Kaley Cuoco in wine colored Vera Wang at the Emmys: fabulous or awkward?

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco looked fantastic at the Emmys last night, didn’t she? This Vera Wang dress might not look like much in still photos. When Kaley was shaking it around a bit on the red carpet, it moved beautifully. The dress was impossibly well tailored to Kaley’s figure. The sheer panel around the tummy area would have looked odd if not for the structured lines. What a great dress. The clutch was also matchy matchy in a good way. Oddly enough, I think that Kaley’s underdone hair was just right for this gown. Would it kill her to smile though? She always wears a smirk.

Kaley accessorized with her new tennis boy, Ryan Sweeting, who refused to take off his sunglasses. He looked like a douche. I guess they’re pretty serious if she took him to the Emmys. She looks almost as awkward with this guy as she did with Henry Cavill.

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco

Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik will always be the nerdy girl. A very cute nerdy girl. Mayim wore a green Oliver Tolentino couture dress that suited her well. The sheer sleeves were a perfect way to add some drama without veering into trashy territory. Those curls are so glamourous! This is a great look for her.

Mayim Bialik

Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino absolutely killed it in this red Georges Chakra dress that clung in all the right places. She looks like a gorgeous torch singer, and her hair and makeup are impossible to criticize. Every detail is just as it should be. This is my favorite look of the night, and I don’t know why people don’t pay more attention to Carla in general. I want to look half this fantastic at age 45.

Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the Emmy for Best Actress in a comedy, but her dress was surprisingly boring. This Monique Lhuillier was so bland and shapeless. Julia can and has done so much better on the red carpet. Julia’s smile looks fantastic though. That’s always her best accessory.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne looked rather fragile in this pale pink dress from the Calvin Klein Collection. I love the simple lines of Calvin, and this dress is no exception. Something is off, right? The blonde hair. Rose must have gone lighter for a role, but it washes her out. With her usual brunette, this would have been a smashing look.

Rose Byrne

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann looks like she’s trying to be young and funky. The pattern on this dress is different than Leslie’s usual cookie cutter looks, but she’s just not pulling it off. The optical illusion is hurting my eyes.

Leslie Mann

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  1. ALG says:

    Kaley Cuoco is so basic and budget. Looks like she rolled out of a Walmart.

    • Allie says:

      I normally would agree with you but I love that dress!

    • Holly says:

      Seeing the dress full length now wows me. When I saw her presenting last night just from the bust/waist up, she looked so budget/average and I found myself wondering how anyone could have that amount of money and be that average!

      And I really want to like this girl!

    • Kim says:

      Agreed and she looks like a linebacker in that dress. That dress is made for a small girl. Leslie Mann is so botoxed its scary!

    • Tiffany :) says:

      I disagree. I love the color of this dress, it looks amazing on her. It really highlights how tiny her waist is.

    • VioletCrumble says:

      Has she done something to her face? She appears to have difficulty smiling and seems really uncomfortable and awkward posing for photos. She’s younger than I thought, but looks so much older than I thought….

    • Ag says:

      She does look very budget… It’s something in her face that I can’t quite pinpoint.

  2. Erinn says:

    I love Julia, but haven’t watched Veep yet. I actually liked her gown. A little boring, but pretty.

    Mayim looked cute.

    Kaley’s eyebrows are starting to delve into normal territory!

  3. Rachel says:

    Amy Farrah Fowler for the win! Smokin hot. You go girl!

    • Downton fan says:

      She looked so glam! But, Uhmmm is that under arm hair I spy?? In the picture where she’s waving, it totally looks like there’s a tuft of hair there à la Julia Roberts!

      • Rachel says:

        Hmmm. I cannot conclusively say. Highly possible though. I was more concerned about what the green is in the corners of her smile. But given how fab she looks, I was willing to overlook it.

      • L says:

        Mayim is a very conservative jew and has talked in the past about being more modest in her evening wear. (hence the sleeves-she doesn’t do bare shoulders for religious reasons)

        I’m wondering maybe if the unshaved underarm is for a similar reason? Anyone out there know for sure?

      • Sparkly says:

        @L: I have read on Mayim’s Kveller blog that she doesn’t shave her legs. I assume that may also be true for her underarms. I don’t know if it’s necessarily part of her religion or just personal preference.

