However , that year 's Best Actress winner , Halle Berry , had a hit with an Elie Saab dress with a strategically embroidered nude-effect brown net bodice and a voluminous taffeta skirt , which '' Cosmopolitan '' magazine suggested in 2008 was " probably one of the best known Oscar dresses of all time " . Like Paltrow 's dress , Berry 's dress was still being cited ten years later , but as a fashion success that made Saab an " overnight sensation " . It was voted 8th greatest red carpet gown of all time in a 2008 Debenhams poll , just behind Kate Winslet 's red Ben de Lisi gown at 7th . Winslet 's dress , unadorned except for an asymmetrical flowered strap running across the front , was largely admired , '' Cosmopolitan '' declaring it simple but " ultra-flattering " , although Amanda Platell for the '' New Statesman '' described Winslet as resembling a " podgy mum from Muswell Hill " ( whilst declaring Berry 's dress the best of the night ) . As with Saab , de Lisi received a major boost , saying the following year : " I ca n't possibly quantify how much publicity I got from that or how much money I made . And now , every time anyone writes about her Winslet they use the picture of her in the dress and so it just goes on and on . " Whilst encouraged to dress up for the event , many attendees at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards wore black in memory of the September 11 attacks the previous year , which led to the previous year 's ceremony being postponed until November . However , a few attendees wore colour , including Jennifer Aniston in pink Dior and Oprah Winfrey whose pale yellow chiffon dress by Bradley Bayou was cited as one of the best dresses of the night
54th Primetime Emmy Awards
54th Primetime Emmy Awards
Red carpet fashion in 2002