Best Statement: Lizzy Caplan
The last few days have been the yin and yang of Donna Karan.
Rita Ora’s red number from Sunday’s VMAs came across poorly draped and bizarrely
drab, but this Donna Karan Atelier on Lizzy Caplan is dazzling. The fit is
impeccable, the cut is flattering, and the styling — including the perfect
bracelet — is resplendent. We should start calling these Thesaurus Dresses,
because we’re running out of adjectives but still want to keep talking.
Most Vexing Hair Situation: The Mad Men Folks
I've liked the clothes just fine — in January Jones’s case,
more effusively than that — but they were so underwhelmingly crowned. Jones’s
spiky, knifelike bangs were glistening with spackle.
Christina Hendricks’s red
locks clung lifelessly to her head, in the inverse of the way her dress hugged
her body, and ... okay, fine, we don’t hate Hamm’s beard, but we’re having Don
Draper withdrawal. Is it so much to ask that he could shave and look
scorchingly into camera?
Most Tired Of Her Branding: Zooey Deschanel
Granted, this transition may have been happening for a
while, and we just didn’t notice. But the lack of curtain bangs and her sleepy
neon column says nothing to me so much as, “F that adorkable shit.”
Saddest Torso: Lena Dunham
The skirt is so explosively twee that we might love it — or
at least want to get to know it better and see if we share opinions on the
important things, like the hideousness of white football pants and the
importance of sandwiches — but seriously, we have never yearned for a simple
tank top on the red carpet so much in our lives. Lena, just let us love you.
Best Pattern: Julie Bowen
Julie told E! that she loved this and was therefore pretty
sure she’d get crucified for it. Well, guess what? We have laid down our
hammers and nails for now, because you look stunning and slinky and, frankly,
like a total standout.
Best Rookie: Allison Tolman
Tolman went from an unknown to an Emmy nominee at what felt
like light speed, and we love that she hit the red carpet in a big ol’
ball-gown skirt in a fetching shade of forest green. It’s refreshing to see
someone who looks like she thought exactly what we would, namely, “I can’t
believe this is happening! Might as well go big.”
Most Pleasant Surprise: Heidi Klum
This was a delicious change of pace for both Heidi and Zac
Posen, who designed it. For once, she managed to resist the urge to show off
her waxer's handiwork, and he didn't go full ball gown. These two crazy kids
just might be good for each other.
Most Improved: Julia Roberts
Do we need to remind you that, during the last
awards season, Julia Roberts wore a tube dress over an oxford shirt, and a
jumpsuit with two crotches? This Elie Saab is charming to begin with, but in
comparison, it's a miracle.
Best Lena: Lena Headey
Everything about Queen Cersei’s dress should make us feel
unsettled and as if we're listing to the left, and yet it's so completely
right: elegantly off-kilter and totally cool.
Coolest: Gwen Stefani
Gwen told Giuliana Rancic that she was channeling Donatella
Versace in this, but honestly, Donatella should be so lucky.
The One We Want To Be When We Grow Up: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The erstwhile Elaine has it all: several Emmys, great hair,
an amazing body, this fabulous Carolina Herrera dress, a really good clutch,
and a great bracelet. Oh, and she got in a good make-out sesh, too, with
another beloved erstwhile (one Walter White). It's really kind of unfair.
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