Fashion Parade at Oscars Last Night

At a pandemic-era Oscars, it was never going to exist business equally usual on the scarlet carpet.

Simply with a scaled back ceremony, organizers tried their very all-time to recapture the glamour that the showpiece consequence is known for. And the stars in omnipresence did their part, too, wearing an array of dramatic golds, reds and daring cutouts.

Usually held in February, the Oscars were pushed back past over 2 months in the hopes that loosening Covid-19 restrictions would allow for a more lavish thing. Indeed, with attendees not required to clothing masks for the cameras, and eveningwear from some of fashion's biggest names on brandish, there were glimpses of normalcy on the red carpet at the end of a largely virtual awards flavor.

The 93rd almanac Academy Awards took place beyond 2 LA venues: the Dolby Theatre and Union Station, where up to 170 guests, nominees and presenters were permitted to get together.

Organizers eschewed a Zoom-centered event, meaning attendees have dispensed with the "waist upward" way statements we've grown accustomed to in contempo months. Instead, stars walked a socially distanced red carpet -- albeit one that is far shorter than in previous years -- where a small grouping of photographers awaited.

Chloé Zhao in Hermes on the scarlet carpet prior to taking the All-time Director gong for "Nomadland."

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While some kept things coincidental (like Best Managing director winner Chloé Zhao, who paired her high-collared dress with a pair of well-baked white sneakers), most attendees relished the rare take a chance to dress upwardly for the cameras by sporting bold colors and sparkling gowns.

Gold has always been a recurring theme on the Oscars red carpet, and the colour was out in force Sunday evening. Among the most centre-catching was Andra Day in a Vera Wang dress and matching gold clutch, and Carey Mulligan, whose sequined Valentino two-piece exposed her midriff betwixt a bandeau and ballgown skirt. Leslie Odom Jr., meanwhile, wore an all-gold Brioni accommodate and Questlove kept things fun in a pair of golden crocs.

Andra Day, star of the biopic "The United States vs. Billie Holiday," in Vera Wang.

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A closeup on Questlove'due south crocs on the cherry-red carpeting.

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Zendaya veered abroad from golden and towards bright yellow, turning upwards in ane of the night'south virtually talked-well-nigh looks. Custom-designed past Valentino's creative manager Pierpaolo Piccioli, the wearing apparel (which was named "Force de beaute" by the Italian label) took 300 hours to make and was paired with a reported $6 million'south worth of Bulgari diamonds.

Zendaya in Valentino Haute Couture.

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Once considered something of a fake pas, a significant number of attendees also wore red on the carpet, from "Minari" star Yeri Han to Reese Witherspoon in Dior. "Mank" star Amanda Seyfried wowed in a showstopping red Armani Prive number every bit did Angela Bassett in an Alberta Ferretti gown with puffed sleeves and an outsized bow.

Amanda Seyfried was the motion picture of sometime Hollywood glamour in Armani Prive.

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The evening'south trends did not all circumduct around colour, with cutout dresses also making frequent appearances on the red carpet. In improver to Zendaya and Andra Mean solar day'due south aforementioned midriff-baring outfits, Best Actress nominees Vanessa Kirby and Carey Mulligan likewise opted for similar styles.

And Viola Davis went for a variation on the theme with her striking white Alexander McQueen gown -- although her stylist revealed to British Vogue that the effect of cutouts had been produced by dying the corset underneath to match the histrion'southward exact skin tone.

When it came to menswear, there were a number of twists on traditional black-tie dressing amid the usual abundance of tuxedos. Nine-year-onetime "Minari" star Alan Southward. Kim stole hearts pairing his mini Thom Browne blazer with dress shorts and mismatched loftier socks, and Jon Batiste, whose soundtrack for Disney-Pixar's "Soul" won the Oscar for Best Original Score, accessorized a classic Dior tuxedo with an outsized reddish flower on his lapel.

Elsewhere, many of the night'southward sharpest dressed men opted for all-black. Best player nominee Riz Ahmed wore a black turtleneck under his Prada adjust, while first-time Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya, wearing Bottega Veneta, also opted for head-to-toe blackness, aside from a Cartier wristwatch and jewelry.

The "Sound of Metal" star chose a blackness on black suit past Prada.

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Colman Domingo'due south Versace suit took 150 hours of embroidery work, the star said on Instagram.

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But there were fun flashes of colour among the menswear choices, as well -- not least "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" co-star Colman Domingo, who turned up on the ruddy carpet in a bright pink Versace suit embellished with iv,500 Swarovski crystals. (And though Brad Pitt kept things straightforward on stage to present the award for Best Supporting Actress in his usual precipitous tailoring, he set social media alight with a haircut that led some to herald the return of the man bun.)

Though most eyes were on the LA blood-red carpet, parallel events were staged in London and Paris for those unable to attend in person. At a London screening hosted by the British Film Institute, Olivia Colman continued the night's red motif in an elegant high-necked design by Dior, while LaKeith Stanfield made a black Saint Laurent jumpsuit expect effortlessly formal with a broad-collared white shirt and belt.

So while the awards withal felt a world away from final yr's result, there was however plenty of pared-dorsum elegance and precipitous tailoring to be found on this most unusual of Oscars blood-red carpets.

Scroll through the gallery above to see some of the best looks from the cherry-red carpet.

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