Hey, Remember When She Wore This to the Emmys?

by Grace Gordon
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. - Alexander McQueen
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They’ve made us laugh, they’ve made us cry, they’ve made us scream in terror. They’ve played desperate housewives, 1950s secretaries, supernatural teenagers, battered wives, stylish friends in New York City, comedy show producers, dagger-wielding outlaws, and even sentient robots. They’re the women who have dominated television broadcasting for decades, and they are fabulous. 

From funny leading ladies like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to high-stakes drama veterans like Claire Danes and Kerry Washington, we love to watch their talents play out on the screen. We also love to take in what they’re wearing on the Primetime Emmy Awards red carpet, which is why we’ve put together a retrospective of the best looks in the past three decades – just in time for the 70th edition this week.

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Cindy Crawford at the 1992 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Gillian Anderson at the 1997 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Demi Moore at the 1997 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Angelina Jolie at the 1998 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Lisa Kudrow at the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Calista Flockhart at the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Christina Applegate at the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Sarah Jessica Parker at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Heather Locklear at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kristin Davis at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Debra Messing at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Halle Berry at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kim Cattrall at the 2001 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jennifer Aniston at the 2002 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Oprah at the 2002 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Cynthia Nixon at the 2002 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jennifer Garner at the 2002 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Alicia Silverstone at the 2003 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Sarah Jessica Parker at the 2003 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Debra Messing at the 2003 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kim Cattrall at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Sharon Stone at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jennifer Aniston at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Halle Berry at the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Ellen Pompeo at the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Eva Longoria at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Helen Mirren at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jaime King at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jennifer Love Hewitt at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Jaime Pressley at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Katherine Heigl at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Heidi Klum at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Minnie Driver at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kristen Bell at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Olivia Wilde at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Brooke Shields at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Eva Longoria at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kim Kardashian at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Drew Barrymore at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Blake Lively at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Christina Hendricks at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Anna Paquin at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Lea Michele at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Nina Dobrev at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kerry Washington at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Evan Rachel Wood at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kate Winslet at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Kristen Wiig at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Elisabeth Moss at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Sofia Vergara at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Julianne Moore at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Emilia Clarke at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Tina Fey at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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Amy Poehler at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards

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