Fashion favorites at the Emmys

By Jesica Dawson

Cheeky Weekend

The 64th Emmy Awards happened last Sunday. Now, some of you will ask, what’s an Emmy? Good question. An Emmy is an award for T.V. or, how I like to see it, a fake Oscar. Now, I’d love to tell you all the riveting detail and jokes that Jimmy Kimmel spewed out, but in truth, that really doesn’t have much of an appeal to me. Instead, I’d love to talk about fashion! I have three favs and three uglies to tell you about.

First and foremost I want to talk about the indie Idol, i.e. Zooey Deschenal and her amazing dress and festively themed nails. The New Girl wore a typical sweetheart neckline baby blue hued organza Cinderella dress. It was gorgeous, even though it wasn’t a daredevil get-up. But the end all for me was her amazing nails! They were a peach pink undercoat with sparkles and stars on all her fingers and her thumbshad old school 60s televisions on them. How fab is that? I’m a lover of all things nail polish related and when I saw these, it near killed me with cuteness. Nail polish and a Disney princess dress: uh, yes please!

My second choice has to be Tina Fey in Vivienne Westwood. The deep magenta of the fitted dress works beautifully on her and the detailing on the bodice is beyond amazing. Tina Fey usually isn’t considered a style icon but with this dress the sky’s the limit now.

My final best surprised me. As much as I don’t care for her face or acting skills, I love the Lanvin draped dress Claire Danes wore. The drop waist, 70s inspired strapless gown went well with a laid-back feel for the pregnant actress, who was hiding her baby bump in the draping of the gown exceptionally well.

Now, to switch onto the uglier side of things, my main choice for horrible, fire-your-stylist-now dress has to be the one worn by Julianne Moore. I don’t care if it’s Christian Dior or not; it’s ugly and the vibrant yellow makes my eye bleed. There’s not much more to say about it other than it’s a monstrosity that must be burnt with fire. Sorry, Christian; at least I still love your Haute Couture!

I love to watch Kirsten Wiig’s comedy but her fashion at last Sunday’s Emmys was inappropriate. I do love the dress but the evening does not call for a lacey, flowing dress; it just doesn’t fit there. Her dark tresses also don’t do much to add to the appeal. At best this Balenciaga dress would fit in at a luncheon on a hill in England.

Now my last and final unfortunate has to be Elisabeth Moss in her Dolce & Gabbana dress. I love the dress, but on her? No. The dress had so much potential with it’s pretty flowery design, but it falls flat on the Mad Men starlet.

If you missed this year’s Emmys, don’t worry, we’ve still got the Oscars in a few months!