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Getting dressed for a black-tie red carpet generally comes down to a single question: Do you play it safe with a simple, classic tux or try to find a way to mix it up, potentially to calamitous results? This year’s (second) Emmys red carpet saw plenty of no-frills tuxes, of course—shoutout Seth Meyers and Will Reeve especially for nailing…

