Gowns, PJs, hazmat suits

EMMYS’ STYLE 2020: IT’S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG

Presenter is with South American animal in a bow tie.

The Emmys on Sunday basically turned into the world’s most glamorous Zoom call, with Hollywood A-listers beaming into an empty Staples Centre in Los Angeles from their apartments, guest houses and various other locations in 10 countries.

Here are some takeaways about how Tinseltown’s top stars suited up for the coronavirus era’s first major awards show:

Winner Regina King (Watchmen) paired a pink power suit with a T-shirt bearing the image of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman killed in a police shooting in her home, and the words “Say Her Name”.

Uzo Aduba, who won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited series or television movie for Mrs America, wore a black T-shirt with Taylor’s name in script.

Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof sported a T-shirt that read “Remember Tulsa ’21” – a reference to a racial massacre in the Oklahoma city of Tulsa that left 300 black people dead in 1921, which figures in the show. And final presenter of the night, This Is Us star Sterling K Brown, wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt.

The few stars who took to the stage with host Jimmy Kimmel dressed to impress.

Surprise winner Zendaya (Euphoria) wowed in a sculptural black and purple gown. Jennifer Aniston donned a black Dior dress and wielded a fire extinguisher for an onstage joke. Nominee Tracee Ellis Ross (Blackish) oozed sex appeal in a gold Alexandre Vauthier gown. Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington hosted a faux New Year’s Eve party to honour their limited series Little Fires Everywhere – and wished an early end to 2020. They wore gowns, but one guest wore a Nirvana T-shirt.

Daniel Levy, creator and star of Schitt’s Creek, opted for a gray Thom Browne suit with a kilt, in a nod to the show’s finale, in which his in the skit wore character similar attire.

Nominee Octavia Spencer (Self Made) donned a floral robe while past winner Alex Borstein donned a silky pink and black nightgown/robe combo. Borstein’s co-star on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, past winner Rachel Brosnahan, adopted all the trends, wearing a pajama top AND having her “farty” – her word – with dog Winston.

Actor Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) was upstaged at the Staples Centre ... by an alpaca in a bow tie. “When you read an e-mail too quickly, the phrase ‘You’re presenting with an alpaca’ looks a lot like the phrase ‘You’re presenting with Al Pacino’,” he quipped.

Perhaps the most on-point outfit of the night was the hazmat tuxedo, worn by those delivering golden statuettes to some winners at home.