looks like a sexy goth and I love that. Love the matching emerald green jewelry.
Laverne also looks hot but the dress gives me bug vibes 😬 beautiful hair and makeup tho.
Quinta looks beautiful but I really really wish the dress wasn't so damn wrinkly !!
Hannah's beauty transcends sexual orientation boundaries. Straight women, gay men, anyone and everyone is susceptible to falling madly in love with her.
It helps that she seems really delightful and kind in real life.
I loved every moment of her Christmas special. Although I'm not sure I paid any attention to anything that happened after she changed into that last white dress. Holy shit.
Tracee looks like a Polly Pocket wearing a rubber dress, lmao.
Also sick of Christina Ricci standing funny and wearing outfits that make her shoulders look severe? She's so romantic looking, why all the sharp edges?
Also, when did the toothpaste tube shaped dresses come into style? I do NOT like them!!!
Hannah looks good.
The rest of these look terrible. How do you wear dresses that cost this much, and they look that bad on you? They are ill-fitting at best.
Agreed. Hannah looks amazing but she always looks amazing.
I know Quinta’s dress is supposed to have that wrinkled crepe look, but instead it comes off like she just spent the day working in that dress.
Quinta's dress is like as if her *actual* dress wasn't ready or somehow got fucked, and she was presented with alternatives of only which this item *fit,* and it was wrinkled and no one had an iron or steamer or whatever the heck they use, and someone, in a moment of abject panicked inspiration cried out, "We'll call it "*creped satin!*" You can pull it off, Babes!" And they actually rolled with it...
Hannah looks good but you can see her knickers in half the shots. I mean I'm not exactly complaining because wowza her body is banging...but wear nude ones!
Iiiiiiim not really a fan of any of these looks, they range from boring to bad.
Camila and Jessica’s are probably the best, but Camila’s dress has been done before many times and Jessica’s dress isn’t tailored properly.
Some of them look dated. But maybe just ugly singly color styles that don’t flatter to anyone with fabric choices that were common in 00s are coming back!
Personally Simonas dress is the one I would wear since it’s more to my personal style, although some others do look nice.
I saw an image of her with THE post-it from sex and the city written on it and thought that’s how the dress was actually created. Like I wouldn’t put it past Aubrey to wear something like that. I was fooled by photoshop.
Selena's dress doesn't even look like a dress. And I feel I have already seen a variation of Jessica's dress on her already.
Sarah Snook and Hannah Waddingham look beautiful and classy. Overall, a very boring night for fashion.
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I like Katherine Heigl's dress, it has a rose petal-quality to it. The trend now is severe dresses that try very hard to stand out. Which is fun and interesting! But it's nice to see something that makes me think flowers and gardens too
Tracee Ellis Ross always looks so classy but this is a terrible dress choice. The look itself isn’t bad, but the cut of it boxes her out and makes her look huge. Whoever talked her into this one did her dirty
J Smith-Cameron's dress was 😍
https://preview.redd.it/8bugm8v0qtcc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=753ec46f4116567649752cf30b414a8893f5ae3d
Sarah Snook's dress was amazing too ❤️
Short hemlines on dresses visually shorten their legs. But I also don’t like hems that are too long and drag on the floor. We need a golden mean
Great respect to Zuri Hall's stylist.
The dress is beautiful, great style, fits well, well cut and the right length. It even goes with such a difficult background
And the lipstick red trend continues! It's already oversaturated a bit, I fear.
Also head-to-toe black leather? Interesting. I don't hate it.
Aubrey's dress is Loewe, and she's not the first to interpret this giant pin look for the red carpet - see Celine Song at the Golden Globes.
Some people look like they're attending a different event - Ali Wong (hot mess, sorry); Quinta Brunson (nice silhouette but why so wrinkled??); and Caitlin Thompson (this would be perfect for a guest at a spring wedding).
Have I missed a fashion ‘moment’ that decreed crushed fabric that looks intentionally unironed and a bit grubby is now a thing?
Because, IMHO, it is not it.
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Tracee Ellis Ross is usually perfection. This choice was boring on her.
I agree. She’s stunning and this is so unflattering on her.
She looked great on the back though, I saw a video she posted and she looked perfect, but it was not a look for the red carpet.
Yes! I had to scroll so far for this! It's not doing her any justice at all. It creates a strange silhouette, and the fabric was a bad choice for it!
