We’ve discussed the rest, now on to the best!

It was unusually difficult picking the best dressed for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The red carpet was well-stocked with great looks tonight. While usually there are obvious choices, tonight there were many that fit the bill. Here’s the absolute cream (in no particular order):

Mila Kunis (wearing Monique L’Huillier Fall 2009)

Leighton Meester

Ginnifer Goodwin

Chloe Sevigny (Wearing Isaac Mizrahi Resort 2010)

Kate Walsh (Wearing J. Mendel Resort 2010)

Mindy Kaling

January Jones

Honorable Mentions (click for larger view)

Pictured Above (L to R): Rose Byrne, Kara DioGuardi, Christina Hendricks, Mary Hart, Lisa Edelstein, Perrey Reeves

BEST PAIRS

From L to R: Seal & Heidi Klum, Michael J. Fox & Tracy Pollan, Tony Shalhoub and daughter

UPDATED: Dress ID by Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Pictured above (L to R): Debra Messing, Jennifer Morrison, Sigourney Weaver, Mila Kunis, Angela Kinsey, Lauren Velez, Carrie Preston

TV stars stepped out this evening to collect accolades and strut their stuff during the ever-important arrivals (as usual, far more interesting than the awards themselves). An incredible number of them chose to don the hue of the traditional red carpet – in shades ranging from orangey to berry-color to dead red. Paparazzi darlings Hayden Panettiere and Blake Lively confirm that red has gone from common to uber-trend.

But while red dresses seemed the most common, it was the white gowns that really made the stars shine. (Click for a larger view).

Pictured above (L to R): Guiliana Depandi Rancic, Kim Kardashian, Leighton Meester, Jessica Loundes, Perrey Reeves, Hannah Cornett, Alicia Witt, Olivia Wilde

And speaking of “shine” there was a considerable amount of glitz by way of metallic dresses on the carpet – to varying degrees of success.

Above (L to R): Holly Hunter, Shaun Robinson, Mariska Hargitay, Phoebe Price

Of course there were other trends on the carpet, including the ubiquitous one-shoulder dress… but what’s that they say about not beating dead horses?

Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester appears in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The article “ages” the young starlet to suppose what she might look like in her 30s, 40s, and 50s. The styling is simply, but chic – and age appropiate… I guess. Oddly, at 29 I would wear any of these ensembles. See a closer look at Leighton in her pretend 50s below.

This issue also features photos of Brit reality phenomenon Susan Boyle all spruced up.