Emmy 2010 fashions were mostly, in a word, boring.

Somehow, for this year’s Emmy Awards’ fashions, safe seemed to rule the celebrity runway. The red carpet was littered with boring gowns either lacking detail (like poofs of ruffle) or shape. The always ubiquitous glitter ruled, as usual, and why am I supposed to care?

Ugly dresses were few and, as usual, often on wives; and they were tame. No one loves a bad dress, but we do love to spot them. A lot of the ugly dresses were ambiguous – “should I hate this or actually love it?”

While the ugly was tame, the fabulous was also safe. My favorite gown of the night, a trendy lace number that was much better on top than bottom, by Carolina Herrera on Dianna Agron, was actually hated by many in polls and thought to age the actress. Sure, I could give them that, but I didn’t see anything better or that I’d rather wear. Well I didn’t see those things on the stars although I had on the real runways.

On one of fashion’s most exciting nights to be home, in pajamas or whatever one wants, watching the action on television; there were few thrilling moments. There was the Agron gown, or at least the initial sighting of the bodice. There were Jane Krakowski’s blue teetering Ferragamo heels that were so high the tiny feet effect toppled the pair past sexy into adorable, but that’s right up my shoe alley. And there were Badgley Mischka shoes (worn by E!’s Giulianna Rancic) among some of their pairs I both cooed about in blogging and considered buying at Neiman Marcus Last Call. (Points off for accessibility?)

And there was of course McQueen, fabulous and questionable on Anna Paquin and carried as a clutch by Ricky Gervais’s date; one that I could barely make out on my medium “small screen”. Underwhelmed by the iffiness? Actually no, my current favorite show’s star in a dress immediately recognizable got me audibly excited; but how often did that happen?

Seeing the stars walk the red carpet even made me want to go watch the stars' series and not the awards show, but later I came to find that I enjoyed the event; but did I enjoy it even more than the fashion?

I feel so blah about it all that I can’t muster the emotion to tell.

Bonus photo: The worst:

Point out how TINY Demi Moore is!

• She's smaller than a 10-year-old boy!
• But with some more boob.
• I think she had a surgeon remove half her lungs! Like the right or left half, then moved the rest into the center. Adult lungs cannot fit into that torso.
• (What surgeon would do that? Heidi Montag's.)
• I think she's allergic to fat. She might just literally have 0% body fat.
• Her head is huge! My monitor now looks 3D and it's scary! She's coming at me - like she will eat me - she might be that hungry...
• Everything's 3D these days, maybe this old-butt monitor got some secret ninja upgrade. But that's a side worry.
• Demi should never, ever actually be in one of those 3D movies that are ubiquitously upcoming. Hm, she might not have a career in 5 years. Too scary. Especially scary is where the world is going! But that's a side terror.
• This picture totally looks photoshopped. Her head looks pasted like a bad celeb "fake" - if you know what I mean.

Now, if you care about fashion, and I hope you do...

Above you can see what I was referring to in the so-couture randomness of the bodice wrapping. Di-vine.

Well, I guess that's all about fashion, so I'll just leave you after quickly going back to the first ramble-topic: in a world with Demi Moore, no wonder Lara Stone feels fat.

Photo via Shoe-a-Day.

View my picks for best dressed, or at least my honest favorites, from Oscars 2010. Below, vote on your favorite from mine in our poll.

Most Fearless Fashionista

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Zoe Saldana went perhaps to extremes (or nuttiness?) in the name of fashion and I love it! Perhaps she was inspired by the beautiful world, Pandora, in Avatar ... for the gown looks like violet flowers blooming!

Er, well, there could be other takes. The train from behind does look like a Muppet hand.

Fiercest Fashionista

[caption id="attachment_2315" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="Jennifer Lopez in Armani Privé - click to view large"][/caption]

Jennifer Lopez always stands out on the red carpet, and at least now she's dressing like a beautiful woman, not just a pop tart. Not too trendy being not too ruffley, this gown instead is just over-the-top fashion, for any year - and I love it.

However, in a still photo it does sort of look like there's 1-and-a-half J. Los. :-

Best Overall Designer of Oscars 2010: Versace

+ sexiest & most flattering ruffle dresses
but also safest bets.

[caption id="attachment_2313" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="Elizabeth Banks in Versace - click to view large"][/caption]

Elizabeth Banks, I think, here turns from funny girl to pretty woman. Donatella Versace's tailoring here is so flattering. It's way more than just another ruffle gown.

The color in this picture is bad, so I must tell you---no, it's not denim!

[caption id="attachment_2314" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="Demi Moore in Atelier Versace"][/caption]

Demi Moore was actually somewhat overshadowed by this Versace. The handiwork on the bodice is just amazingly intricate. Truly harder to tell on a monitor, but it's the criss-cross fabric in its random way - swoon.

Yet I don't really love the flower. It would be better if the ruffles were (more) obviously flowing from it or if it were less flower-like and flat.

Best Au Courant Newcomer

[caption id="attachment_2317" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="Vera Farmiga in Marchesa"][/caption]

Vera Farmiga wore my overall favorite of this year's event. When I saw her interviewed on the red carpet, I exclaimed, "now Marchesa's a one of my favorite designers!" (Or something a little less well-structured.) The gown is lmost-safe yet so close to what other fashion pundits have hated recently - well I do not hate at all. The only thing I don't love is that there seems to be a ruffle layer missing toward the bottom. Humph.

Honorable Mention

A Fashionista's Fashionista
OR Oscar's Very Own Designer

[caption id="attachment_2318" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="Sandy Powell, costume designer"][/caption]

Sandy Powell even won an Oscar for design, costume design. The dress and its colors aren't my style but I love, love, love her use of chic accessories.

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Photos from TMZ and WWD.

And now view and vote for the worst.