

A tipster who may or may not be up for an Emmy this year alerted Jezebel that this week, some rented dresses may have not shown up on time for the big event. If this is true, I welcome it: As I note in virtually every awards-show fashion post, red carpet looks have narrowed to the point of being rote, and if one or two rented label gowns don’t show, would it be so terribly bad if some nominees had to get creative, freak their pajamas with some diamonds, and roll up on the carpet looking DIY-fly for once? It would not!
But as the unofficial kick0ff to Autumn/Winter awards season, the Emmys don’t tend to be as freaky as, say, the Grammys or even the Golden Globes, on the whole putting forth stylist-created formal gowns and leaving it at that. I hope and pray to be wrong on this point overall, though, so let’s find out together in Jezebel’s annual Emmys red carpet view; as ever, I’ll be constantly updating in real time as people step out and into their (please Jesus) moment. And I’m just gonna go ahead and say the Masked Singer people, showing up early, are setting a good precedent. The draping on the Ladybug!

The This Is Us kids are giving us pretty decent tulle overall: Eris Baker, 14, is wispy and almost haunting in tiered silver-grey, and Faith Herman, 10, is serving a true tween icon-in-training in banana yellow and that pose.

Ryan Michelle Bathe is my usual red carpet icon in blue with shrug sleeves, and husband Sterling K. Brown always keeps it crispy; I am disappointed they did not color-coordinate as usual—the only couple I ever really want to see color-coordinating, to be honest—but the tones are complimentary, so let me get over it.

Dascha Polanco looks like a real-life orchid in a Siriano gown and I’m here for it, more floral cosplay please! Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn is giving us gathered lawyer, and The Good Place’s William Jackson Harper is serving a pretty good pocket square.

Okay, this is the flowery shit I can get down with. Full Frontal writer and comedian Kristin Bartlett is the perfect manifestation of those sprayed ombré Valentine’s Day roses, while Pose writer/producer Our Lady J just went straight for the regular dozen in lover’s red. Sarah Sutherland, late of Veep, is giving us dainty cut-outs that immediately made me think of hydrangea and Reformation.

Charlie Barnett’s subtle, star-patterned tux is nice, and Padma Lakshmi and Sarah Goldberg (Barry) each opted for a nice shade of ice blue that I would really love in a wall paint, currently taking suggestions if you know of one. Noted author Kristin Cavallari rolled through with leg and canary yellow, a nice gown that is generally unsurprising to me.

Indya Moore DID THAT as usual, full Grecian cyborg status and my favorite look so far. James Van Der Beek is fun but also looks a bit like James Van Der Beek portraying Diplo; Lyric Ross, another This Is Us teen (This Is Us employs 70 percent of Hollywood), is sleek in conceptual marble; Vera Farmiga did a version of prairie dress that I do not hate, especially for a carpet look.

Here is Indya Moore’s tiny pillbox bag, I covet it.