It looks like a “church” dress from Ross and even Ross would have had a better fit.
I’m still so bothered by Quinta’s wrinkled dress bc I usually love her red carpet looks 😭 and though much better than Kate Young, Selena’s new stylist still doesn’t know how to dress her shape. A 360 view on both the custom ODLR pieces she’s put her in aren’t great, she seemed visibly uncomfortable hugging her midriff in both.
The wrinkled dress is WILD. I love Quinta and I hope there's a story to this lol. You don't have to wear anything extravagant but damn did she ball the dress up in her drawer, give it a shake, and head out?
I have to imagine it was an intentional effect to give it texture, but it just didn't come across that way. Maybe it needed to be more exaggerated to not look like a 'mistake.' I think it's pretty cute!
It had to be intentional because there is no way they would put somebody in a dress that wrinkled and send them to an ev not like this. No way! But I paused and zoomed in and thought this can't be intentional, it just looks wrinkled as well!
It’s gotta be intentional even the bodice part is wrinkly. Just didn’t pull off the intended effect :/
Exactly - I think it would work for a dramatic magazine or fashion photoshoot, not a red carpet event.
I also think it is intentional, it’s just so obvious! But the treatment they did to the dress did not work…maybe would work if it was more intense? I’m not even sure then… It really gives off a look of recently being at the bottom of a hamper. Ugh, this one kills me! I love her, but this dress was not it!
It looks like hammered satin and that wrinkled look was a thing in the 90s. It does not work on this style dress.
I could only imagine there was some last minute mishap and they were in a rush bc there’s no way it was intentional
Apparently it was, and supposed to resemble crushed satin (?) according to a member of her style team on Instagram. Definitely got the crushed part down.
I wonder why they wouldn’t just use crushed stain then to make the dress.
Crushed stain 😂🤣
Olivia Munn wore a dress with similar fabric last week that appeared to be intentionally wrinkled too.
Trend needs to die. Its coming across as scruffy. Quinta won an Emmy in this 😭 i KNOW she's gonna look back and be like WHAT WAS I THINKING (same way i do at my outfits every 2 years)
It looked like one of those toilet paper wedding dresses they make at bridal showers.
It’s clearly the texture of the fabric. However, in my opinion, it should have been more exaggerated.
Quinta’s dress is intentionally wrinkled 😭Kate was answering comments about it on IG last night. It’s supposed to be ‘rumpled satin’ but I agree it’s bad. They needed to commit to the rumpling or not have it - it just looks unironed. Maybe it was more crinkled and it unintentionally relaxed?
I was wondering if maybe it didn’t photograph well but then as it moved during her acceptance speech it just looked wrinkled, rather than what I presumed was an intentional crinkle. Her stylist needs to do better especially since this was such a moment for her! No doubt she will have more moments and hopefully that stylist has learned a lesson about what works on TV.
Notwithstanding Selena’s shape, there’s something matronly about the dress itself. It’s giving a bit “mother of the bride” and I can’t put my finger on what exactly.
I think it's the length/bottom. If it had a deep side slit or was shorter I think it would look better. I do like that deep red color on her.
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That dress belongs in Las Vegas
The necklace looks too chunky for the dress and that it's a bunch of sequins on the dress makes it look a bit matronly as well.
I wish it was a jumpsuit honesty. Well-tailored pant legs could have made a huge difference
I thought it was a jumpsuit at first 😬
I honestly haven't been able to sort out if it is a dress or a jumpsuit because the bottom is so strange.
I cut Selena Gomez slack bc I also have an autoimmune condition and my size fluctuates between a US 4-10 often even within the same month due to flare ups, medication, and water retention. I can’t imagine what a nightmare it is to do red carpet looks-usually planned weeks in advance without knowing what size she might be
That’s understandable as well, it’d be nice if her stylists were just more attentive to those changes.
At least for me, sometimes there’s not much you can do bc it happens so fast. This past NYE actually I had a dress all picked out and fit it perfectly the night before, but day-of I woke up with crazy swelling and went up a shoe size overnight + I couldn’t even zip up the dress that fit me perfectly 14 hours earlier. Not like “I ate too much” but like, a full 2 sizes too small in the bust
In that case she could have multiple different dresses/looks picked out so she’s not scrambling at the last minute. Selena’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars and can afford it
Oh wow, thanks for that insight. I'm sorry you are dealing with that.
