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How Kerry Washington Uses Olivia Pope arsenic Inspiration
Leave it to Kerry Washington to kill it connected the reddish carpet.
At the 2022 Emmy Awards, which kicked disconnected Sept. 2 astatine the Microsoft Theater successful Los Angeles, the 45-year-old stood retired successful a chill high-low ensemble among a oversea of floor-length gowns.
On manus arsenic a presenter, the actress arrived wearing white dress by Elie Saab, featuring an asymmetrical neckline, oversized floral appliqués, a hiked hemline successful the beforehand and agelong bid successful the back. She styled the look with unexpected achromatic tights, matching pointed-toe pumps by Christian Louboutin and delicate Bulgari diamond jewels.
For glam, Kerry swept up her hairsbreadth into an effortless top-knot and kept her make-up look brushed and dewy.
While chatting with Laverne Cox connected the reddish carpet with Live From E!, Kerry acknowledged her unconventional legwear choice, saying, "Even though it's a 107 degrees, for fashion, we'll deterioration achromatic tight," pointing retired that the Orange Is The New Black histrion was wearing a similar style.
(See each star's reddish carpet accomplishment here)
No alien to Emmys night, Kerry was previously nominated 3 times successful acting categories for her roles successful Scandal, Confirmation and Little Fires Everywhere. In 2020, she took location a Creative Arts Emmys in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) class for the TV peculiar she enforcement produced the ABC tribute peculiar Live successful Front of a Studio Audience: "All successful the Family" and "Good Times.
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The histrion opened up to E! News about her producing information earlier her large win, explaining that it signified a whole caller section successful her career.
"I americium truly arrogant to beryllium creating and participating successful truthful galore antithetic kinds of projects crossed truthful galore antithetic mediums," she told E! News successful 2020. "It does consciousness truly important and exciting."
She added, "But I decidedly don't person the consciousness that I've made it yet. I consciousness similar we're conscionable getting started."
Keep scrolling to revisit immoderate of Kerry's champion looks from implicit the years.
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Met Her Match
The histrion attended the Met Gala wearing a agleam reddish tassled outfit to lucifer her fierce reddish carpet pose.
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Perfect Pattern
The yearly Vanity Fair Oscar enactment is the hottest summons successful Holllywood, and Washington didn't disappoint successful her golden elaborate gown.
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Beige Babe
If determination is 1 happening Washington knows however to do, its stone a patterned formal connected a reddish carpet. It conscionable mightiness beryllium her ace power.
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Less Is More
Washington arrived to the premiere of her task American Son looking acceptable to instrumentality connected the world. Or astatine slightest different immense film!
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Perfect Pantsuit
The pantsuit is an underrated staple connected reddish carpets, but Washington proved with a bold articulator and a pointy toe, thing is possible.
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Sleeveless successful Seattle
The Met Gala is each astir the bold looks and daring ensembles, and during the "Camp" theme, Washington aced the test.
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Classic Chic
Not conscionable anyone tin propulsion disconnected leather pants, but past again, Kerry Washington isn't conscionable anyone.
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Sleek & Silk
No shirt? No problem! Sometimes you got to hazard a small to get the reward.
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Simple Sophistication
This look took aged schoolhouse to a full caller level. She changed up her hairsbreadth and enactment connected a small smolder for a cleanable reddish carpet appearance.
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Cheetah Girl
Animal people is what manner designers dreams are made of. Washington was a show to behold successful this bold coat.
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Prideful Plaid
At the Television Academy's 25th Hall of Fame Ceremony Washington showed up looking similar a imaginativeness consecutive retired of Scotland.
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A Golden Trophy
The prima arrived to the Met Gala shimmering successful gold. Washington wore a sequined, long-sleeved Ralph Lauren gown with a beauteous Afro and aureate hairsbreadth accessories to match.
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Hues of Green
What's amended than 2 shades of green? Four! Kerry slays successful this flowing, pleated, multicolored Missoni formal paired with aqua heels.
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Pretty successful Polka
This histrion knows her mode astir a pattern. Washington rocks this fab polka-dot formal by Kate Spade paired with taupe heels.
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Street benignant Chic
In the streets of NYC the starlet shows up other stylish and municipality successful this Johanna Ortiz huntsman greenish coat, paired with a achromatic fitted formal and reddish pumps for a colour accent.
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Cute arsenic Pie
Look arsenic darling arsenic ever, Kerry sports a classical stripped Oscar de la Renta formal with a chic afro hairstyle and immoderate gorgeous pointed pumps.
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Spring Time Fine
Washington serves large outpouring looks successful this gorgeous, flowing, sheer-floral formal by Dolce and Gabbana.
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Showstopper
The Scandal prima made it a constituent to marque her people astatine the 2018 Golden Globes erstwhile she arrived successful this shimmering Prabal Gurung formal and striking Roger Vivier mesh heels.
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Prim and Proper
The prima looks similar a full doll successful this Giambattista Valli floral people mini dress.
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Metallic Maddness
The histrion has got it each shaped retired successful this signifier fitting floral metallic formal by Dolce & Gabbana.
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There's Layers to This
Fitted, patterned and sexy. What much could the starlet privation retired of this striking Ulyana Sergreenko dress.
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Patchwork Couture
A agleam coral and lavender was a daring and blase prime for the Women's Summit successful LA
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Caped Crusader
Wearing a gorgeous cape formal by Maxwell, the starlet attends the HBO peculiar screening of Confirmation.
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A Blooming Flower
As delicate a rose, Kerry stuns successful this floral Dolce & Gabbana gown. The textured container paired with strappy heels made the actress' formal basal retired much than ever.
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Elegance
This brag wore a achromatic disconnected the enarthrosis gown by Boss and couldn't person looked much fabulous.
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Sexy and Sophisticated
Miss Olivia Pope looks similar a implicit prima successful this dashing Versace gown. The formal hugs the actress' assemblage conscionable right, and the yellowish accent straps marque her tegument popular to perfection.
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Ying & Yang
Kerry looks similar a existent enactment of creation successful this achromatic and achromatic Atelier Versace gown. The prima went for a classical look, having her hairsbreadth pulled back, a daring limb slit and pointed heels to implicit the look.
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Plunging Neckline
The histrion shows disconnected her glowing tegument successful this sleek, white, Victoria Beckham formal paired with a achromatic clutch.
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Chic & Fab
Looking ace sexy successful this achromatic bustier benignant Marchesa dress, Washington poses with a vengeance and pairs this showstopper with achromatic heels.
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Fun & Floral
This gorgeous Giambattista Valli gown made the histrion look similar a beauteous princess. The pops of florals astir the formal gave the look an other chic feel.
Don't miss E!'s unrecorded 2022 Emmys reddish carpet sum Monday, Sept. 12, starting astatine 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT followed by the Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.
