Compared to Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards — littered with semi-ratchet cleavage, cutouts and Amber Rose — Monday’s Emmy Awards red carpet was a vanilla cakewalk.
Aside from the painfully obvious flops, everyone looked just fine.
Here are our absolute favorites of the night, and a rehash of the biggest fails.
The good
Laverne Cox was the Emmys queen
Laverne CoxReuters ; UPIThe Time magazine cover girl wore a Marc Bouwer gown and blew the others to smithereens.
Jessica Paré actually looked perfect
Jessica ParéFilmMagic ; WireImageLanvin dress, Fred Leighton necklace, the certain je ne sais quoi to match her surname accent —need we say more?
Kiernan Shipka schooled everyone
Kiernan ShipkaSplash News ; Getty ImagesAntonio Berardi sure as hell beats our 14-year-old closets, chock-full of Abercrombie & Fitch.
Lizzy Caplan played Cruella deVille
Lizzy CaplanFilmMagic ; WireImage In back-baring Donna Karan Atelier, dahling.
Michelle Dockery again did no wrong
Michelle DockeryWireImage (2)This time thank Rosie Assoulin.
The bad
January Jones wore these bangs
January JonesSplash News ; WireImageFrom the neck up it’s a frightful situation.
Mayim Bialik blue up
Mayim BialikGetty Images ; WireImageShe’s the Smurf version Mary Todd Lincoln.
Natasha Lyonne truly DGAF
Natasha LyonneWireImage (2)And yes, we love her for it.
Sarah Paulson took American Horror Story too seriously
Sarah PaulsonSplash News ; WireImageIt’s like she was stabbed by a million stilettos.
And then there was Lena Dunham
Lena DunhamSplash News (2)For whom there are no words. OK, maybe a few:
