As the “red carpet” coverage continues to eclipse the award shows themselves, fashion writers across the country were taking note of one thing and one thing only during Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards: the necklines that plunged nearly to the navel, threatening a near-wardrobe malfunction for all those who walked up those steps and back down again.

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Jessica Biel, on the arm of husband (and nominee) Justin Timberlake, was one notable “plunger.” Others included Kristen Bell, Emily Ratajkowski, and even former pop star (and nominee for NBC’s “This Is Us”) Mandy Moore.

“Moore stunned in a navy blue Naeem Khan number featuring a neckline that reached her belly button and a matching, floor-skimming cape,” said a fawning Us Weekly.

As People Magazine said of her fashion choice: “It features a neckline so low we don’t want to know how much double-sided tape was involved.” And ETOnline.com? “The risqué dress, designed by Naeem Khan, featured a plunging neckline that left very little to the imagination.”

Moore said it was the second of two dresses she tried on and that the neckline had little to do with the decision. It was all about the cape.

These chest-plates were the human equivalent of vanity plates, where the one in the front of the Mercedes reads “Sex E.” Or some such.

Bell, also from NBC — on the series “The Good Place” — wrote that she was “nervous” when posting a picture of herself with the plunging neckline on Instagram.

So why put themselves through all of that? It’s already got to be nerve-wracking just walking a red carpet while photographers shout out and microphones wait and lurk at every turn. Why are these actresses risking a “wardrobe malfunction,” however sexy the look might be? And whether these looks were sexy or not is highly debatable — and that’s the stuff of “Fashion Police,” anyway, and the best-dressed and worst-dressed lists.

These chest-plates were the human equivalent of vanity plates, where the one in the front of the Mercedes reads “Sex E.” Or some such.

Was there a statement being made somewhere in here? The ever-mercurial Evan Rachel Wood, nominated for HBO’s “Westworld,” said of her androgynous look that she wanted young girls at home who were watching to know their femininity is not the core of their worth. Or something like that.