{"id":262881,"date":"2026-09-11T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/the-25-best-dresses-in-emmys-history\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:47:12","slug":"the-25-best-dresses-in-emmys-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/the-25-best-dresses-in-emmys-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The 25 Best Dresses in Emmys History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/emmys\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">the Emmy Awards<\/a>, the stars of television\u2019s small screen often come wearing some big dresses. In the 1950s and \u201960s, celebrities like Lucille Ball arrived on red carpets at LA landmarks like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/story\/paul-r-williams\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul R. Williams<\/a>\u2013designed Ambassador Hotel or the Hollywood Palladium in custom gowns by their studio\u2019s costume designers or other private high-end dressmakers. Come the 2000s, nearly every major European fashion house is clamoring to style the year\u2019s nominees\u2026and send out a press release as well as an Instagram post once they do.<\/p>\n<p>So out of a sea of stylish looks, which dresses stand out as some of the best in Emmys history? There\u2019s Ball in the height of \u201960s glamour in a feather caftan, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2021\/02\/jane-seymour-muse-princess-diana-wedding-dress-fashion-designers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Seymour<\/a> in an oh-so-\u201980s sequined gown, which she wore when winning outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries for <em>Onassis: The Richest Man in the World.<\/em> In the \u201990s and early 2000s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/sarah-jessica-parker\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Jessica Parker<\/a> cemented herself as a bona fide fashion darling, wearing looks from designers like Oscar de La Renta and Chanel. And in recent years, celebrities like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/zendaya\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/anya-taylor-joy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Anya Taylor-Joy<\/a> have embraced full European couture, trains and all.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the risk-takers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/aubrey-plaza\" class=\"text link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aubrey Plaza<\/a> dared to don Loewe\u2019s Post-it note dress. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/02\/emma-corrin-hollywood-issue-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Corrin<\/a> wore a delightfully bizarre Miu Miu ensemble in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2014\/04\/kiernan-shipka-mad-men\" class=\"text link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiernan Shipka<\/a>, meanwhile, eschewed a ball gown for a Dior Couture minidress worn over a pair of black pants\u2014an even bolder choice when you consider the <em>Mad Men<\/em> star was only 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p><native-ad position=\"in-content\" shoulddisplaylabel=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2026 Emmy Awards, here are the best dresses in Emmys history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/photos\/best-emmys-dresses-in-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Emmy Awards, the stars of television\u2019s small screen often come wearing some big dresses. In the 1950s and \u201960s, celebrities like Lucille Ball arrived on red carpets at LA landmarks like the Paul R. Williams\u2013designed Ambassador Hotel or the Hollywood Palladium in custom gowns by their studio\u2019s costume designers or other private high-end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[267,16555,16805,43,6939],"class_list":{"0":"post-262881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-emmys","9":"tag-emmys-2026","10":"tag-emmys-best-dressed","11":"tag-fashion","12":"tag-red-carpet-style"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}