My fabulous fashion picks for this year's Emmy Awards

I'll be honest. Something about celebrity award ceremonies seems slightly pretentious to me. Don't stars get enough of a reward for starring in the latest blockbuster or having a chart-topping hit single with their enormous pay checks? Why do we have to fawn over them publicly once more?

I believe my Dad said it best when he wrote.

I find award shows boring and pompous. Can you imagine a world where normal people give each other awards and tell each other how great they are? On second thought, that might actually make the world a better place.

Nevertheless, the day after any award ceremony is always fun one. It's time for the claws to come out and the fashion police to frisk actors who at one time seemed invincible.

Going against the grain, I'd like to take a moment to in this blog identify those celebrities who in my eyes emerged fashionably victorious last night.


Here they are (in no particular order):

Christina Hendricks, star of Emmy winner "Mad Men", put the vavavoom into the red carpet this year.

Julia Stiles, who recently starred in the fifth season of Showtime's hit "Dexter," kept it classy on the red carpet in sparkly periwinkle.

Emmy host Jane Lynch traded in the track suit she normally dons for her gig on glee for a deep plum color that suited her well for this year's Primetime Emmys.

Glee phenomenon Lea Michele was a show stopper in what seemed to be the most popular color of the night. Red.

Nina Dobrev, who plays Elena Gilbert on CW's "The Vampire Diaries," turned heads Sunday night  in a red floor-length gown.

All photos are courtesy of Emmys.

Do you agree with my picks? Who would you add to this list of fashionably fabulous? Who wouldn't make the cut? Also, if you could have an award show for anything in the world, what would it be? Leave a comment or tweet me your thoughts @ jessica_priest.

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