Most Refreshing Award
I was quite relieved when I saw that January Jones wasn’t wearing Versace on the red carpet at the 2011 SAG Awards.
I’ve always believed that most of her Versace looks have totally overwhelmed her, so this is a refreshing change.
She opted for a black and gold lace Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall 2011 mermaid gown which I really loved on her.
Her look has an old Hollywood vintage regal feel to it which I feel like she’s deliberately avoided giving us so we don’t compare her to ‘Betty Draper.’
On this occasion the hair works with the dress, so she gets a thumbs up from me for the first time in a very long time.
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I wish the ribbon were trailing in the front like on the model. This is a definite improvement for January!
One of the most improved of the night. She still went for fashion, but she didn’t go OTT. Love the lace and gold. The hair is beautiful. Glad she wore it up. Down, the blonde and gold would’ve clashed too much.
I totally agree. This is a new look for January. What a sigh of relief.
Agreed – classy and classic!
Ugh, really? She’s basically Rene Zellwegger in this.
i’m not a fan of the hair but i love this dress
I agree, I don’t think she pulls off Versace at all so this is a first thumbs up from me in a long time as well. Great look.
I LOVE it! I hated her look at the Globes, so in this, she totally redeemed herself in my eyes. Don’t love the hair, but it doesn’t bring the outfit down
This was a perfect choice for January. She looked so beautiful and old Hollywood as FC said. I like this look so much better than her past choices.
LOVE this. Dark, but by no means dour. Regal is the perfect word Fashion Critic. The way she is holding herself in this look reminds me so much of Cate Blanchett.
Its pretty but reminds me of Dianna Argon too much.
Definitely most improved – chic and unusual without that trying-way-too-hard vibe she emits when wearing Versace. I really like the hair for making something as potentially conservative as a Carline Herrera dress a bit more edgy.
This was gorgeous on tv, and on photo as well. A very different look that we ever could ahve anticipated from this red carpet for sure. It’s very different, but still very january. I really hope she a) wasn’t wearing black pumps, I am not optimistic,and b) wears (without black pumps) at least one versace atelier to another awards show.
I like this look a lot — a huge improvement over the Golden Globes.
Same. Isnt it funny how her good looks arent versace??
I don’t like this dress. So, it wouldn’t have mattered who wore it.
I do like the hair.
I would never have expected her to wear this! She looks amazing. Definitely one of the best of the night.
also as nice as it is to see her in something other than versace, I have no idea why posters here have such a problem with her wearing that label. She looked absolutely amazing at the globes.
i love this look. its totally different and unexpected from january. she carries the dress really well.
If this dress were knee length I would be over the moon for it (with a different hairstyle of course).
She has done a 180 from the GG’s – and personally, I think she pulled both looks off – the super sexy (but slightly chilly, which I liked, in Versace at the GG’s) and the classically chic (but slightly prim, which i also liked, in CH)…….so in my opinion, she’s a very talented gal fashion wise…..
So true – she is very versatile fashion-wise! Her GG and SAG looks were polar opposites but equally appealing.
I love everything- the dress, the pose, the make up. I just really don’t like the hair…
I wish this dress was worn by someone taller or carried herself better.. the model is so statesque and regal… im nt getting it from jones
To me she has such a generic look that I didn’t know it was Ms Jones until I read the piece. The only time I recognise her is when she is dressed as Betty Draper, and that is probably more to do with the clothes. She doesn’t yet own a particular style of her own and seems to be trying to find it. I am pretty indifferent to this dress.
seeing her out of versace makes me feel like we should see her in designers besides versace more often. i know she wants to play against type — betty draper is a hard role to shake — but the sexpot versace thing has more impact when we know she can do it up proper like she has here.
She is one of my girl crushes so she can do no wron in my eyes <33
She looks great, but I am not super-excited. Although I am glad she tried something different – I got tired of all the Versace dresses she wasn’t able to pull off.
I don’t quite like it. I think it ages her a lot.
Love this “vinatge” look on January!
The hair is horrible… My bangs look like that when I wake up, but then I do something about them! Not a fan of the dress either…
Must be the only one that doesn’t like this look at all. I am a massive fan of lace but I don’t get this look at all. In saying that, it is an improvement from the golden globes
LOVE this dress! but feel shes the wrong person to do it justice
Wow I’m the odd one out here but I think this is just absolutely perfect. Very elegant and a massive improvement over the Globes – which was a bit too much about her globes, if you get my drift.
She looks so sophisticated.
Love Love Love! I think this was my favorite of the night.
i think she looks great. not used to seeing her dressed this way!
Finally!
She looks stunning!! I love the dress & she wears it so well – when I saw this on TV, my jaw dropped – classic, elegant beauty!
Check out this Nigerian lady that channeled January jones at the Nigerian young peoples future awards…….http://www.bellanaija.com/2011/02/01/bn-red-carpet-fab-the-future-awards-2011/