SAG Awards 2024: Best Red (Erm, 'Grey') Carpet of the Season

This past weekend was officially the last weekend of award shows before the Oscars on March 10. And the celebs really packed it in. Both the Producer Guild Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards took place on Sunday. But on Saturday night was the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and it was this red carpet (technically it’s a grey carpet) that gave us, in my opinion!, the best red carpet looks of the 2024 award season. Ali Wong wore a mobile thing that belongs in the MoMA; Danielle Brooks wore an incredible Christian Siriano that I believe is the start of an entirely new red carpet trend (I am calling it “playful assassin”); Greta Lee and Domingo Colman continued to battle it out for Best Dressed of the Season; and Emma Stone was confirmed alive and well since last being seen in a giant, puffy salmon gown at the BAFTAs. The Bear and Oppenheimer swept, Barbara Streisand was given the 2024 SAG Life Achievement Award, and Pedro Pascal won Best Actor in a Drama Series for The Last of Us, and delivered a charming speech in which he admitted he was a “little drunk.” The ceremony was also all the more celebratory given how SAG-AFTRA ended their record 118-day strike in November with a tentative three-year deal. “You survived the longest strike in our union’s history with courage and conviction. The journey was arduous, it came with great sacrifice and unrelenting stress,” SAG-AFTRA president, Fran Drescher, said in her speech.“This was a seminal moment in our union’s history that has set the trajectory for many generations to come, not afraid but brave, not weak but powered, not peons but partners.” Hear, hear! Now let’s enjoy some gowns.

Issa Rae in Off-White

We are a little bit in salmon territory here, which I don’t love. But I do love a funky, strappy neckline. Between the halter-esque straps and the fabric, I’m kind of getting off-duty tennis star with this look. I won’t be explaining this further.

Brie Larson in Atelier Versace

This is still a little too close to salmon for my taste, but there’s no hotter fashion threesome than a giant taffeta skirt, a crop top, and a tight long sleeve.

America Ferrera in Dior Haute Couture

A tad basic but no one does a slicked-back bun like America.

Emily Blunt in Louis Vuitton

She’s a little bit giving Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and I’m not sure if I mean that as a compliment or a diss. I think, mostly, a compliment…

Danielle Brooks in Christian Siriano

It looks like she just pulled her leg out of the Great Barrier Reef! And while the leg says “magical, whimsical under-the-sea fantasy,” the rest of the ensemble says “I’m a top international spy.” Everyone everywhere needs more of this “playful assassin” vibe, I think.

J. Smith-Cameron

This gown is my definition of luxurious.

Naomi Watts in Dior Haute Couture

Even the best red carpet of the season has to have one or two boring frocks. And that’s OK.

Selena Gomez in Atelier Versace

If you’re going to wear white on the red carpet, you really need to go for something funky and different. Otherwise, you risk looking like you borrowed the wedding dress of someone who runs an MLM and waited in line at midnight at Target to get the new limited-edition Stanley cup.

Ali Wong in Iris Van Herpen Haute Couture

This is exactly what I mean by wearing white in a funky, different, non-wedding-dress way. This also falls under the “playful assassin” category! 100 gold stars for Ali.

Cara Jade Myers

Did the designer run out of tassels? This is incredible except for the orange beaded bodice. Sorry!

Maddie Ziegler in Alexander McQueen

I love any dress that makes you look like a mermaid who just returned from battle.

Reese Witherspoon in Elie Saab Haute Couture

Great color! Boring dress!

Ayo Edebiri in Luar

I don’t normally like checkerboard print but this is exactly the type of risk I appreciate at an awards show. And also, dare I say, definitely a bit of a “playful assassin” vibe here.

Pedro Pascal in Prada

Drowning my keyboard in drool…

Melissa McCarthy in Puey Quiñones

This is absolutely the dress you want to be wearing for a conga line in space.

Carey Mulligan in Armani Privé

Oh my god, the fucking sheen on this gown is gorgeous, she basically looks like an Oscar statute. This seems suspiciously strategic since Oscar voting ends on Tuesday. Smart thinking, Carey’s stylist!

Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton

I’m honestly just relieved to see that her massive salmon gown from the BAFTAs didn’t swallow her whole.

Quinta Brunson in Saint Laurent

Simple but hot!

Meryl Streep in Prada

This pattern looks like a dozen twirling centipedes. Horrifying but also fun? It’s hard to say.

Bel Powley in Chanel Haute Couture

This gown just reminds me of that viral Twitter thread from 2019 that compared the redacted Mueller report to red-carpet gowns. A great moment in Twitter history!

Anne Hathaway in Atelier Versace

Everyone’s already made the “it’s actually cerulean” joke from The Devil Wears Prade, so I’ll refrain. Instead, I’ll say that I…don’t know how anyone even noticed the color with that giant-ass buckle.

Ciara in Venus Prototype

A fucking queen. I bow, salute, curtsy, allow her to tax all my land and money, whatever she orders me to do!

Taraji P. Henson in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture

Taraji P. Henson told her stylist, “Make me look so incredible that people will be begging me to step on their neck,” and her stylist delivered!

Colman Domingo in Off-White

Once this award season is over, I’m going to need Colman Domingo to set up a red carpet outside of his house so he can keep blessing our souls and timelines with all his lewks.

Margot Robbie in Schiaparelli Haute Couture

I absolutely love it when a dress has volume, drama, and levels. Also, is thank an anklet?! Anklets are back, baby.

Sheryl Lee Ralph in Waad Aloqaili

Another star with a stylist who deserves a fat fucking raise.

Jennifer Aniston in Celine

Jen, Wear Something So Insane We Don’t Even Recognize You Challenge.

Lily Gladstone in Armani Privé

I love a tassel dress. You can never not look incredible and not have a good time in a tassel dress. Actually, please bury me in a tassel dress.

Jessica Chastain in Armani Privé

She looked amazing at the Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday night, so we’ll give her a pass here. But just one pass.

Rachel Brosnahan in Tamara Ralph Couture

She looks like Mother Ginger from The Nutcracker wearing a fancy New Year’s Eve gown. I mean this as a compliment.

Greta Lee in The Row

I’ll also need Greta to set up a red carpet outside her house once award season is over. She hasn’t just been giving us looks for the past two months, she’s been bestowing them upon us.

SAG Awards 2024: Best Red (Erm, ‘Grey’) Carpet of the Season

Ali Wong wore a mobile thing that belongs in the MoMA, Danielle Brooks wore an incredible Christian Siriano, and Emma Stone was confirmed alive and well since last being seen in a huge, puffy salmon gown at the BAFTAs.