The Best And Worst Dressed (And Most Heavily On Drugs) At The 2015 Emmy Awards

Sep 21, 2015
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The Emmy's are supposedly "the biggest night in television," but considering my timeline was 100% dedicated to Drizzy and Hendrix, I refuse to acknowledge such labels. Either way, I think we can all agree that it's a great time to be alive. But, like, yeah, this is all pretty telling. If your award show doesn't cause complete hysteria on social media, did it really happen? Plus, thanks to Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, today's entertainment landscape has completely changed what it means to even watch television in the first place. So many of last night's nominees and winners came from online shows that if you aren't paying attention and immediately binging on new programming, you're kinda left in the dust. Still, Hollywood's small screen players showed up to accept some cool trophies because life is still one big dick measuring contest. Which is also why they try to look their best. As always, some of succeeded while others took home nothing for their efforts. Talk about the perfect metaphor for life. Everything is so much more relatable when impossibly famous people are involved. Let's see who showed out.

Kerry Washington

This was apparently a dress fresh off the S/S 16 Marc Jacobs runway. You know Kerry got the plug on that one. Though I didn't realize that the Emmys were such a brutal fight that attendees had to show up in chainmail. 

Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber

Her: In her grandmother's old tablecloth that she never uses. Him: In the most inoffensive navy tuxedo the world has ever known. Those lapels are kinda weak af for what it's worth. Listen, I know black tuxes are lame and often stuffy, but we gotta chill on the navy. Shit's too easy now.

Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland might legitimately be the most consistent red carpet dresser. She looks super fine here. 

Peter Dinklage

Dinklage won for "Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" and proceeded to show the world his tiny, imperceptible man bun. I think we all fucking hate man buns by now, but if there is a single soul who can save them, it's Dink god.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

It was 90 degrees during the red carpet apparently, which sounds like absolute torture, but Maggie must be a sadist to wear this much fabric during such a heatwave. For real, this looks a like paper mache.

Amy Poehler

Amy dyed her hair, effectively killing the peppy blonde Leslie Knope that we know and love. It also looks like she's trying to recapture her inner boho youth in the most boring way possible. You're perfect just the way you are, Amy. Never change.

Lady Gaga

Everyone went gaga for Gaga thanks to her continued rebrand from psychopathic dresser to classy A-lister. Normally, we're looking for musicians at these things because they're the class of celeb that goes most turbo, most likely thanks to all the drugs. Unfortunately, this could be a changing of the guard, proving that everyone else can be just as boring as actors.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

JLD got the 4-peat for her role on Veep. And it's well deserved. But it really makes you think about what if Seinfeld still on TV today.

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody is essentially the axis of the universe as we know it, now having presented TWO seminal moments in award show history: Viola Davis winning "Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series" last night and Halle Berry's iconic winning of the "Best Actress" Oscar back in 2002. Adrien Brody is essentially the new Kevin Bacon, just showing his first signs of aging. It's like he's been 40 for 30 years now.

Emma Roberts

I mean, E! is actually right here. This very beige and coked out look is pretty old school Hollywood, mostly because everything was shot in black and white back then. ZING! Emma is dope though. Respect to the Roberts family lineage.

Heidi Klum

Why is it that people associated with fashion, like Heidi and Project Runway, always end up doing the absolute most and end up looking like a straight asshole on the red carpet? I don't know about you, but this burlesque Big Bird fit isn't doing it for me. 

Fred Armisen

Then again, at least you're not a grown ass man showing up with a Freddie Kruger glove to an awards show smfh.

Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello

Manganiello is a mountain of a man and extremely ripped, but his tailor needs to let that jacket breath a bit. I don't think it's humanly possible to look like you're puffing your chest out more than homie here. The rest is spot on though. Sofia looks like she stepped out of the glitter aisle at Hobby Lobby.

Anthony Anderson

I've got love for Anthony Anderson. He toiled away on shit like Kangaroo Jack before finally getting some solid callbacks. Now he's on Black-ish, which people seem to love and bringing his kid to award shows. I would do the same. Sorry you still gotta ground lil Anderson for that butt tux.

Laura Prepon

Sure, Laura Prepon does look hot here, at least until you remember that she's rocking one of the highest levels of Scientology. You'll still always be Donna Pinciotti to me.   

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji's role in Empire has basically bled into her entire ethos as a person. She's embraced Cookie and it's working because I'm scared to say anything negative for the fear that she'll have me killed.

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg's brand of humor is still funny to me because I am a baby. At face value, this isn't a bad look, but if you spend more than three seconds looking at it, the jacket turns into a decorative hand towel. 

Danielle Brooks AKA Taystee from Orange Is The New Black

Finally, our requisite "most heavily on drugs" distinction. I can't even hate though because if I had to be in a room with that many entertainers at once, I'd probably want to drop a few key bombs or a molly or two to get me through the night.

David Oyelowo

I think David Oyelowo is already too good for award shows—best dressed all night long. There's a little texture on the jacket, but you can only really see it because of how bright it is outside. Not navy and double breasted. We're all in on this. 

Christina Hendricks

I understand how intricate and detailed dresses like this are and it makes me question the choice because I bet it's super fucking heavy. And long sleeves? Are you trying to catch a heat stroke, boo?

Ariel Winter

Ariel Winter of Modern Family actually had a breast reduction operation a while back. Not kidding. And while I love boobs, I'm now 26-years-old and my back hurts every single morning I wake up just from a normal night of sleep, so I fully support decision making process. You look great, Ariel. Keep doing you.

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