Deep décolletage was the look of the night at the first awards-show red carpet of the new year, with celebrities at the 73rd Golden Globes on Sunday sporting necklines that plunged lower than the Chinese stock market.
The look could be seen in “Blindspot” actress Jaimie Alexander’s green gown by Genny, Heidi Klum’s flapper-fringe number by Marchesa, “Chicago P.D.” star Sophia Bush’s otherwise-understated little black dress by Narciso Rodriguez and the blue strapless gown from the pre-fall 2016 Reem Acra collection worn by “Downton Abbey’s” Joanne Froggatt.
Katy Perry, a stunner in a rose pink Prada gown with a plunging — but comparatively safe — neckline, managed to draw even more attention to the trend by pointing to her bosom and remarking to red-carpet commentator Ryan Seacrest that she “brought the globes.”
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Who made our list for best and worst looks at the 73rd Golden Globes?
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Cate Blanchett’s rosy-hued, fringe-tastic gown by Givenchy earns the “Carol” star a spot on our best-dressed list at the 73rd Golden Globes.
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Jennifer Lopez gets a best-dressed nod for her chartreuse Giambattista Valli gown with a thigh-slit as high as most of the night’s necklines were low.
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Brie Larson’s custom Calvin Klein Collection gown had a Princess Leia-bikini vibe to it -- but that didn’t keep her from joining our list of best-dressed -- and on trend for the sparkle factor.
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Presenter Kate Bosworth made it onto the best-dressed list long before she hit the red carpet, thanks to the social media posts of her giving her Dolce & Gabbana rose paillette strapless gown with silver crystal embellishments a pre-show “test swirl.”
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Jaimie Alexander was one of the earliest on-trend celebrities to hit the red carpet, and her bold green gown with a plunging neckline by Genny also earned her a spot on our list of favorite looks from the 73rd Golden Globes.
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Emmy Rossum’s Armani Privé crimson silk crepe strapless gown with a mermaid skirt and cascading train was a sleek and simple stunner -- and one of the standout looks at the 73rd Golden Globes.
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Gina Rodriguez picked a midnight blue duchesse architectural gown from Zac Posen’s pre-fall 2016 collection. She hit the red carpet early -- and the best-dressed list not long after that.
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Red-carpet repeat offender Kevin Hart struck an off note with an olive green, open-weave wool dinner jacket with a black satin shawl collar lapel by Musika Frère.
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Eva Longoria’s white Georges Hobeika fishtail gown was among our least-favorite looks of the 73rd Golden Globes -- thanks in no small part to the floral embellishments at the hips.
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Melissa McCarthy’s shimmery blue metallic dress -- which she reportedly helped design herself - was among our least-favorite looks of the evening.
(Jason Merritt / Getty Images) Olivia Wilde wore a custom Michael Kors Collection wine-colored silk crepe halter gown with sequin embellishments that made her a two-fer in the trend department: The night’s other big theme was a surfeit of sequins, which came down the carpet with the festive feel of a freshly uncorked Jeroboam of bubbly.
Among the standouts of the evening’s sparkle posse were nominee Regina King (“American Crime”) in a sleeveless gold metallic floral sequin dress by Krikor Jabotian accessorized with a regal-looking cape, nominee Uzo Aduba (“Orange Is the New Black”) in a sparkly gown from the Talbot Runhof Resort 2016 collection and Julianne Moore in a midnight-blue, sequin-covered, draped-back dress by her awards-show date Tom Ford. Brie Larson’s custom gold gown from the Calvin Klein collection was embellished with so much metal, she likened the dress to “wearing Joan of Arc armor.”
Kate Hudson wore a custom beaded crepe bandeau-top gown from the Michael Kors collection, but it was another Kate — last name Bosworth — who set the sequin bar even before she’d left the limousine. Bosworth posted photos of her pink sequin Dolce & Gabbana gown to social media in advance of her arrival, and the confection looked like a wearable glass of pink Champagne.
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Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
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Helen Mirren
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Laverne Cox at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
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Amy Adams; Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith; and Lady Gaga
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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
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Katy Perry, Taylor Schilling and Kate Hudson
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Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic
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Regina King and Rachel Bloom.
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Dwayne Johnson and daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson
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Saoirse Ronan
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Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
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Director Tom McCarthy and his guest
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Lily Tomlin, Denis O’Hare and Uzo Aduba
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Liev Schreiber and Damian Lewis
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Brie Larson
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From left, actresses Leslie Mann, Zendaya and Eva Longoria.
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Amy Schumer
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Sylvester Stallone with wife and daughters
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Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler
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David and Jessica Oyelowo
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, from left, Laverne Cox and Eva Longoria on the red carpet.
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Elvis Nolasco and Richard Cabral
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Wiz Khalifa
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Lola Kirke poses on the red carpet at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail
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Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano
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Giuliana Rancic, Debbie Matenopoulos and Ken and Tran Jeong.
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Maria Menounos
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Ernst & Young couriers deliver the envelopes containing the winners to the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Carly Steel, left, Brad Goreski and Louise Roe
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Fans in the bleachers watch the red carpet arrivals.
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Actor Alan Cumming documents the red carpet moment.
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Liz Hernandez, left, Carly Steel and Nancy O’Dell
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Nancy O’Dell at the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Bomb sniffing dogs walked the red carpet January 10, 2016 at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Bosworth’s strapless gown also keyed into one of the smaller trends of the night: the bare and off-the-shoulder looks sported by the likes of Kate Winslet in a Ralph Lauren Collection royal blue silk crepe crisscross halter evening dress, Lady Gaga in a custom black Atelier Versace gown with exaggerated hips and a sweetheart neckline, Gina Rodriguez in a blue Zac Posen gown and Amy Schumer in a black and white color-blocked Prabal Gurung gown that was also notable for the fact that it had something that’s often in short supply on the red carpet: pockets.
adam.tschorn@latimes.com
