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"Custom couture!\r\nMike &amp;amp; Molly star Melissa McCarthy didn&amp;apos;t fall in love with any Emmy dresses right off the rack, so the plus-sized fashionista designed her own!\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I designed [my dress] and I worked with Daniella Pearl, who is an amazing couture dressmaker,&amp;quot; the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series  winner, 41, told Us Weekly Sunday at the Emmys in L.A. &amp;quot;I just didn&amp;apos;t see anything that I liked out there.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Bridesmaids actress had some insight into the world of design. &amp;quot;I went to college for clothing and textiles and always thought I would design women&amp;apos;s clothing,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Then [I] ended up in New York thinking I was going to go FIT and I started doing standup. So how A went to B, I don&amp;apos;t know!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nMcCarthy, who said she&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;always sewn,&amp;quot; clarified to Us: &amp;quot;I did not sew this at all, but [Daniella Pearl and I] just kept sketching. It takes a village, and we came up with this and I love it. It has pockets, and I love that in a gown.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSo was McCarthy dying to get out of her purple gown at the end of the night? Not at all! &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s wildly comfortable,&amp;quot; she said.\r\nWhen McCarthy was &amp;quot;crowned&amp;quot; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, her fellow nominees -- Tina Fey, Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Martha Plimpton and Amy Poehler -- shared the stage with her. So who&amp;apos;s idea was it? &amp;quot;I heard it first from Martha, but she said, &amp;apos;Amy&amp;apos;s got an idea!&amp;apos;&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I said, if Amy Poehler thinks something&amp;apos;s funny, I&amp;apos;m going to do it!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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