What the Emmy Nominees Should Wear
It wouldn’t be an awards ceremony without some serious sartorial drama: Here, Vogue picks the best looks from the runway for the Emmys’ red carpet.
It’s been a serious year for television—on all of its increasingly varied platforms—and here at Vogue, we couldn’t be more thrilled. From Orange Is the New Black and Girls to Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey, the stars of the small screen will be turning out in full force for next Monday’s 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, and we’ve got just the thing. Here, our picks for the nominees’ red-carpet looks: Consider it something of a runway fashion RX.
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold/Indigitalimages.com1/17Lena Dunham, Girls
Dunham, nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, is known for favoring fun, brightly colored frocks at big-time events and we’d love to see her continue the trend with this Dolce Gabbana flowery look from fall (not least because of the way that the sixties silhouette would play off her very French New Wave Jean Seberg crop).
Photo: Monica Fuedi/Feudiguaineri.com2/17Allison Janney, Mom
We’ve loved Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series–nominee Allison Janney since all the way back to (and all seven seasons of) The West Wing, and it would be nice to see her do her best tall drink of (sparkling!) water in this Givenchy jumpsuit from fall.
Photo: Marcus Tondo/Indigitalimages.com3/17Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Caplan (nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her star-making turn on Masters of Sex) is having what we like to call a full-on fashion moment, and she should play it to the hilt in one of Christopher Kane’s flirty page-turners from fall.
Photo: Monica Fuedi/Feudiguaineri.com4/17Kerry Washington, Scandal
Kerry Washington is beautiful, was nominated for the second time for her verifiable runaway hit of a role on the cult-favorite Scandal, just had a baby, and can still wear anything she wants. That doesn’t mean she should, though; that means she should wear this futuristic and entirely fabulous Miu Miu.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos/Indigitalimages.com5/17Robin Wright, House of Cards
Look, Princess Buttercup has a lifelong pass in our book. (Plus, she won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama series earlier this year.) But with that kind of a combination of poise, bone structure, and body? House of Cards’ own Lady Macbeth needs a sleekly sexy and sophisticated modern take on Bianca Jagger, courtesy of Altuzarra Resort.