It's the big night for cinema, but also for fashion. Before the Golden Statue ceremony, a celebrity parade took place on the red carpet outside the Dolby Theater, in Los Angeles, United States. Expectations were high for the 96th Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, the stars shined, and the Best Actress nominees attracted attention. The emphasis was on glamor, and on slim silhouettes, but no less sexy. After all, it's the Oscars.
This year, the treadmill has been replaced in red again, after the carpet was replaced in 2023 with a champagne version. It seems that celebrities were inspired by this tone when choosing their outfits, on a night when color took a back seat, with the gold of figurines moving to dresses, starting with Emily Blunt.
The Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress (which went to Daphne Joy Randolph, who wore a Louis Vuitton design) brought a new silhouette to the Schiaparelli model, with a touch of… Sportswear. The cut resembles a sleeveless shirt (Jane Fonda style), with the straps hanging in an organized manner – reminiscent of the surrealism of Elsa Schiaparelli herself. Blunt was accompanied by her husband, John Krasinski, who was also dressed in white.
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Emily Blunt wasn't the only candidate that night to elect Schiaparelli. Sandra Holler, previously nominated Anatomy of a fallShe was one of the first to arrive on the red carpet, wearing a black velvet dress, also designed by Danielle Rosebery. The model featured exaggerated sleeves and a boat neckline, making it one of the most popular options.
Equally consensual was the night's Barbie. Margot Robbie shines again (literally) in a black sequin dress from Versace. It didn't take long for social media to link the color to a form of protest for not being nominated for best actress, nor for Greta Gerwig as director. a Vogue magazine He even called it “Barbie's funeral dress.”
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Regardless of the theories, the nominee America Ferrera dazzled with a creation from the same Italian house, equally radiant – throughout the award season, unlike Ruby, the actress almost always opted for black and reserved pink for the final ceremony.
Speaking of pink, although it was not the favorite color of the night, the standouts were Ariana Grande, with a huge taffeta cape by Giambattista Valli or Zendaya in Armani Privé. In the music industry, Billie Eilish remains always one of the most anticipated presences in the world. Red carpet For the eccentric side he brings. This time, the singer played it safe by wearing a skirt suit Tweedsigned by Chanel – the brand he also wore the first time he went to the Oscars, in 2020.
Black was truly the color of the night, following the “never compromise” principle, but without being boring. Carey Mulligan, nominated by conductorHe was one of the last stars to arrive at the concert, but it was worth the wait. The mermaid-style model, with beige tulle at the end of the skirt, was completed with gloves covering the arms, in an elegance unusual for Balenciaga in recent years. It was later discovered that creative director Demna Gvsalia recreated the 1951 model designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga.
Carey Mulligan was not accompanied by star Bradley Cooper. The actor who played Maestro Leonard Burstyn on the big screen walked the red carpet with his mother wearing a custom-made suit. classic With bell pants from Louis Vuitton.
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Take the movies to Red carpet
Continuing the parade of nominees, the biggest anticipation tonight was for Emma Stone, who has been one of the best models this awards season. The actress was brought to Red carpet Bella Baxter character from Poor creatures over the past few months, often directly with reinterpretations of fashion silhouettes, as happened at the BAFTA Awards. This time, the reference is more subtle, with a silhouette reminiscent of the shells and surreal motifs in the film.
Nicolas Ghesquière's creation for Louis Vuitton – the brand for which he is an ambassador – reinterprets the shape of the shell with its silhouette. Peplum. The fabric used with a slight touch of mint is A Jacquard Also with decorations similar to the shell lines. He explained that it was the same “Bella Baxter energy”, but with the “simplicity of modernity”. barber actress the magazine Vogue magazine.
And speaking of seashells, Anya Taylor-Joy, who was one of the statue's presenters, was wearing one of her favorite outfits that night. The dress, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior's creative director, is inspired by a 1949 model, which Christian Dior himself designed. The original model was a reinterpretation of Birth of Venus Designed by Botticelli, with sequins, pearls and shells, of course.
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If Emma Stone is an ambassador for Louis Vuitton, then Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the faces of Dior, as well as Jennifer Lawrence, who chose a black and white dotted dress, which took more than 1,500 hours to make. Red carpets are moments of distinction for fashion houses and creatives, who, in exchange for appearances in the press and on social media, design clothes for the candidates.
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The vision is also useful for other topics, such as the Indigenous integration that Lily Gladstone led to these Oscars. The actress wore a dark blue velvet Gucci dress with a flower-embroidered cape (referring to… Flower Street killers), which is the work of original artist Joe Big Mountain, who also signed the jewelry look.
“Lily could have chosen anyone in the world to design her dress for this historic moment in her life, and she chose me – just an Indigenous child who grew up wanting to be an artist. This is a true reflection of who we are as Indigenous peoples: no matter the situation, we continue to want to bring Everyone at the table,” the artist celebrated In an interview with Vogue magazine.
in Photo Gallery Above, watch the celebrity parade down the Dolby Theater red carpet.
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