Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson or Sophie Turner – who was best dressed at the SAG Awards 2020?
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards are frequently described as an actors-celebrating-their-own kind of affair and, based on this year’s spectacle, hosted on Sunday, January 19, it was a celebrate-your-own-style affair as well – with most of the memorable looks coming down the silver carpet pumping up the volume, amping up the colour and showcasing boldness in pattern and sparkle.
Harriet star Cynthia Erivo, fresh from a focus-pulling turn on the Golden Globes red carpet earlier this month, did it again here, this time in a bright red and pink strapless custom Schiaparelli Couture gown that was poufing and puffing toward the floor.
Others keying into the cornea-searing colour palette included Sophie Turner (from Game of Thrones) in a bright pink bustier-inspired strapless Louis Vuitton gown.
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Big Little Lies star Kathryn Newton appeared in a voluminous Valentino gown the colour of the midday sun (“I wanted to feel like the sun,” she told a PeopleTV reporter on the way into the Shrine Auditorium, to which we say, “Mission accomplished!”).
Meanwhile Madeline Brewer, of The Handmaid’s Tale, arrived in an aquamarine strapless tiered ball gown with a ruched bodice, from the spring/summer 2020 Monique Lhuillier collection.
Among the memorably-dressed men who took fashion risks that paid off were Andrew Scott (the hot priest from Fleabag), who turned up in a mauve tuxedo from Azzaro Couture paired with a dusty rose dress shirt, black bow tie and black cummerbund.
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By contrast Noah Schnapp’s (Stranger Things) custom baby blue Balmain ensemble put the cummerbund on the outside of the tuxedo jacket.
O.T. Fagbenle’s (The Handmaid’s Tale) flowing, wide-sleeved robe – known as an agbada – came across as part-dashiki, part-Renaissance and part-superhero costume, which somehow worked out great on him.
Others noticeably pumping up the volume were Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones), whose strapless, floral-festooned Miu Miu gown sported an immense bow at the breastbone (“I like to see myself as a present, you know?” she said to the PeopleTV reporter – to which we again say, “Mission accomplished!”).
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Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) came in Georges Hobeika, and Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) chose a custom white silk taffeta Louis Vuitton coat dress and trousers.
Brown’s masculine-meets-feminine look also keyed into the men’s formal wear-inspired look for women that was the top trend takeaway from the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Among those who followed suit on Sunday night were Julia Butters (of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), who arrived in a sparkly silver-sequinned tuxedo jacket from Dsquared2.
Sian Clifford (Fleabag), chose a burgundy velvet Zuhair Murad suit with black satin lapels.
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Last but not least, Patricia Arquette’s (The Act) red, one-button tuxedo with flared-leg trousers, contrasting black lapels and black capelike train made her look like the superhero we all wish we were.
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards have a reputation for actors celebrating their own kind – but this year it was more about celebrating individual style, and there were some fabulous hits and epic misses on the silver carpet to prove it