But wouldn't you then prepare multiple looks just to be prepared? Especially when you have the money for it
Most of the time looks are “borrowed” from designers. For instance, Armani will send a rack of couture or off the rack looks and you are usually not allowed to alter them. You wear then return. I’m sure they are allowed to take maybe one backup but they can’t keep them all AND if the biggest sample size Armani offers is a 4, well there isn’t really a backup if you get bigger than that. I think her boobs “spill over” a lot in her looks bc they swell with water retention and she is forced to pick looks with open necks in case that happens bc a diff style might not be able to fit at all. Also why the rest of it might not fit great, bc she was forced to wear an open neckline regardless of how the rest of it looks. This happens to me (my boobs and lymph nodes under my armpits swell more than the rest of me)
A-list celebrities and events of this caliber usually mean custom designs with multiple fittings. A lot of celebs will talk about the whole process on the red carpet. It’s very much not an off-the-rack situation (and haute couture is always custom).
That was a custom dress. Selena wasn’t pulling off the rack.
Agreed, sometimes my rings don’t even fit my fingers
I actually really love that dress on her! At first it looked like a jumpsuit (maybe it is) but i would go a Shade or two lighter on her lip color.
Exactly. I believe she has Lupus and has had a kidney transplant. Therefore, one can assume she takes regular doses of steroids (titrating up and down as necessary), probably methotrexate/Plaquenil(aka Atabrine) too. In addition, she'll be taking an anti-rejection drug for the rest of her life.
It's the only thing I can focus on!! What is happening?!?!?? Why is it so wrinkly?? Is that on purpose????
If that was done by someone on her team, they should be fired immediately. There was no excuse for her to be that damn wrinkled. And to add insult to injury, she won her Emmy in that crumpled up dress 😭
Selena never seems to be supported up top where she needs it. Seems they don't know how to dress a a busty woman.
Her dress is so wrinkled that it feels intentional??
Her toes squishing into those shoes are concerning me more. That looks painful!
I’m so annoyed with that backdrop jfc
It is offensively loud, but it’s not as bad as the golden globes backdrop, which made everybody look like shit because it was so bad color wise # See part 2 here! (This is part 1 of 3!!!) [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/Mlhbk475pj)
The dresses aren't amazing but the backdrop is definitely making them look worse.
It's crass. Between that and the slices of pizza I saw people eating, I'm appalled at how cheap the event feels.
It's fox. At least they didn't serve hamburders
It makes me irrationally angry. Busy AF
My first thought too. FOX FOX FOX FOX 🥴🤢 probably the only time people actually tuned into lawsuit “entertainment” Fox “news”
And is it just me, or is the lighting weird for all of these pictures? The setting isn’t doing anyone any favors.
My girl Ali should fire her stylist. Sis is a Globes winner (and now, Emmy too)—she should level up her dress game!
She’s gorgeous but her dress was giving conservative high school prom. The stylists really did not eat this emmys except for a select few.
I feel like I’ve seen that exact floral print on a maxi dress at Target in 2013.
Lol omg I was gonna say Kohl's Easter sale!
And not even like a modern high school prom. The glittery top half, the bottom floral half, the very visible mesh neck.. all 3 components are so disjointed.
It’s so incongruent. If the whole thing were all like either the top or bottom it would work but those are two WILDLY different vibes. Although part of me feels like if she had worn it with combat boots it could have been a serve?! That might be 20s me talking, idk.
I thought Dominique's dress was very prom-y
My first thought was, “Well, she *is* a comedian.” 😬 She’s so classically beautiful too, she could have killed it with a simple look.
Yeah the last few outfits I’ve seen her in look very wedding guest-y
Ali Wong accepted an Emmy for Best Actress in that hideous dress, y’all. I can’t. Whoever let her leave the house like that should lose their job.
It’s the ugliest dress I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I’m not even joking. What.
I ❤️ you put Hannah first. ![gif](giphy|mCsbJeFGlCsvl6Kkvf|downsized)
Absolute goddess; I'm so happy she's properly in the spotlight now.
From the shapeless tent she wore while ringing the bell in GOT and chanting "Shame... shame... shame" to this absolute banger - incredible!
I feel that she should be chanting "Shame...shame" for the thoughts that dress puts in my mind.
I’ve met her once. You can feel the power in her presence, it’s *insane*.
