Emmy Awards 2026: Red-carpet heroes such as Zendaya and Chase Infiniti do not disappoint

Some of the looks that stood out most occupied a rich middle ground, where stars like Colman Domingo and Ayo Edebiri played with striking coloursEmmy Awards 2026: Chase Infiniti, Zendaya and Elle Fanning. Photographs: Getty Images Stars stepped on to the red (read: midnight blue) carpet at the 78th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night.A handful floated out in gowns the exact same shade of lilac, looking feminine and vaguely promlike in some cases. Men tended toward strong, augmented shoulders, verging on David Byrne’s boxy suit look. Generally, dresses were either draped and diaphanous or sculptural and moulded, with little in between.[ Widow’s Bay dominates Emmys as Matthew Rhys and Jean Smart land historic winsOpens in new window ]Some of the looks that stood out most occupied a rich middle ground, where stars like Colman Domingo and Ayo Edebiri played with striking colours – brownish peach and fuchsia for him, periwinkle and vermilion for her. Red-carpet heroes such as Zendaya and Chase Infiniti who reliably create striking style moments did not disappoint. - The New York TimesEmmy Awards 2026: Selena Gomez. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Nicole Kidman. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Gary Oldman. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell. Photograph: David Swanson/EPA Emmy Awards 2026: Zendaya. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Elle Fanning. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Florence Pugh. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Noah Wyle. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Richard Gadd. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Megan Stalter and Paul W Downs. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Keri Russell. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Odessa A'Zion. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Matty Matheson. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026:Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Ayo Edebiri. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Cailee Spaeny. Photograph: Lisa O'Connor/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Chase Infiniti. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Rhea Seehorn. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Shailene Woodley. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Mariska Hargitay. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/Getty Images Emmy Awards 2026: Jean Smart. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty Images IN THIS SECTION