The best-dressed stars arrived to the 76th Emmys, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, in sumptuous, color-drenched looks: head-to-toe pinks, glittering emeralds, regal navy blues. Read on below for our favorite looks from the evening.
Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph wore a silk mousseline ruffled dress by the French brand Chloé for the second time in recent days, which tickled me. Every cool woman in Hollywood is wearing Chloé right now — as well as Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Rudolph will return to portray this season on “Saturday Night Live.” Is Rudolph giving us a subtle preview of her method acting approach? — Rachel Tashjian
Dan Levy and Eugene Levy
I’m not sure whether the juxtaposition of these two red-carpet looks — the younger Levy’s sculptural, ethereal blouse, the elder’s staid double-breasted suit and tie — is an homage to the two hosts’ buttoned-up-father and sartorially experimental-son characters on “Schitt’s Creek,” or an indication of just how autobiographical that show really was. Either way, they make a charmingly incongruous pair, visually and otherwise. — Ashley Fetters Maloy
Hannah Einbinder
On the most recent season of “Hacks,” Hannah Einbinder’s character as comedy writer Ava Daniels took on new depth. Einbinder’s red-carpet look — a pale pink Louis Vuitton draped gown that, to my eyes, evoked an elevated revamp of early Rodarte — reflected growth within her character and her career. She’s still funny, but is a serious force to be reckoned with. — Shane O’Neill
Jacqueline Novak
Not only did Jacqueline Novak make one of the funniest comedy specials of the year out of a notoriously taboo topic, she also pulled a gorgeous, playfully feminine look out of an unusual shade: matte, cement gray. This could have looked like bedsheets. It looks like a million bucks. Her high-wire act pays off again. — A.F.M.
Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts wore an absolutely perfect strapless green dress by Balenciaga. The quality of the emerald silk fabric, plus the precision of the bust line and hem, are extraordinary. She said the dress was an homage to her role as Babe Paley in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” for which she was nominated for best actress, limited series or TV movie. Paley had a notoriously judicious way of attiring herself, and I’d say Watts lived up to the challenge. — R.T.
Bowen Yang
Nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his work on “Saturday Night Live,” Bowen Yang wore Bode: a cream-colored suit paired with a red V-neck tunic with silver beading and a zigzag hemline. I love how formal and special-occasion this decidedly not-a-tux still feels! — A.F.M.
Ayo Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri name-dropped Italian designer Gaetano Pesce on the Emmys red carpet! Nominated for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for “The Bear,” she told Laverne Cox that her dress is a custom design by Italian luxury house Bottega Veneta, whose designer, Matthieu Blazy, collaborated with the late Pesce before he died earlier this year. According to Edebiri, her stylist Danielle Goldberg said the white column dress, scattered with red, black and yellow paillettes, reminded her of Pesce’s work. — R.T.
Ella Purnell
I love seeing bold moves on the red carpet — both Dan Levy’s and Greta Lee’s Loewe looks tonight come to mind — but Ella Purnell, who appears in the outstanding drama series nominee “Fallout,” was a reminder that there’s no need to overthink red-carpet glamour. Her shimmering silver Rabanne gown was glitzy but elegant, projecting the kind of confidence and ease that reminds us that stars are blessedly not at all like us. — S.O.
