Emmy Fashion: Women See Red, We See Geena

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The designers may have differed, but the Emmy outfit of choice this year was overwhelmingly a red, strapless gown. Newlyweds Jennifer Aniston (in Prada) and Will & Grace's Debra Messing (in Vera Wang), Saturday Night Live's Molly Shannon, Kissing a Fool's Mili Avital, and The West Wing's Stockard Channing all opted to more or less blend in with the red carpet — and each other.

A ruffled Calista Flockhart, whose Alberto Ferretti tuxedo-front-style dress gets our vote for the worst of the evening, also opted for red, as did sassy diva Jean Smart (in Escada) and towering model Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.

Best-dressed: The few stars not in red or the year's other big color, metallic gray, couldn't help but stand out from the crowd: Statuesque Michael Michele (of ER) was regal in a beige Carolina Herrera number, Heather Locklear looked like a Greek goddess in her white column dress by Richard Tyler, and Halle Berry, who took home the Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Award for her role as Dorothy Dandridge, was the belle of the ball in a black Versace gown with a full skirt.

Worst-dressed: Besides Calista's dress, perhaps designed to distract from the perpetual question of her weight, there were also fashion faux pas made by Sela Ward, whose black leather and spiky necklace were a throwback to Madonna's gothic Oscar getup of a few years back. And Melanie Griffith, in a dress of pink and flowered panels, looked like someone's kitchen curtains.

Most talked-about: Geena, Geena, Geena. Oscar winner Geena Davis, who launches a new TV series this fall, got some double takes on the red carpet with her black-and-white patterned fish-tailed dress — but once the hot lights of the stage were on her, she might as well not have been wearing that sheer outfit at all. And you either loved or hated Sarah Jessica Parker's ostrich-feathered girly-girl dress.