Cobie Smulders in Schiaparelli
Fabulous. She looks like an amazing art work wherein a student filled in the pattern with a collage of her father's old neckties.
Laura Linney in Derek Lam
This is ALSO fantastic. The best thing she's ever worn, in fact. I LOVE IT. Also, she and Cynthia Nixon trade roles in The Little Foxes, and I cannot imagine anything so luxurious as getting to watch both versions. What a fascinating master class that must be. (They are nominated for different roles; I think they play ONE of the parts more often than the other.)
Liu Wen in Zac Posen
Dreamy, gorgeous, and perfectly accessorized. I didn't have any pics of her without Zac in them -- I HOPE they exist and that they just weren't in our sub. Because she should've gotten to stand alone.
Anna Kendrick in Miu Miu
That's pretty, but it also comes off like she felt it was missing pizazz, so she stopped off to BeadWorks on her way to the Tonys.
I am also not sold on the back. It didn't particularly need a trick. Nor a ponytail that long, although maybe that's Anna's way of expressing support for Ariana Grande.
Phoebe Cates
Kevin won for Noel Coward's Present Laughter, in which he's appearing with Cobie and Kate Burton. I'm sure he's great in it; Kevin Kline is rarely NOT great in things, even when said things themselves are terrible. It's nice to see Phoebe Cates out and about; wouldn't SHE have been great as Veronica's mother in Riverdale? That show is all about casting throwbacks to my generation, and she'd have been divine. I like her dress, but would have left the purse at home and then been like, "OOPS, better pop into Judith Leiber."
Rachel Chavkin
Rachel directed this version of Great Comet, and her dress is so unusual. There's something peaceful about it that morphs into something sinister; it feels like it tells a story, only I can't decide exactly which one. Maybe it's about a field where two people go to stargaze and then accidentally summon a dead relative at what will turn out to be Tragic Personal Cost.
Laura Osnes in Badgley Mischka
Another one in the sartorial win column.
Paloma Young
She is a costumer -- for Great Comet, I believe -- and I am totally enchanted by that skirt. I almost wish I owned it in the form of Kooky Pants, except that Kooky Pants are something I enjoy in the abstract but never have the guts to wear on my own body. Also, you need to know that a) she designed this dress, b) she put deep pockets in it, and c) SHE FILLED THEM WITH SNACKS.
Eva Noblezada
Eva looks adorable in this, but I wish it had EITHER the waist OR the laced bodice. She was nominated for Miss Saigon, and I cannot imagine anything more stomach-fluttering than having to step into shoes the great Lea Salonga once filled. Her voice is amazing, though; she sang "I Swear I'd Give My Life For You" really wonderfully. But it was a weird choice of number. The first time I heard Miss Saigon, it was on Wogan right before it opened in the West End, when Lea Salonga and the dude who played Chris performed "Sun & Moon." A classic choice, and very transportive. Why not do that one? I know it doesn't involve the company, but this one led off with her shooting Thuy and it was very... chilly.
Sara Bareilles in Naeem Khan
This needs 100 percent less underboob. I am almost astonished; Sara Bareilles has never struck me as a Noted Underboob Aficionada.
Jay Manuel
Great jacket, Mr. Jay, but have we EVER seen you in facial hair before?!? It looks SO STRANGE to me because I'm used to the clean-shaven ANTM days. It almost reads fake.
Thalia
There is a lot happening here that I can't process. It looks like there's a sacred aperture on her abdomen that will only open if you lean down and whisper the correct nonsense phrase into it.
Bee (in McQueen) and Anna (in Maison Margiela)
Anna is wearing fishing net and Bee looks sneezed on by a glitter fairy, but Anna's smile says, "LOOK AT ALL THE FASHION MY BOSSY MANDATE HATH WROUGHT." She's not wrong. Well, about the netting she was, but otherwise...
Jenna Lyons
"Hello. I'm here because Anna told me to come. This is my bathrobe. Don't I rock it? Don't you want it? You do. Such is my power."
