Mynagirl’s Fashion Report on the 56th Emmy Awards, September 2004

Posted on September 2nd, 2004 in Fashion by mynagirl

In general, there were no really horrific messes this year and not too many standouts. Mariska Hargitay wins top honors for best dressed at the Emmys in a gorgeous, gorgeous, absolutely classic outfit – a beautiful apple green Vera Wang column dress-and-a-train complete with a tropical flower in the hair. She just glowed and looked every inch the classic Hollywood goddess. (I guess being a newlywed helped, she was just smiling the whole time as well).

For the most part I liked:

  • Heather Locklear’s wine-colored goddess dress
  • Portia Di Rossi’s classic Givenchy with great Diane Von Furstenburg jewelry.
  • Marlo Thomas’s classy white column as she accepted her father’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
  • Drea de Matteo’s beautiful and slightly renaissance-looking black and gold frock.
  • Kim Catrall in a simple but fun pink Pamela Rowland – her overall look was just so simple and effortless.
  • Jennifer Anniston’s gorgeous white tube dress from Chanel with a very Indian gold design.
  • Cheryl Hines in an absolutely gorgeous Norma Linay teal beaded chiffon halter.

I found very blah:

  • Laura Linney’s black knee-length Prada frock.
  • Sarah Jessica Parker’s unspectacular yet somehow fussy black ankle length Chanel couture.
  • Amber Tamblyn’s too-old-for-her garnet-colored fishtail gown.
  • I almost-liked Debra Messing’s beautifully cut and colored beaded gown, but it was a bit too short for her (and quite see through on the backlit Red Carpet).

I thought the following were horrible!! I officially want to outlaw keyhole gowns.

  • Cynthia Nixon’s unflattering brown jersey sheath with a ropes-of-turquoise necklace. Even Engineerboy noticed it was less than Emmy-worthy: “What’s with that turquoise?? Did she hold up Phoenix at gunpoint??”
  • Mary Louise Parker’s “Hooray for Boobies” brown keyhole dress.
  • Edie Falco’s unflattering black Randolph Duke tulle over beige going in several directions at once.
  • Melina Kanakaredes’ red silk keyhole gown – not even bias cut!
  • Patricia Heaton’s wacky multi-colored Elie Saab… the drape and cut were nice and fairly flattering on Patricia’s body, but the colors were just a little too out-there for me.
  • Jane Kaczmarek’s custom made weird Randy Rohm (sp?) dress … she really does make some strange choices. It had some weird embroidery and beading. If she had this custom made, that makes it even stranger for me.

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