    • Zwella Ingrid says:

      I also thought it looked like Mayim is sprouting arm pit hair in this photo. Here’s hoping it is a birthmark or shadow?

  4. Lisa says:

    Carla looks fab and the dress is perfect for her. Kaley looks better than usual and Mayim looks uite glamorous, love the color of the dress. Julia could have (and has) done so much better.

  5. Jade says:

    That optical illusion especially hurts against that background.

    • Holly says:

      All of Leslie’s bitching about her awful body (always exposed in her husband’s movies and always a 9-out-of-10 easily) makes her unattractive to me.

  6. snark says:

    Kaley’s dress is fantastic and Mayim looks better than I’ve ever seen her look on the red carpet. Beautiful!

  7. Spooks says:

    Rose Byrne looked AMAZING. She is so beautiful.
    Why doesn’t Mayim win some awards already?

  8. HappyMom says:

    Rose Byrne always looks fragile because she’s about to pass out from hunger. Jesus, woman-eat something.

    • Holly says:

      I can’t figure her out. First saw her on Damages and she killed it, but yes, she’s thin in a way that speaks to a medical condition or something…

      Saw her recently on a talk show telling stories of riding bikes all summer on Long Island with Bobby and I can’t figure out how she has the strength to push the pedals! Or how she can’t seem to build one muscle to a normal size?!

      I bet she scares the capris off of Tracy Anderson though, probably the one woman who could make Tracy lock herself in a closet and eat gallons of ice cream wondering where she went wrong that she can’t get as “tiny” or “feminine” as Rose!

  9. Madriani's Girl says:

    Ohhhhh, I think Kaley looks gorgeous!!!!

  10. CherylR says:

    Kaley’s make-up matched her outfit! Huge red carpet break through! Usually she wears a ballerina dress in peach with goth eye make up.

    Mayim looked so pretty. There was just too much crap on her sleeves. But the color and cut were perfect.

    Of course Mayim never looks bored or pissed off on the red carpet so she will automatically look prettier. Of course she was nominated…

    For craps sake don’t walk the carpet if you can’t smile. Kaley and Zosia.

  11. lucy2 says:

    Kaley’s dress is amazing.
    I really like Julia’s – she usually goes pretty simple, it works for her. I prefer that to some starlet swallowed up by a huge princess gown.
    I like all of these except the sheerness of Leslie’s.

  12. NerdMomma says:

    I love Kaley’s dress, but her makeup looks terrible and she has a bad case of bitch face. She usually looks prettier than this in the face. I think it’s the eyeshadow.

    • Jess says:

      I agree with you. Kaley’s dress is great but the eye makeup is awful. And the hair is blah. Carla’s dress is fantastic!

  13. murphy says:

    I liked Kaley because she looked way better than usual but that dress could make the thinnest person look like they have swimmer shoulders

  14. MeowuiRose says:

    Kaley looks like Natalie Dormer!

    • Holly says:

      Having just watched the re-run of the Elementary finale, I just can’t see Natalie in Kaley at all, but you just paid her a high compliment!

      • B says:

        I totally agree. It’s their “smirking” they are always doing. And I think their eyes are very similar.

    • B says:

      I totally agree! It’s their smirking they are always doing. Their eyes are very similar as well.

  15. d says:

    Compared to previous outings, Cuoco looks pretty good. That’s a nice dress (though a bit much for the Emmys?), and she looks good. Her taste in men lately though…I mean, sunglasses left on like that is automatically a douche. Everything screams douchebag. Everyone else looks pretty good though, except i hate Mann’s dress….it seems to be becoming a thing, which is unfortunate.

    • loveisthecoal says:

      Yeah I can practically smell the douche wafting off of that guy. Like I look at him and I just know he smells like an Abercrombie & Fitch store. However I LOVE Kaley’s dress. That is GORGEOUS.

      And Rose Byrne is so beautiful, but the combination of the hair color and the color of that dress are washing her out so badly that she looks dead.

  16. smee says:

    Kaley Cuoco is an attractive woman, but she does not know how to do the red carpet.