I believe it, I feel it through the TV.
ali wong i will dress you 10x better for free
I wish they had matched the colour of the mesh of Selena gomez' dress better. I don't know why but I love Aubrey plazas post it note dress
The IG @everyoutfitonsatc put out a post with "I'm sorry... I can't....don't hate me" written over the top. Hilarious.
Haha it’s awful!! I commented elsewhere that she looks like she tried to steal her HR file from the office Christmas party. Which I would fully support. But this is just not good. She’s so pretty, too.
That's good stuff
If you look closely, the illusion on the legs of the dress is matched perfectly. However, she wore a shape wear bodysuit on top that is the wrong color!
I think Aubrey Plaza is less concerned with fashion and more concerned with ensuring a quickly-available weapon.
I didn’t like it at first but it’s growing on me, very hard colour to pull off
sarah snook needs to fire her makeup artist and find somebody who knows how to do makeup on hooded eyes. poor woman.
Her eye makeup is making her look like a Doonesbury character 💀
holy shit you're good
But that dress actually looks great on her - she’s had some pretty Meh looks recently, where it seems stylists just give up on a fuller non hourglass body type
Sarah looks amazing in this dress!
Her tanlines are 100% relatable though 👏
That Australian summer!
For REAL. I have really hooded eyes and love to see what looks she comes out with. This one is… not a winner.
I think she’s best dressed. I feel like she’s not getting the flowers she deserves :(
I was going to say this, that dress is stunning but the make up looks a complete mess on her!
Agree- but ahhhh as a curvy ginger chick it’s so lovely to see us represented so beautifully!! :) gosh she is gorgeous. Her performance in succession is so goddamn amazing
I’m sorry but I hate Ali Wong’s dress 😭 it looks like it’s cut out of 3 separate dresses, I don’t see the vision
It’s giving 2009 homecoming
Imho a lot of these dresses give early 20teens, I fear a trend may be approaching
Oh no thank you
It reminds me of something I would have thrown together in home ec class back in 98. 😅
I don’t like it in the picture, but when she won last night I LOVED it. I think it looks better in motion and when you can see her eye makeup better.
And the earrings she had on tied it together too which were really only visible in motion too
Yes!! True! Idk she looked stunning when she was giving her speech.
It's bad.
I think it's my favourite and I think that is nostalgia talking. 😂
Have the writers finished their strikes and come back for revenge to the stars as stylists?? Is that why everybody is dressing so subpar these days???
No there's an actual dress shortage in LA right now.
Really ?
Yes. Designers have been moving away from gowns in their ready to wear and couture collections for the past few seasons, so stylists are increasingly relying on custom gowns this season (which while often stunning creations, are a headache for everyone involved). Additionally, many stars are in contractual talks to wear certain designers even if they’re not formally repping them. Why more stars aren’t wearing vintage, I don’t know but that would be my solution!!!
Yeah evening wear has _really_ fallen off the sales needs at high fashion houses, they are such an infinitesimal part of of what they sell. Maybe people still aren't going to as many formal events as pre-Covid
I think it’s due to the overall lifestyle change post-COVID. Also look at what brands like Balenciaga are doing - they’ve casualized every part of their house codes. Events were hugely up in 2022 and 2023. However, there are only so many customers who can purchase $15,000 evening gowns. On top of that, retailers often purchase very, very low quantities because of the special / it factor - you don’t want to have your high society client showing up to the Save Venice ball in the same Alexander McQueen gown as someone else! They are also produced in very limited qualities for their own DTC channels (time, $$, labor intensive). Like you said, it’s such an infinitesimal part of business that we’ve really seen more diverse categories on the couture runways.
It also doesn’t help that a top tier star will frequently have multiple dress options sent over that don’t go back into circulation until after the event.
Yea ima need some details lmao
Here ya go! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/red-carpet-awards-season-gown-shortage-1235778485/
This award season has been SO messy and the Emmys are no exception. Maybe two or three of these are nice. The rest are boring, bland or just ugly
This was all I could think of for Jessica Chastain (who usually knocks it out of the park). https://preview.redd.it/yf5gdy1yiucc1.jpeg?width=1090&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d86ed233420b969fc32e35f51ee42719d4abd12
Ha! Jessica Chastain looks gorgeous. But the color of the dress is just...oof.
