LOS ANGELES — The stars were hot, literally, on the red carpet at Sunday night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards — and that meant the sweeping trend on A-list actresses was updos.
Heidi Klum wore one, and so did Mariska Hargitay. Same ‘do for Marcia Cross, Vanessa Wil liams, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sandra Oh.
The perfect accessory? Dangling earrings, such as Debra Messing in 19th-century diamond fan-pendants from Fred Leighton.
There also were many strapless gowns — on the likes of Tina Fey and Teri Hatcher — and, in a nod to an emerging catwalk trend, asymmetric looks as seen on Christina Applegate and Wil liams.
But almost to a person, the looks were anything but trendy, sticking instead to safe silhouettes, boldly elegant jewelry and flattering colors.
Take, for example, Oh, one of the night’s fashion winners, who previously had done time on a few worst-dressed lists. She came in a retro- style black lace dress by Oscar de la Renta with a ribbon sash and a few sparkles on the skirt. They matched her gleaming 5.5-carat emerald-cut diamond earrings.
Applegate didn’t disappoint in her much-anticipated red-carpet return after breast-cancer surgery in a dramatic, sweeping gown in ice blue with metallic patches.
Christina Hendricks did her 1960s-era “Mad Men” character justice in a curve-hugging emerald-green gown, which complemented her red hair that she wore in an up-style twist.
Louis-Dreyfus showed off her trim figure in a salmon-colored Narciso Rodriguez dress with a fitted shiny bodice — complete with a sliver of skin showing under the bust.
Nicolette Sheridan wore a sleek strapless gown by Angel Sanchez in purple, a trendy fall color. Laura Dern did purple too; Holly Hunter wore a plum Jenny Packham gown with a jeweled waist.
Fey liked the color too, leaving her glasses at home, wearing her hair down and choosing a sexy sweetheart eggplant-colored gown by David Meister in what seemed an obvious attempt to avoid Sarah Palin comparisons.
