Golden Globes red carpet fashion: necklines plunge south, metallics shine and women wear menswear
Among the actresses putting the “golden” in Golden Globes: from left, Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren Collection, Sarah Paulson in Marc Jacobs and Kerry Washington in Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda.
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The big trend on the 74th Golden Globes red carpet was, well, golden. The stars arriving in golden garb were matched by just about as many in silver, making sparkly metallics one of the night’s top looks.
Among the standouts Sunday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills were Kerry Washington in a Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda gown, Priyanka Chopra in a custom Ralph Lauren Collection hand-embroidered evening dress (the result of 1,600 hours of hand sewing gold sequins and glass beads), gold-medal gymnast Simone Biles and Sarah Paulson, who wore a gold lace-embellished, open-back Marc Jacobs gown with rolling waves of sparkling gold and silver sequins.
The march of metallics continued with a silver-clad sisterhood that included “Loving’s” Ruth Negga in a sea of silver and gold paillettes (courtesy of Louis Vuitton), “Stranger Things’ ” Millie Bobby Brown (in Jenny Packham), Regina King in a Romona Keveža Collection platinum beaded asymmetrical mermaid gown, and Gina Rodriguez in a sparkling silver Naeem Khan gown.
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Rodriguez and Chopra were also among the celebrities who keyed into the night’s other major trend: necklines that plunged nearly to the navel, threatening a near wardrobe malfunction with every footfall. Other women who gave the sternum more than its fair share of daylight at the Golden Globes were Jessica Biel in a sleeveless gown from the Fall/Winter 2016 Elie Saab Haute Couture collection, Kristen Bell in a plunging sequin Jenny Packham outfit, Emily Ratajkowski in a yellow gown with antique stone detail by Reem Acra, Mandy Moore in a black Naeem Khan gown that made up for the lack of fabric in the front with a gauzy cape that flowed out behind her and Busy Philipps in Stella McCartney.
The plunging neckline trend as worn by, from left, Kristen Bell in Jenny Packham, Mandy Moore in Naeem Khan and Jessica Biel in Elie Saab.
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Lily Collins hit the red carpet in one of the standout fairy-tale gowns of the night, a pink A-line dress and cape ensemble from the Fall 2016 Zuhair Murad Couture collection that was showered in sparkly beading. The color of the gown (described as “rosewood pink”) was part of the Globes’ other big color takeaways. Pale shades of pink were seen in ensembles worn by Carrie Underwood (in a floral blossom of a gown by Iris Van Herpen) and Emma Stone (in a pink Valentino gown festooned with silver stars).
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One of the standout looks of the night came courtesy of Lily Collins in a rosewood pink A-line dress showered with beads from Zuhair Murad’s fall 2016 Couture collection -- accessorized with Harry Winston jewels including a pair of vintage cluster diamond drop earrings set in platinum.
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Jessica Chastain picked a light blue silk-wool column gown by Prada for the Golden Globes - and we picked her for our best-dressed list.
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Prada also helped put Natalie Portman on our best-dressed list with this silk gown embellished with an empire waistline, flared skirt and crystal embroidery.
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Hailee Steinfeld was a shoo-in for the best-dressed list thanks to her custom lavender hand-draped french tulle Vera Wang gown with an A-line, off-the-shoulder flair.
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Brie Larson, wearing a red Rodarte dress, is on our best-dressed list.
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Priyanka Chopra was on theme - and on our best-dressed list -- thanks to a one-of-a-kind hand-embroidered gold evening dress from the Ralph Lauren Collection. According to the RL folks, the hand-embroidered gold sequins and glass beads took a total of 1,600 hours to complete.
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Ruth Negga’s futuristic sea of silver, gold and rose gold paillettes (courtesy of Louis Vuitton) earns her a spot on the night’s best-dressed list.
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Winona Ryder in one of the evening’s under-the-radar best-dressed looks courtesy of Viktor & Rolf Couture.
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Everything’s coming up roses for Carrie Underwood, whose Iris Van Herpen gown helped propel her to the 2017 Golden Globes best-dressed list.
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Evan Rachel Wood wore a custom Altuzarra tuxedo that paid homage to Marlene Dietrich -- and made for one of the most memorable menswear looks of the night.
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Another favorite menswear look of the night came by way of Donald Glover, who chose a tobacco-brown, two-button velvet Gucci suit.
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Milo Ventimiglia said his navy blue made-to-measure Ralph Lauren Purple Label shawl-collar tuxedo “moved like smoke.” His look moved us to add him to our best-dressed list.
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We adore Sophie Turner and we’re huge fans of the Louis Vuitton label, but somehow two rights end up making a wrong here, landing it on our list of the evening’s least-liked looks.
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Nicole Kidman’s silver-sequin-embroidered ivory gown with distressed tulle train from the spring/summer 2017 Alexander McQueen collection might have been on-trend in the metallics department but that wasn’t enough to save it from our worst-dressed list.
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Anna Chlumsky, arriving at the 74th Golden Globes, makes the worst-dressed list.
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Jessica Biel’s Elie Saab dress, one of our least-liked looks of the night, looks like it might have had a fender-bender with Sophie Turner’s dress in the parking lot of the Beverly Hilton.
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There were also a couple of notable menswear looks on the red carpet. And two of the most memorable happened to be worn by women: Octavia Spencer in a custom suit by Laura Basci, and Evan Rachel Wood, who turned out in a black custom-made peak-lapel Altuzarra tuxedo with a white waistcoat, white silk blouse and generous white bow at the neck.
Evan Rachel Wood arriving at the 74th Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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“I’m not anti-dress,” she told E! Entertainment’s Ryan Seacrest on the way into the Beverly Hilton. “I just wanted to send a message to girls [that] your worth is more than that.”
Other menswear moments of note came by way of Milo Ventimiglia (who told Seacrest that his navy blue Ralph Lauren Purple Label made-to-measure shawl-collar tuxedo “moved liked smoke”), Donald Glover (in a tobacco-colored velvet two-button Gucci suit) and Ryan Gosling, who was a winner twice over — once for his Golden Globe for actor in a musical or comedy and again for making the white Gucci tuxedo jacket he wore look classy as all get out.
Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?” and writing down the answers.
