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The only thing more dazzling than the endless pop! pop! pop! of the flashbulbs on the red carpet at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards was the stylish stars themselves, who turned arrivals line into television’s most glamorous fashion catwalk.
Starter Wife’s Debra Messing was a strong starter indeed. Her ravishing red tresses stood out against her cream colored, black accented Ralph Lauren gown with splashy mermaid hem from the designer’s forthcoming Spring 2008 collection, with shoes and bag by Brian Edward.
59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Red Carpet Photos
Another redhead, Grey’s Anatomy doc Kate Walsh rocked a Pamela Dennis’ ruby satin crepe cowl neck and back bias slip gown, along with stylish Jimmy Choos, a Daniel Swarovski red pearl mesh Gourmand clutch and bling by Neil Lane. Another Grey’s physician raised heart rates in an icy white Zac Posen dress with Ryan Ryan Jewelry and Mary Norton purse. Katherine Heigl‘s Old Hollywood hotness was so curve-hugging she said she was “going to suck it in all night.” And Ellen Pompeo looked freshly scrubbed-in in her Michael Kors dress, dramatic updo and eye-catching Fred Leighton cords encircling her neck far more fashionably than a stethoscope.
Designers are always Desperate to get their clothes on the back of hardly Housewife-ish Eva Longoria, who gave designer Kaufman Franco a boost in his glimmery, sexy gown and nude shoes that reminded the actress of her beauty pageant days.
[IMG:R]Her name is Mom to four-month-old Dezzie, but Jaime Pressly looked anything but matronly in a chic checkered gown by St. John Couture that showed off her post-baby bod, dressed up with Jimmy Choos, Ferragamo clutch and dangly star-shaped H. Stern earrings.
Another mom that made us say Whoa, Mama, was Marcia Cross–dreamy cream in an ethereal Georges Chakra creation and three-tiered turquoise earrings by Lorraine Schwartz.
In a simple, chic black Oscar de la Renta and hubby Kevin Bacon as the ultimate accessory, Kyra Sedgwick was definitely a couture closer. Meanwhile Mariska Hargitay may have caused a little disorder among the men on the red carpet, turning heads in her sleek, dark and very low cut Zac Posen creation.
[IMG:L]Julia Louis-Dreyfus would be justified if she felt narcissistic in Narciso Rodriguez’s passionately purple gown and Hoffman Fuller bag.
Heroes’ 18-year-old star Hayden Panettiere went from cheerleader to prom queen in an flowing, utterly age appropriate salmon colored Marc Bower gown. Her co-star Ali Larter went retro glam with a edgy knot at the bust that left us tongue-tied with a silky pomegranate red Reem Acra number.
[IMG:R]Always the antithesis of Ugly Betty, America Ferrera blew us away in her royal blue Monique Lhuillier strapless dress with black belt, but was Vanessa Williams fluffy feather-lined Kevan Hall dress a featherheaded choice? The actress, who also toted Swarovski’s green crystal Kiosque box clutch, was worried that her eclectic choice might be met with a hundred headlines saying she laid an egg? We haven’t decided if it was worthy of her fierce fashionista character or belongs in Betty Suarez’s closet.
