Christina Hendricks showed off her best assets, Lea Michele wore a red Marchesa gown, and Julianna Margulies glittered in Armani. See pictures of the best of the Emmy Awards red carpet.
The Mad Men star showed off her best assets in a Johanna Johnson beaded dress (with a very high slit) and a Judith Lieber clutch.
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The Glee star wore a red Marchesa column dress with rose-embellished sleeves. “This year I wanted to be super comfortable,” she told Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet.
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The presenter (and Glee star) wore a black beaded dress by Emilio Pucci. “It’s a little see-thru, I’m realizing,” she said.
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The Parks & Recreation star wore a blue Peter Som dress, Judith Leiber clutch, and navy drop earrings. “Peter Sellers, wow,” said her husband, Will Arnett, when she said who she was wearing.
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The Modern Family star looked gorgeously curvy in a custom coral-colored Vera Wang gown embellished with tulle at the hem.
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For her first outfit of the evening, the show’s host, Jane Lynch, said she was wearing David Meister with Lorraine Schwartz jewels. “This is one of four, ladies and gentleman!” she announced. Although the Glee star admitted she was nervous about hosting the show, she told Seacrest: “I slept very well last night. I had a cookie and went to bed.” And when the show ends, she says, the first thing she’s going to do is “take off my heels!”
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Nominated for her role in Modern Family, the star looked sexy in a deep-V beaded Oscar de la Renta dress and Neil Lane droplet earrings.
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Nominated for her role in The Good Wife, Margulies wore a white silk Giorgio Armani Privé gown with a crescent-shaped bustier, embellished with dramatic, transparent oval stones, iridescent paillettes, and a high back slit.
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The stars of the upcoming Charlie’s Angels stuck together on the red carpet. Annie Ilonzeh wore a Romona Keveza dress, Minka Kelly glittered in beaded Dior gown, Barbara Bui heels and Tiffany & Co. jewels, and Rachael Taylor opted for a blush-colored Armani gown.
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The Mildred Pierce star glittered in a black Elie Saab gown, Fred Leighton jewels, Ferragamo shoes, and a Judith Leiber clutch.
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"I own all of my intensely uncomfortable undergarments," McCarthy said on the red carpet. "Because no one wants those back after the Emmy Awards."
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Kathy Griffin, who wore a bright red Oscar de la Renta gown, asked Ryan Seacrest: “Are you still banging that dancer?” and then, went one step further: “What kind of smoke-and-mirrors game you pulling?” Then, to humiliate him fully, she leaned over to kiss him on the lips. As he said before the smooch: “I don’t want this tape to exist!”
Glee’s Jayma Mays looked pretty in a pink Zuhair Murad Fall 2011 gown.
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The Mad Men star wore a Tom Ford tux—and his girlfriend, Jennifer, wore a vintage yellow dress.
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The actress, right, wore a Givenchy couture gown onstage to present an award with the stars of the new Charlie's Angels.
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Nominated for her role in Mildred Pierce, Winslet stunned in a bright red, figure-hugging gown. “I’m wearing a really comfortable, fabulous Elie Saab dress,” she told Seacrest.
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Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss opted for a nude-colored Marchesa dress covered in beads.
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The presenter wore a blue strapless Oscar de la Renta dress with embroidered beads and black Barbara Bui peeptoe heels.
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Nominated for her role in Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, Henson sparkled in a Blumarine dress, Fred Leighton heels, with a Judith Leiber clutch.
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The Project Runway star wore a dress by Christian Siriano, a finalist from the show.
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The star of the upcoming show New Girl wore a pink strapless Monique Lhuillier gown with deep pockets, which she said she’d use to store “doughnuts for later.”
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The actress wore a sporty blue Calvin Klein Collection dress with a silver belt.
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The Vampire Diaries star looked red-hot in a strapless Donna Karan gown, Brian Atwood heels, and Neil Lane jewelry. When asked on the red carpet how much of her outfit she actually owned, Dobrev was quick to admit: “Nothing!”
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The Top Chef star wore an Armani Privé gown, Jimmy Choo shoes, and jewels from her own jewelry line, the Padma Collection.
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The Glee star wore a draped purple dress by English designer Roksanda Ilincic.
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The E! Channel’s red-carpet hostess wore an eggplant-colored mermaid gown, a Judith Lieber clutch, and Aldo shoes.
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Wiig wore a plunging brown silk gown by Zac Posen.
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The comedian (and presenter) wore a black Rag & Bone "razor" tuxedo.
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