Kirsten Dunst vs. Emilia Clarke: who rocked the better black Valentino?

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There was a surprising amount of GOTH DRAMA at the Golden Globes, which pleases the 14-year-old goth girl inside me. For my money, Kirsten Dunst in this Valentino was one of the best of the “black gown” looks, if not one of the best gowns of the evening overall. This gown could have gone so wrong, but the fit was perfect, her body looked amazing and her styling was completely on-point. She had (arguably) the best smoky eye of the night. God, I really wanted her to win for Fargo. She was amazing in Fargo!!! Also: she had the best accessory with boyfriend Garrett Hedlund!

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Emilia Clarke in Valentino, trying to bring the drama and the drama just was not brought. Instead, this whole thing is a f—king mess. It’s actually kind of funny? I mean, she’s wearing a gown that has a buttoned bib/dickie, for goodness sake. Emilia is a tiny woman – as we’ve seen on Game of Thrones – and this Valentino makes her look about 30 pounds heavier than she actually is. The built-in sheer cape is also an awful feature, although when I was a 14-year-old goth girl, I would have loved it.

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  1. Josephine says:

    So sick of that cape look. It looks good on just about no one. Paltrow rocked it years ago, and that once was enough.

    • FLORC says:

      You haven’t seen many cape dresses then because Goop’s dress was really good, but not the best.. So many women ROCK the cape dress. Trick is Shoulders back and head up. Try 68th Cannes (NOT Isabella R.) or just a basic google search.
      Also, Lupita, Amy Adams (the pink and the red and black dresses). There are too many great examples.

  2. mimi says:

    Kirsten looks AMAZING

    • Mgsota says:

      Yes! I was knocked over by how gorgeous she looked. I LOVE her dress, hair is beautiful, make-up…everything. Perfection.

    • Greenieweenie says:

      Her rack looks amazing. If a Kardashian wore this, it would look trashy. But she looks great. I don’t watch AHS but I’m still convinced Fargo is the height of TV and she was great. So was Hanzee. And Patrick Wilson. And Ted Dansen. Hope that show got the love it deserves!

      • Locke Lamora says:

        I think the neckline looks trashy on her too. There is just no way a neckline this deep can look good, IMO. Everything else looks great.

      • teacakes says:

        @Locke Lamora – I don’t think the neckline looks trashy on Kirsten, and that’s because she wears it with coolness and confidence – dress may have a deep neckline, but she doesn’t succumb to the Kardashian syndrome of posing with her chest and ass sticking out as if to indicate to the public ‘here are my tits and ass’.

        She looks comfortable in it, and that makes ALL the difference.

      • FLORC says:

        Her chest looks awesome. My 1st thought… Fake? Or Tape?
        Love and weight gain has been very good to her!

      • teacakes says:

        @FLORC – tit tape was obviously involved here but she grew that rack all on her own, see Melancholia if you don’t believe me.

    • alexc says:

      She does look phenomenal. The thin black straps across her gorgeous skin, wow.

    • Glimmerbunny says:

      She was one of the best of the night. Super sexy but classy at the same time, and by the way Garrett was looking at her he seemed to agree 🙂

    • vespernite says:

      Yes, those boobs! Lucious! She is can really clean it up when she wants to. I lover her!

  3. Kelly says:

    Wow. Neither. They are both unrecognizable. Kirsten Dunst face looks off, but that could be her hair and makeup. I actually had to google Emilia just to make sure. How do you go wrong with a black dress, a black dress by Valentino. Not my favorite designer, but please!

    • Wentworth Miller says:

      I love Kristen dress. The bracelet is supposed to fit close to her wrist n not hanging off. I thought that her face looked different, also.
      The cape dress is ugly. The designers should make it stop.

  4. Dani2 says:

    Kirsten was actually one of my favourite looks of the night – everything just works, make up, hair, the dress.

  5. kri says:

    Kirsten looks awesome. Is it wrong to say that Garrett has the worst makeup of the night?

  6. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Kirsten looks good, but I think underboob is unflattering.

    • ell says:

      i personally think that much cleavage looks better on someone with smaller boobs, however she seems to pull it off.

    • Brittney B. says:

      I’m pretty much ALL underboob and have been since my late teens… so I’m thrilled that so many people loved her look. After seeing so many thin women taped into dresses that showed off 75% of their A/B-cups, it was such a relief when Kirsten arrived and rocked a similar look with boobs that look more like mine. All the bodies looked healthy and gorgeous, including hers.

      I know certain designs are more flattering on certain features (and it’s subjective), so I try not to dissect this constant notion that women with bigger busts should cover themselves up (especially if they show signs of — *gasp* — gravity). But I hope society — and as a result, fashion — evolves past the urge to cover up any “imperfections” that deviate from a very, very specific body type. She’s young and fit, and “underboob” is what happens when your breast tissue obeys the laws of physics.

      • Dani says:

        Thank you! I thought Kirsten looked great, and classy. And while I love AHS and was pleasantly surprised by Gaga’s performance, Kirsten was totally robbed.

  7. Pansy says:

    Emilia Clarke’s arms. What…..where….shoulders…..I, just……

    • raptor says:

      THIS

    • Elisa the I. says:

      Hahahahaha! ITA, I guess she has no mirrors in her house. 😛
      Kirsten Dunst is perfection.

    • cd3 says:

      Gosh, I feel for Emilia. I keep wanting her to knock it out of the park style-wise, but she always disappoints. She’s always in clothes that wear her, not the other way around.

      Kirsten on the other hand is wearing the sh!t out of her dress.

  8. Naddie says:

    Kirsten all the way! She never looked so good before, apart from Spider Man movies.
    And Emilia… I swear part of her beauty goes away whenever she takes off Dany’s wig. In GOT she’s breathtaking.

