You’d think, on a week with a major awards show, our Best Dressed list would be overflowing with talent. But we have to admit, it was slim pickings. It’s not that the Emmys served up bombs (though there were a few), it was more just blah—the red-carpet fashion that seemed pieced together by stylists, and lacking much spontaneity or verve. Still, it was a week where fashion communicated a strong message: Beyonce definitely wore a dress that made everyone think she was pregnant, Lady Gaga’s brave choice of a giant Comme des Garçons dress hailed her introduction of the “Body Revolution,” and Kim Kardashian wore a head-scratching combination of dress, shorts, and a straitjacket all in one. We give you the best and worst dressed awards of the week.

