The red carpet for TV’s big night featured glitter, gold, and skin for miles.

TheGrey Gardensnominee and her devastatingly romantic Monique Lhuillier confection of a gown.

But at least the girl commits, adding aPrincess Leia braidto complete her red-hot for the red carpet look.

Drew Barrymore | Drew Barrymore What’s blush and bashful? The Grey Gardens nominee and her devastatingly romantic Monique Lhuillier confection of a gown.

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Leighton MeesterMight this be one from Mama Waldorf’s closet?

Thankfully, this time theBig Lovestar brought just the right amount of unorthodox polka dots!

wrapped in a still-chic silhouette to the Emmy carpet.

Blake Lively | In a feat of sartorial engineering — and double-sided tape — Lively left her Upper East Side persona far behind with just one scant bolt

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Rose ByrneTaking the time-honored ‘‘princess’’ approach to dressing for award shows, theDamagesnominee stunned in ethereal Valentino.

Padma LakshmiIt’s hard to make former model andTop Chefnominee Lakshmi look bad.

But this purple Badgley Mischka with its puzzling garland and braid details did the job.

Leighton Meester | Leighton Meester Might this be one from Mama Waldorf’s closet? Because dowdy isn’t a word we’d expect to use in conjunction with Meester, who has

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This sublime column with its one-shoulder neckline is a perfect collaboration between Debra Messing and Michael Kors.

Sandra OhTheGrey’s Anatomystar continued herBest Dressed Emmy streakwith a form-fitting Marchesa gown.

Kristen WiigIn the immortal words of Seth Meyer and Amy Poehler, Really, Kristen Wiig?

Olivia Wilde | Olivia Wilde The riskiest look to walk the red carpet, Wilde’s Marchesa (fresh from Fashion Week ) had us intrigued on first sight, with a

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We’ll make this easy: Just hand over your sleeves and no one gets hurt.

Jennifer Love HewittYes, yellow has been a major trend on the red carpet but notthisshade.

Verging on pastel, theGhost Whisperer’s gown not helped by her prommy locks was all wrong.

Chloë Sevigny | Chloë Sevigny We can always expect the unexpected from Sevigny (and often it involves shorts ). Thankfully, this time the Big Love star brought just

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Heidi KlumPutting otherrecent maternity fashionto shame, theProject Runwaynominee and her third-trimester bump sparkled in an ultra-fitted black Marchesa.

Tina Fey | Tina Fey Yes, it would be great if the 30 Rock mastermind decided to wear a color for once (and silver, while lovely , doesn’t

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Sarah Silverman | Sarah Silverman Unfortunately for the funny lady, the awkwardly placed bustles on the hips of her cobalt-blue dress were a laughing matter.

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Rose Byrne | Rose Byrne Taking the time-honored ‘‘princess’’ approach to dressing for award shows, the Damages nominee stunned in ethereal Valentino.

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Padma Lakshmi | Padma Lakshmi It’s hard to make former model and Top Chef nominee Lakshmi look bad. But this purple Badgley Mischka with its puzzling garland and

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Kaley Cuoco | Kaley Cuoco In her first outing to the Emmys, Big Bang Theory ’s girl next door looked anything but in a knock-out dark-gold David Meister

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Debra Messing | DEBRA MESSING (Emmy Awards ‘09) Red can be a difficult color to pull off on the red carpet, because one can become obfuscated. This sublime

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Elisabeth Moss | Elisabeth Moss Oh, Peggy, we want to love you, but the drab color and draping/wrinkling of this Reem Acra just makes it so hard.

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Sandra Oh | Sandra Oh The Grey’s Anatomy star continued her Best Dressed Emmy streak with a form-fitting Marchesa gown.

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Kristen Wiig | Kristen Wiig In the immortal words of Seth Meyer and Amy Poehler, Really, Kristen Wiig? Really!?! We’ll make this easy: Just hand over your sleeves

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Mariska Hargitay | Mariska Hargitay Letting her hair down — a rarity on the red carpet for Hargitay — the SVU nominee was all sophistication in a silver

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Jennifer Love Hewitt | Jennifer Love Hewitt Yes, yellow has been a major trend on the red carpet — but not this shade. Verging on pastel, the Ghost Whisperer

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Mila Kunis | Mila Kunis Uneven hemlines can deliver uneven results, but in the case of Kunis, the layered tulle — and merlot hue — helped bring edge

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Hayden Panettiere | Hayden Panettiere The fussy updo and overly lipsticked ensemble instantly aged the usually freshfaced Heroes star — we’re talking Benjamin Button territory here, people.

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Heidi Klum | Heidi Klum Putting other recent maternity fashion to shame, the Project Runway nominee — and her third-trimester bump — sparkled in an ultra-fitted black Marchesa.

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