The Emmys

Strapless strapless strapless was the fashion rule of thumb at this year's Emmy Awards, and loads of color - not the many shades of green we saw last year, but red, orange, blue and champagne. Highlights:

The Desperate Housewives managed not to dress the same. although their smiles channeled Stepford. As usual, Felicity Huffman proves that she is one of the most intellegent women on TV, as well as the best dressed .. and she won. The Macy/ Huffman house now has its bookends.

What exactly is Barbara Hershey doing to deserve Naveen Andrews? What did we do to deserve Kyra and no Bacon? I'm not missing Affleck at all (he missed the red carpet but was seen later next to his lovely wife in the audience.) William Shatner wore a printed, I'm going to say jacquard, tuxedo - couldn't he just penguin up like everyone else? But v. good of him to introduce Fredericka Von Stade singing the Star Trek theme song. Who'd have thought you could get Donald Trump into overalls?




I love Jon Cryer - what happened to him between Pretty in Pink and Two and a half men? Ooh, never mind, I just looked it up & it ain't pretty.

I think Jon Stewart lost to Hugh Jackman b/c the TV people are height-sensitive. Although, if they had voted solely on sex appeal ... But I now have respect for the wife of the Stew (even thought she looks a little tense) - smart women wear red to awards shows ... although apparently all the women who work on the Amazing Race didn't consult with each other in advance, as we drown in a sea of red dresses - another lost opportunity for my fashion coordinator skills. The cast of Everybody Loves Raymond also dressed uniformly in black ... maybe it's a theme thing? Jane Alexander shows us how to age gracefully and wear white ... and Patricia Arquette shows us how to look like a bride with bad taste. And her hair! Blythe Danner is so beautiful in platinum gown & wrap, and deserving AND great speech.

As if we don't love Gary Dourdan enough already (that face, those eyes, smoulder smoulder), now we learn he can sing?!. Even Macy Gray knew enough to dress up & do her hair to sing The Jefferson's theme song with him. Ellen DeGeneres has to be the most self-effacing host ever.

And finally, Jennifer Garner rivaled Catherine Zeta-Jones' pregnant Oscar appearance with a lovely black strapless number.

Fun evening, but I was a little disappointed in the dresses - nothing really fabulous this year. For critical analysis, including why real actors won this year, see the LA Times article.