Our weekly look at the stunningly beautiful and beautifully ugly celebrity ensembles that set the group chat alight.

Best vest

Bowen Yang in beaded Bode is an absolute dream match: one of my favourite comedians wearing one of the coolest brands. This was his suave Emmys look, paired with a white suit – and he was one of the best dressed men on the red carpet (and it was a strong showing this time around). I’m not sure what the story behind this red intricately beaded vest is but I’m sure there is one, as Bode almost always uses upcycled materials. Hard pivot: I’ve been saving Bowen’s new New Yorker profile, with incredible images by Ryan McGinley, to read this weekend. – Zoe Walker Ahwa

Best bow

Honestly, always a stacked field and I also loved this Patou dress worn by Jacqueline Novak (styled by Leith Clark) this week (which I also loved when Eve Hewson, styled by Karla Welch, wore it in baby pink a couple of weeks back). But this week’s bow belongs to another client of Karla’s, Sarah Paulson. Prada isn’t the most natural award-season choice, as people (and their stylists) tend to gravitate towards more traditionally overt red carpet brands like Versace, D&G et al. When a celebrity does wear Prada on the red carpet you know they’ve put a little intelligence into the whimsy – case in point, Sarah Paulson at the Emmys in this beautiful structured gown. Perfection right down to the shoes. – Rebecca Wadey

Best skirt the size of belt

It’s probably a cop out to put Chloë Sevigny wearing Phoebe Philo on a best dressed list. Two women with taste hardwired into their DNA is just a bit obvious, isn’t it. But I was scrolling through my phone without actually looking at anything until this popped up. It’s the proportions I think: how the semi-oversized leather bomber contrasts with an impractically short skirt. The way said skirt flicks out just so. How the shoe cuts a bit higher on the front of the foot, hitting somewhere between ballet flat and mule. Not entirely sure why they’re staging a full home photoshoot before they even hit the premiere, but if I looked like that then I would too. - Georgie Wright

Best drama

Allison Janney is so chic and statuesque that she can pull off just about anything, including the most dramatic of gowns – like this black velvet strapless number with bold red (though the brand describes it as ‘agni orange’) pannier details, by the brand Gaurav Gupta. The styling is old Hollywood glamour perfection, from the jewels to the makeup to the opera gloves. – ZWA

Best political statement

A political statement on the red carpet is one of the best uses of it, imo. It shows the importance of clothing, grooming and how every little choice we make says something about the person we are. There is no mistaking the statement made by Reservation Dog’s D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, with his classic black suit merely the backdrop to his breathtaking accessory. No, not Bulgari jewels, or Pat McGrath skin, but a red handprint over his mouth in solidarity with missing and murdered indigenous women. D’Pharaoh, who is of Oji-Cree First Nations descent, hails from Canada which has an extremely long and horrific history of mistreating its indigenous people and culture; the more light that can be shined on this the better. Shame it most usually falls on the mistreated minority to be that light, but baby steps are better than nothing – and another example of why representation in all facets of community and culture is so necessary. – RW

Best just won my first Emmy

Is this my favourite celebrity look or just my favourite celebrity? Who’s to say. Either way, she is – and I hesitate to use this word due to chronic online overuse, but it really does apply – glowing. Between the Bottega Veneta dress, Solange-inspired hair and low-heeled strappy sandals, she’s striking the perfect balance of Greek goddess reincarnated in human form, and someone ready to flail around a dance floor for the next 4-12 hours. Comhghairdeas.* - GW

*Congratulations in Irish