STYLE | CULTURE | RED CARPET AT THE EMMY'S

Top row L to R: Rose Byrne in Calvin Klein, Laura Dern in Naeem Khan, Jon Hamm from Mad Men brought his partner Jennifer Westfield who looked elegant in this red dress and Carla Gugino in Georges Chakra.
Second row L to R: Heidi Klum in Atelier Versace, Kaley Cuoco in Vera Wang, Michelle Dockery in halter dress from Prada, Sofia Vergara in red hot Vera Wang gown.
Third Row L to R:  Linda Cardellini in ruffled Donna Karan Atelier, Alyson Hannigan in Marchesa, Melissa Rauch in purple dress and Mindy Kaling in Georges Chakra.
Fourth Row L to R: Allison Williams in Ralph Lauren, Tina Fey in Narciso Rodriguez, Guiliana Rancic in Mikael D., and Zooey Deschanel in powder blue J. Mendel dress.
Fifth row L to R:  Anna Chlumpsky from Veep wore emerald green from Badgley Mischka, Sarah Hyland in CH Carolina Herrera, Mayim Bialik in Oscar Tolentino and Julianne Hough in Jenny Packham.

As usual people looked to the red carpet for the actors to bring out all the stops when it comes to style.  Many trends seen on the runways for both spring 2014 and the current fall season were showcased on the red carpet.  There were the favorites and of course the not so good choices.  All I will say is everyone has been talking about Claire Danes being the best dressed but I disagree.  To be honest, I thought her dress was absolutely lovely but her figure isn't curvy enough to fill out the upper bust area.  To me it looked too much like the top was not fitting her well.  

I honestly didn't have one standout favorite from the event this year.  What was yours?   

Julie Bowen in Zac Posen.

Claire Danes in Armani Prive

House of Cards' star Kate Mara in J. Mendel.

Kerry Washington in Marchesa.

Project Runway Replaces Michael Kors with Zac Posen

Michael Kors (left) and Zac Posen (right).

After 10 years as a judge on Project Runway, Michael Kors is being replaced with Zac Posen for its eleventh season.  The new season will begin airing on January 24 on Lifetime.  According to Lifetime, Kors has decided to leave due to his own scheduling issues.  It will certainly be interesting to see how Posen fills his new role as judge on the show.  According to a spokesperson from Lifetime, Kors will return to the show for the finale as a featured judged.  You can also expect to see a host of guest judges throughout the season including Kristin Davis, John Legend and Bette Midler.

Viewers can expect to see another big change in the show this time around.  Designers will now compete in team challenges every week.  If you're a fan of the show, you'll remember that every time there is a team challenge, the designers typically are resistant.  They don't usually take well to working with others for fear of their design philosophy being lost in a group.  This usually brings conflict and can drive some interesting disagreements among the designers.  This certainly will push each competitor to do their best to stand out each week.  I'm sure the show's producers are betting on the conflict to make for more rivalry between the designers which some viewers enjoy.