    She’s got a great body, but never really dresses to call attention to the best parts of it. This dress is riding too low in the top and reminds me a bathing suit quite a bit. She has a slim torso and waist, but this dress (two pieces I think) is really bizzy in that section. Her hair and make-up are wrong as well – her hair looks limp and her eye make-up is over done. She does not look happy or comfortable either. She really needs to find a good stylist in order to shine. Frankly, she looks better in the pap shots at Starbucks!

  17. Applapoom says:

    Love Mayim Bialik, Blossom was one of my favourite programmes.

  18. emmie_a says:

    Kaley looks awesome – one of her best looks yet. I remember last year she wore plastered bangs and a tea length dress to an awards show – this is a huge step in the right direction!

    I LOVE Julia’s dress. It’s simple yet stunning. I just love her. And I loved her acceptance speech.

    Rose always looks like she would break if you touched her. I’m not crazy about her dress but it looks good on her.

    I’d like Leslie’s dress if it was a full gown, w/out the mesh stuff. But overall, it’s not the gown for her – the color and print overwhelms her.

  19. Kiddo says:

    That’s a gorgeous dress.

  20. missmerry says:

    i love the red dress, but why does Cuoco always looks likes shes trying to either hold in or let out a fart?

  21. Missy says:

    Love Mayim’s look. Very different, color is beautiful. She looks great

  22. Grant says:

    I think Kaley’s dress looks strangely tailored, especially in the hips. I really like Leslie’s dress! Admittedly, it might have looked better on someone like Sofia Vergara…

  23. Fatkid says:

    I thought Kaley was the best look of the night. Hands down best. Normally I think she’s just cutesy, but that dress, makeup, the whole bit – gorgeous!

  24. neelyo says:

    Good lord, Rose Byrne looks like Brenda Diana Duff Frazier in her latter years.

  25. Diana says:

    Both BB looked lovely.

  26. Nicolette says:

    Carla looks amazing. Love the dress!

  27. Janet says:

    Boring, are you kidding me?! Dreyfus’s dress was the best of the night! Drop-dead gorgeous!

  28. Erandyn says:

    Mayim just looks like she’s in character – basically Amy trying to look glam and turning out like a nerd at an 80s prom.

  29. TherapyCranes says:

    Kaleys dress is pretty but it reminds me of a halloween costume. All she needs is a vampire bite mark on her neck and some blood and streaked makeup and she’d look absolutely gorgeous. I just don’t dig it as an emmy dress.

    Carla Gugino looks absolutely stunning. She is such a beautiful woman and her dress is amazeballs.

  30. Penelope says:

    That is totally armpit hair. I like the dress on her, though.

  31. apsutter says:

    One of the best dresses Kaley has ever worn. Mayim looks freaking gorgeous and Carla is beyond beautiful. I actually like Rose and Leslie’s looks too.

  32. Camille (TheOriginal) says:

    Carla looks great. She’s such a pretty woman.

  33. Maritza says:

    They all look beautiful, but my favorite dress is Kaley Cuoco’s.

  34. Original Me says:

    Mayim’s dress is too big. It looks rumpled. She could have used a better fit.
    Kaley’s hair and makeup don’t go with the dress. Too casual maybe?
    Hate the color of Rose Byrne’s dress.

  35. kellyinseattle says:

    I absolutely adore Mayim and Julia.

  36. Aurelia says:

    Rose looks like she has annorexic glaze. The starving euphoria. Like being wasted.

  37. ichsi says:

    Carla wins, I’m sorry ladies, but this is classy, beautiful and SEXY as hell at the same time. She’s so freaking gorgeous, it’s just not fair…

    Oh, Rose… I love her as an actress, I think she’s really great but she really needs to eat a little more. And the highlights age her. Why are you doing this you wonderful woman?

  38. taxi says:

    Carla is beautiful. I’ve heard she p.o.’d some big shot a long time ago, essentially getting her career knocked off track.

    Rose is lovely but thin as she is, there’s still a bit of pooch showing at her waist.

    Hate sheer long skirts without a long underskirt. Kaley’s eye shadow is not pretty. Mayim has annoyed me since I first saw her face & I do avoid looking t her or listening to her. I don’t find her any more attractive in this dress or hairdo, but her religion does let her shave.

  39. Caroline says:

    Carla’s dress so so hot
    Rose’s is very simple..very much my style

  40. Katia says:

    Is it just me, or you can see some underarm hair in Mayim Bialik’s first foto?