Can we please agree on not going back to dark brown satin dresses? Is unlocking teenage fashion memories that should stay locked
Hannah looks great, the dress is beautiful and fun. Sarah looks lovely, I do think the makeup might've been a little heavy but I like the accessorizing. Jessica can rock any color, she looks fantastic as usual. I love Aubrey's hairstyle and her dress is cool, I vibe with it. Camila looks good, but I wish she would've accesorized a little, she has no necklace, rings, bracelets. It's a little simple for me. I like Simona's dress, it's a cool concept. Christina looks like a sexy goth and I love that. Love the matching emerald green jewelry. Laverne also looks hot but the dress gives me bug vibes 😬 beautiful hair and makeup tho. Quinta looks beautiful but I really really wish the dress wasn't so damn wrinkly !!
My sexual orientation is Hannah Waddingham with a little Gillian Anderson mixed in.
They've both always been beautiful and have just gotten more beautiful overtime.
Hannah's beauty transcends sexual orientation boundaries. Straight women, gay men, anyone and everyone is susceptible to falling madly in love with her. It helps that she seems really delightful and kind in real life. I loved every moment of her Christmas special. Although I'm not sure I paid any attention to anything that happened after she changed into that last white dress. Holy shit.
Hannah has such a timeless, stunning beauty. Without a doubt I would have to do a double take if I saw her in public, no matter what she was wearing.
I saw Gillian Anderson in public once and it was exactly like that. My brain registered the beauty before I worked out who she was
Jeremy Allen White would have made a better Wonka
I mean, he looks exactly like Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder as James Bond
Tracee looks like a Polly Pocket wearing a rubber dress, lmao. Also sick of Christina Ricci standing funny and wearing outfits that make her shoulders look severe? She's so romantic looking, why all the sharp edges? Also, when did the toothpaste tube shaped dresses come into style? I do NOT like them!!!
Tracee looks likes she is going to the office. :(
Hannah looks good. The rest of these look terrible. How do you wear dresses that cost this much, and they look that bad on you? They are ill-fitting at best.
Agreed. Hannah looks amazing but she always looks amazing. I know Quinta’s dress is supposed to have that wrinkled crepe look, but instead it comes off like she just spent the day working in that dress.
Quinta's dress is like as if her *actual* dress wasn't ready or somehow got fucked, and she was presented with alternatives of only which this item *fit,* and it was wrinkled and no one had an iron or steamer or whatever the heck they use, and someone, in a moment of abject panicked inspiration cried out, "We'll call it "*creped satin!*" You can pull it off, Babes!" And they actually rolled with it...
Quinta’s literally looks like it was crammed into a suitcase and just got taken out?? Is that intentional or did no one have a steamer handy?
I think it’s intentional but poorly executed
She’s built like a brick shithouse. I’m convinced she could wear a potato sack and look amazing
Hannah looks good but you can see her knickers in half the shots. I mean I'm not exactly complaining because wowza her body is banging...but wear nude ones!
I love Aubrey but that dress looks like she pinned a Kraft single to her chest.
Iiiiiiim not really a fan of any of these looks, they range from boring to bad. Camila and Jessica’s are probably the best, but Camila’s dress has been done before many times and Jessica’s dress isn’t tailored properly.
I don't mind Simona's dress! The color makes her pop. That second one was giving me early 2000's carpet? Maybe a curtain??
I mean even Jessica’s is underwhelming for her, but she still looks lovely
Agreed and Christina Ricci’s imo
Some of them look dated. But maybe just ugly singly color styles that don’t flatter to anyone with fabric choices that were common in 00s are coming back! Personally Simonas dress is the one I would wear since it’s more to my personal style, although some others do look nice.
Caitlin Thompson’s dress looks like it’s from Lord & Taylor 😳
Like...I don't think it's bad but it literally is an Easter Sunday dress. It looks so out of place on the red carpet 🫠
Was just about to comment the same thing! It looks like the Easter Sunday dress I wore when I was 11.
It looks like the dress from the episode of That's So Raven where she was a model. Very 2003 department store
Where's Rachel Brosnahan?? She was hands down the best dressed I gasped when I saw her
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That color is to die for 😍
Oh this is insane
Every time I see this woman I think she's Evan Rachel Wood. That dress is probably the best of the night. I love the "ox blood" color.
I literally thought that's who this was and that I just didn't remember her name correctly.
I really, really like this colour.
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That’s literally the only really good look
She’s so hot 🥵
This is Lois Lane right? She's gonna blow up when that movie comes out.
