I love fashion at awards shows - that’s my favorite part. So - here’s my completely personal, totally uneducated opinion, because you asked. :-) I think Mary Tyler Moore looks sickly. She is so pale and thin, I think the dress called attention to it. That, and she’s had so much work done, the face doesn’t match the rest of her body, so I think she calls more attention to her age with a dress that shows that much skin. I wish Sally and Glenn were less modest. They’re gorgeous, they’ve aged beautifully, and I’d have loved to have seen them in something other than black. Oprah, Oprah….I can bet no one looked at her face all night. The twins look ENORMOUS!

MUST see this. Hysterically ironic: Wall Streeters/Immigrant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I I think Oprah looked at lot better here. Down-played the girls, color is less screaming and then the attention is on her, plus plays up her own beautiful coloring, plus feminine and unique. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d080dQuJ14c She also looks great in solid gold or white. Black might have been deliberately respectful of the times. Red is so predictably ‘look at me’ at least do it, if must, in a very new hue. And with less fussy detail.

Well, they all looked better than me last night, as I was wearing slippers and an old robe, part watching the Emmys and part fooling around with my computer. [I think I was more comfortable though.] Since Oprah has been diagnosed with thyroid disease, she has had even more trouble controlling her weight, but she still looks terrific.

Oprah’s dress had waaaay too much stuff going on. Not flattering at all, and red was not right. Glenn Close looked very pretty, I’ve already said on another thread that Mary Tyler Moore needs to eat and wear sleeves, and Sally Field looked wonderful. Still think Marcia Cross was by far the most incredible of the evening.

You know, age-appropriate dressing has been hanging out with chivalry lately. Mary Tyler Moore’s DRESS was lovely, but made her look too old. She didn’t have to wear a shawl and drag a rocking chair on stage or anything, but…Sally Field’s dress looked like a church number with a too-long hemline…Glenn Close was a-drape and a-puddle with hair that looked ready for a Saturday leaf raking session…Oprah shouldn’t wear ruching around her hips; she already has enough HIPS around her hips. But I’ll say this for Ms. O: she looked younger and more vibrant in flashy red than did the other 3 ladies. When is RED gonna become the new black?

They all look great. Beautiful and accomplished women.

Well after that horrible opening after Oprah spoke, I was ready to change the station. Howie was totally impossible and made it impossible for other to give their speech. This is not the first time MTM has worn a dress that makes her look sickly. Tom Smothers looked great. I did not like the dresses designed by the Project Runway winner. I think the Emmys make Ellen the life-long host of the Emmys. Her Emmy hosted shows and bits are always great. They need new writers and should hire Bruce Vilanch who always did a great job with the Oscars. I loved Glenn’s acceptance speech, but secretly wished Kyra had won. Ladies, Tonight is the new season of Boston Legal!!!

I didn’t watch the Emmys but I read a scathing review of the show in the Chicago Tribune today. They ripped it apart, especially the opening with the reality show hosts, but pretty much everything after that as well.

Though I have to add… my husband was channel surfing and came across the show just as Mary Tyler Moore was on screen… and her arms made him call me up saying “Come here, you have to see this” to show me how awful her arms looked. She really is too thin for her age (though as a diabetic perhaps she is healthier that way) and though you could see she works out, her elderly skin was just hanging when she held up her arms. She would have looked much better with her arms covered.