EMMY AWARDS
Television’s best brought flair to their finest at the 69th annual Emmy Awards. And those frocks!
NICOLE KIDMAN
The Big Little Lies Lead Actress winner chose a Calvin Klein By Appointment gown that allowed for movement: “That’s an important rule for a dress—to be able to dance,” says Kidman. “At least wiggle!”
YVONNE STRAHOVSKI
On the red carpet, the Sydney-born star of The Handmaid’s Tale ( in a custom Julien Macdonald gown) revealed she had recently secretly married her boyfriend of six years, actor Tim Loden.
HEIDI KLUM
The Project Runway star teamed her Peter Dundas gown with oversized bone earrings with crystal embellishment and wooden accessories.
ZOE KRAVITZ
The actress enchanted in a Dior Haute Couture gown paired with diamonds from Tiffany, including two necklaces worth $US440,000, two pairs of earrings worth $US89,000, a $US55,000 bracelet and two $US14,000 rings. “This particular dress felt quite magical—fairy-like—so I thought go for it,” she said.
GILLIAN ANDERSON
The X-files actress opted for a braided updo, which highlighted the intricate back detail on her Sophia Kah gown. Jewels by Beth Miller Collection topped off her look.
DEBRA MESSING
The presenter (for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy) shone in Romona Keveza. Posting a snap of the crowd scene before the show, the Will & Grace star wrote: “The red carpet is NO JOKE.”
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN The 13-year-old Stranger Things nominee showed an instinct for the carpet in a princess-worthy Calvin Klein By Appointment dress with a full tulle skirt. JESSICA BIEL Posing for photographers in her Ralph & Russo Couture gown, the actress, who was on presenting duty, shared a little about 2-yearold son Silas’s latest milestone. “Now he’s saying to me, ‘No, no, mommy, we are not going to do this anymore and this is not a match. This is not a match,’ ” she told E! News, with a laugh. SOFIA VERGARA Chalking up her eighth Emmys outing as a cast member of Modern Family (nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series), the star stuck to her signature figurehugging style in Mark Zunino. “He makes dresses that are perfect for voluptuous women,” said the actress, whose date—son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara, 25—had the internet crushing.
THANDIE NEWTON
The Westworld nominee (she lost the Outstanding Supporting Actress gong to The Handmaid’s Tale’s Ann Dowd) personified understated elegance in a Jason Wu gown with Fred Leighton jewellery.
ELISABETH MOSS
“We wanted Elisabeth’s strength as a woman and an actress to shine through, embracing her femininity,” said Prabal Gurung, who custom-designed Moss’s gown. The Handmaid’s Tale star was triumphant on the night, taking home Lead Actress in a Drama.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA
The presenter and Quantico star made a statement in a Balmain gown embellished in feathers and sequins. Berry-hued makeup and Lorraine Schwartz diamonds completed her dramatic look.
JULIE BOWEN
Her TV show, Modern Family, lost to Veep for Outstanding Comedy Series, but Bowen was a winner in a column gown from Alberta Ferretti with pleated-ruffle trim and sparkly jewels from Buccellati. “It takes a village!” she posted, thanking her styling team.
SUSAN SARANDON
She was up against her Feud: Bette and Joan co-star Jessica Lange in Nicole Kidman’s category, but that wasn’t as daunting as playing icon Bette Davis, Sarandon (in Zac Posen) revealed. “It took me about over a month to get the fear to fun ratio in my favour,” she told E!
ROBIN WRIGHT
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for House of Cards, Wright chose her Thierry Mugler gown five minutes before starting her makeup. “I had another dress,” she said. “I think it’s like that every year—last-minute crazy chaos and then, badaboom!” She chose Nirav Modi jewellery and took daughter Dylan Penn as her date.
KERI RUSSELL
Both Russell (in a J. Mendel gown and Nikos Koulis jewellery) and her co-star and partner, Matthew Rhys, were nominated for The Americans. The secret to living and working together, Rhys told WHO in June, is that “she has the patience of a saint, so that helps,” he said. “That is basically it. And alcohol ... Everything is so much better after a good, solid half-bottle of red wine!”
MICHELLE PFEIFFER
She has three Oscars, but this was Pfeiffer’s first Emmy nomination. The star, who played Ruth Madoff in HBO’S The Wizard of Lies, paired her tea-length Oscar de la Renta gown with Stella Luna pumps and Neil Lane jewellery.
CLAIRE FOY
Up against Robin Wright and Keri Russell, the star of The Crown also went with black—a crystalembroidered Oscar de la Renta jumpsuit with long cape and Harry Winston jewellery. She has just been named as Rooney Mara’s replacement as Lisbeth Salander in next year’s sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.