  9. Kitten says:

    I’m just here for Garrett.

    Love Kiki’s dress and whole look, actually.

  10. SugarQuill says:

    Kirsten looked incredible. Emilia, on the other hand, looked like a widowed socialite attending the funeral of her deceased spouse. Such a shame, she’s so pretty.

    • ell says:

      ‘Emilia, on the other hand, looked like a widowed socialite attending the funeral of her deceased spouse.”

      lmao

  11. ell says:

    kirsten, because the dress is prettier. i don’t understand why emilia likes this capey-like dresses so much, what she wore last year had a cape too.

  12. Fran says:

    I actually really like both!

  13. OSTONE says:

    Kiki is one of the best dressed of the night for sure.

  14. Mrs. Darcy says:

    Who beat Kirsten for Fargo? She so deserved to win! She looks amazing, a bit different for her to go so heavy/goth but she looks gorgeous. Her man candy is almost too pretty though, I would worry he was upstaging me! I feel for Emilia, she’s so petite and she hasn’t accepted she can’t pull off certain ott looks yet. Or she just picks the wrong ones – with a different bodice and less skirt this might have been ok.

    • truthSF says:

      I can’t believe they gave the award to Gaga over Kirsten. That was a travesty on the highest level.

    • teacakes says:

      Lady Gaga over Kirsten?

      PLEASE.

    • clarencebeeks says:

      I was FURIOUS! I do not understand how anyone could have beat Kirsten. Peggy was a fantastic character and she did a phenomenal job.

      I think Gaga paid the judges. Somehow she did, because otherwise it does not make sense at all.

      • amilu says:

        She bought her “Woman of the Year” from Billboard Magazine, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she bought this, too.

        Kirsten and everyone involved in Fargo did a phenomenal job and deserve all. the. awards!

      • Mrs. Darcy says:

        I mean, I didn’t see AHS but I just can’t imagine anyone being more awesome that Kirsten as Peggy “sweetly smiles but will stab a b*tch” Blumquist! Fargo got robbed, straight up: Wolf Hall was a total BBC snooze fest. Shame on your pandering to the Brits, Hollywood Foreign Press!

  15. vauvert says:

    Emilia is giving me Victorian madam in mourning vibes, but maybe because I have never liked the goth look. She could look spectacular, why she chose this netted monstrosity is beyond me.
    I didn’t like Kirsten’s dress, but obviously lots of you guys did. I think I just have “cut to the navel” fatigue.

  16. Lexi says:

    Emilia Clarke looks beautiful.

  17. SamiHami says:

    Kirsten’s dress is far superior to Emilia’s, but I have to say I get so tired of seeing ridiculously revealing gowns. This is just too much cleavage. Instead of thinking, “Oh, she looks lovely!” one thinks “Oh, look, she’s showing off her boobs.”

  18. Hejhej says:

    Kirsten FTW allthough her hair is a bit off for this look IMO.

  19. themummy says:

    Kirsten’s dress!! Oh my goodness, I love that dress.

  20. Penelope says:

    She looked so beautiful and should’ve won. AHS is trash tv…Fargo should’ve won everything it was nominated for last night.

  21. Pants says:

    I don’t like either of these dresses, though I do think Kirsten’s hair and makeup are on point.

    • KBeth says:

      I agree, Kristen’s skin looks flawless! The dress is just too revealing to be flattering.
      I love Emilia but she looks a hot mess here. So disappointing…pretty face, great figure & she wears this monstrosity.

      • teacakes says:

        fun fact: I saw Kirsten in person once, like 10 years ago at a music festival, and her skin was freaking flawless even though it was sweaty and gross out there and she obviously had no makeup on (I was close enough to tell).

        Some people are just genetically blessed.

      • april says:

        Agree.

  22. serena says:

    Kiki looks stunning, woah!

  23. teacakes says:

    Kirsten looks GORGEOUS, and was robbed (Lady Gaga, seriously?!)

    I’m not normally a fan of cut-to-the-navel dresses, but this one is perfection on her – everything from the fit and flow, to those strings across the stop, to the fact that she actually has pretty visible boobs, to just her body language. And the hair and makeup are perfect, too.

    • PennyLane says:

      She looks great. Valentino seems to give people dresses based on how they feel about someone – if they like you, then you get a nice dress. If they don’t like you…well, you can still tell folks that you’re wearing a Valentino. So they must like Kirsten Dunst.

  24. nicegirl says:

    Kiki ftw!! Gorge!

  25. Michelle says:

    Kirstin looks amazing

  26. Josefina says:

    I think that’s the best Kiki ever looked tbh. As a former goth girl myself, I’ve always had a thing for very pale women in black. Her eyes look so piercing and gorgeous, too.

  27. Tredd says:

    Fangs’ dress is better, but Emilia has class. I’ll never get over old Hollywood embracing, even in the slightest, white trash too lazy to get braces *shaking my head* Pure, trailer park Barbie, that one.

  28. Betti says:

    Kirsten rocked that dress and had the best look of the evening. Emilia *sigh* she’s a pretty girl but has shit for style, I have yet to see her in something that actually suits her.

  29. What's inside says:

    Kristen gets a 10 including hunky boyfriend. The other one reminded me of a costume from Victor/Victoria that Julie Andrews wore and better.

  30. BadAssCompass says:

    Kirsten is like actor’s Kate Moss, really cleans up well, keeps doing good work and gets some real hotties along the way.

  31. Jag says:

    Kirsten looks incredible! I had missed this post, so thank you for linking it from the other one. Guess I’ll have to check out Fargo now. 🙂