Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020: Silver carpet best and worst dressed


Margot Robbie's Chanel halter dress was divisive at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Photo: Getty
While Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston stole the show at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards with their matching wins and backstage embrace, there were also plenty of winners and losers on the silver carpet.
Margot Robbie looked like she’d been shot with a clown gun, in a melange of tartan, ruffles and $2 shop bling.
I liked its insouciant Outlander/prairie unexpectedness. Lots of people hated it.

Margot Robbie. Photo: Getty
Nicole Kidman looked quite ‘grande dame’, as if she was about to blow perfect smoke rings from a silver cigarette holder while expertly dancing the tango.

Nicole Kidman. Photo: Getty
Kathryn Newton’s Valentino was a master class in big, bold and summery.

Kathryn Newton. Photo: Getty
Cynthia Erivo totally rocked, in a strapless dress that brought the drama with its huge pouffed skirt and clashing colours.

Cynthia Erivo. Photo: Getty
Abandoning a black strapless meh dress for a slinky silk fishtail paid dividends for Jennifer Aniston. Not high fashion, but beautifully classic.

Jennifer Aniston. Photo: Getty
Joey King was where and who you want to be. Sexy, modern and not relying on novelty value to make a statement.

Joey King. Photo: Getty
Sophie Turner’s sheath showed the healing properties of simplicity with a twist, in this case the statement belt and her brand of demure boldness.

Sophie Turner. Photo: Getty
Charlize Theron, whose stylist hates her, “didn’t have time to do my roots” so stuck a Tiffany bracelet on her hairline.

Charlize Theron. Photo: Getty
Nathalie Emmanuel’s “super fun and ’60s inspired” Miu Miu ballgown had last year’s requisite giant bow and was very naughty milkmaid.

Nathalie Emmanuel. Photo: Getty
Madeline Brewer’s cornflower number was a good example of how to do frou frou right.

Madeline Brewer. Photo; Getty
Reese Witherspoon didn’t break any moulds in her Celine sheath, but looked moulded into it, which counts for a lot.

Reese Witherspoon. Photo: Getty
Awesome fashionista Millie Bobby Brown’s masculine/feminine Louis Vuitton had a genie from Aladdin feel with its tail coat and cigarette pant.

Millie Bobby Brown. Photo: Getty
Scarlett Johansson’s Armani Prive Jessica Rabbit meets Angry Warrior dress was terrifying and awe inspiring at the same time.

Scarlett Johansson. Photo: Getty
Renee Zellweger had an unforgivably girlish ponytail and went with (another) navy strapless dress which made me want to pay her stylist to put her in a long-sleeved mini. At least she’s consistent.

Renee Zellweger. Photo: Getty
Not so Phoebe Waller-Bridge, whose princess phase last awards season was replaced by a kind of wet-look bandeau top and glittery net bolero that was really cool.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Photo: Getty
Patricia Arquette: When bad outfits happen to good women. That bootleg means business. Like, at the pawn shop.

Patricia Arquette. Photo: Getty
Christina Applegate took camouflage modesty to the next level.

Christina Applegate. Photo: Getty
Helena Bonham Carter was as sparkly bad princess as ever, complete with tiara and kooky shoe. Somehow it never gets old. Until it does.

Helena Bonham Carter. Photo: Getty
Lupita Nyong’o was chic and gorgeous in breezy Louis Vuitton.

Lupita Nyong’o. Photo: Getty
Jennifer Lopez had Afghan hound hair and a Georges Hobeika dress that we’ve all seen before. This is JLo’s version of a tracksuit. Diamonds and a black sheath with train are her phoning it in.

Jennifer Lopez. Photo: Getty
Laura Dern kept up her winning streak in an olive Stella McCartney with plaited belt that literally would have taken her anywhere. Especially to the top of a best-dressed list. Sharp, appropriate and envy inducing.

Laura Dern. Photo: Getty
Dakota Fanning could have joined Millie Bobby Brown’s Arabian Nights troupe in her charming seafoam Valentino.

Dakota Fanning. Photo: Getty
Gwendoline Christie is always iconic.

Gwendoline Christie. Photo: Getty
Allison Janney looked like she’d stolen that crocheted beaded thing from an old-school sugar bowl and whacked it on the top of a standard dress.

Allison Janney. Photo: Getty
Catherine O’Hara’s fantastic and festive orange sequinned dress earned a podium finish. Showed both nothing and everything. Sensational.

Catherine O’Hara. Photo: Getty
Glenn Close was a little bit Harry Potter extra.

Glenn Close. Photo: Getty
Rachel Brosnahan fell into the category I have mentioned before: Second Bridesmaid Needs A Drink.

Rachel Brosnahan. Photo: Getty
Zoe Kravitz made the cardinal error of playing against her strengths. The Audrey Hepburn homage was way too safe and ‘lady’.

Zoe Kravitz. Photo: Getty
It’s a lot, Alexis Bledel. Striking in an Endora from Bewitched way.

Alexis Bledel. Photo: Getty
Margaret Qualley was very rock chick. Needed a pump to show a sliver of foot flesh. And no, Quentin Tarantino didn’t make me type that.

Margaret Qualley. Photo: Getty
Jennifer Garner drew the short straw in the mandatory Disney princess ballgown recycled from prom.

Jennifer Garner. Photo: Getty
Hey Elisabeth Moss, Betty White wants her negligee back.

Elisabeth Moss. Photo: Getty
At least Sarah Hyland tried something different.

Sarah Hyland. Photo: Getty
What did you love and loathe?