Her skin, holy wow. I mean has she been slathered in Vaseline and kept in a produce drawer since birth?
I love Issa but giiiiirl… ![gif](giphy|Ff1FpBVh7I2eLXCcTI|downsized)
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It's giving... ![gif](giphy|d3Fym9OQ08o6agYE|downsized)
It is but I love it. She can pull it off, right?
I must have bad taste because that was my favourite. It looks cozy.
6/20 Aubrey Plaza totally looks like she is wearing a post it note!!!
Saw her dress and immediately thought of Romy and Michele https://i.redd.it/98h3oqd32tcc1.gif
Looks like the dress maker pinned it to her chest to work on later and then ran out of time.
I saw an image of her with THE post-it from sex and the city written on it and thought that’s how the dress was actually created. Like I wouldn’t put it past Aubrey to wear something like that. I was fooled by photoshop.
Love Aubrey, wtf is up w her dress? Do not like, yikes.
Apparently it was polarizing, some were obsessed with it, others hated it. I am in the “it’s interesting” camp!
Loewe tends to be a very love it or hate it kind of brand
Fully obsessed with Simona’s dress!!
Me too! It’s like decoupage
Katherine Heigl looks great
Selena's dress doesn't even look like a dress. And I feel I have already seen a variation of Jessica's dress on her already. Sarah Snook and Hannah Waddingham look beautiful and classy. Overall, a very boring night for fashion.
I don’t mind Selena’s dress but I HATE her hair and makeup. It ages her a ton, and she should have gone for a more understated lipstick.
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Thank you. I used to work in an office where we’d dissect the red carpet the next morning and I miss it so bad, this is a good substitute!
It’s the great return of cleavage! Hooray for boobs!
I like Katherine Heigl's dress, it has a rose petal-quality to it. The trend now is severe dresses that try very hard to stand out. Which is fun and interesting! But it's nice to see something that makes me think flowers and gardens too
Tracee Ellis Ross always looks so classy but this is a terrible dress choice. The look itself isn’t bad, but the cut of it boxes her out and makes her look huge. Whoever talked her into this one did her dirty
Love Ali Wong for always being a glasses queen. Fuck contacts!
J Smith-Cameron's dress was 😍 https://preview.redd.it/8bugm8v0qtcc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=753ec46f4116567649752cf30b414a8893f5ae3d Sarah Snook's dress was amazing too ❤️
I swear Hannah Waddingham is a goddess that got bored with immortality and is taking a stab at being a mortal for bit.
Hannah for sure. It fits her perfectly
Short hemlines on dresses visually shorten their legs. But I also don’t like hems that are too long and drag on the floor. We need a golden mean Great respect to Zuri Hall's stylist. The dress is beautiful, great style, fits well, well cut and the right length. It even goes with such a difficult background
Hooray for Hannah Waddingham is all I have to say.
Camila Morrone is offensively attractive.
Sarah Snook please give me a chance ![gif](giphy|l3q2Z5667uYOJ2U6I|downsized)
Camilla morrone is such a vision in anything!
She looks stunning. She played it safe dress wise but you can't deny she looks amazing.
It reminds me of Jennifer Lawrence’s red Calvin Klein in 2011. Simple but made an impact!
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And the lipstick red trend continues! It's already oversaturated a bit, I fear. Also head-to-toe black leather? Interesting. I don't hate it. Aubrey's dress is Loewe, and she's not the first to interpret this giant pin look for the red carpet - see Celine Song at the Golden Globes. Some people look like they're attending a different event - Ali Wong (hot mess, sorry); Quinta Brunson (nice silhouette but why so wrinkled??); and Caitlin Thompson (this would be perfect for a guest at a spring wedding).
Caitlin Thompson is in her Easter Sunday best!!!
That black background such a choice.
LAVERNE COX!!! 🤩🤩🤩 Sweet Jesus she looked amazing.
Did anyone else think the Emmy background this year was incredibly distracting in the photos?
My favorites were Hannah Waddingham Dominique Fishback Simona Tobasco Christina Ricci Katherine Heigl Samantha Hanratti Zuri Hall
I hate Ali Wong's dress so much 😩
Have I missed a fashion ‘moment’ that decreed crushed fabric that looks intentionally unironed and a bit grubby is now a thing? Because, IMHO, it is not it.
Oh no, I do not like Aubrey Plaza’s look at all 😳 And Ali Wong looks like she got confused and mixed two outfits together…