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Morwenna Ferrier
Texture is truly coursing through the red carpet tonight! Here’s Sinners’ star Jayme Lawson in a dress by the renowned Lebanese designer, Zuhair Murad, which appears to be made of electric blue straws.
Lauren Cochrane
If fashion made textbooks, this picture of Vicky Krieps in Bottega Veneta might be used as an example of how black dresses look great on the red carpet.
It’s still probably the most common colour that Oscar-goers wear – from men’s tuxedos to women’s LBDs, black has been more than the default at points. See women wearing black to stand for #MeToo in 2018, or Billy Porter’s gender non-conforming black gown a year later. It also means something when they are a default. For the first Baftas post-Covid in 2021, stars stuck to black as a symbol of safety while last year, the ceremony saw a different kind of black: one that brought out celebrities’ goth side.
Judging by stars like Krieps and Amelia Dimoldenberg, so far the colour this year is giving classic with something a bit interesting. Let’s see how it develops as more attendees hit the red carpet.
Stuart Heritage
Meanwhile, Peter Bradshaw’s red carpet whirlwind continues apace. It pleases me no end to announce that he has located Ken Jeong from The Masked Singer. “I can sort of go home now,” he writes on Instagram. Nice try, Peter, but if we’ve got to cover the whole ceremony then you have, too.
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Stuart Heritage
I don’t know if you’re following the AP red carpet feed but, if you are, you’re missing some of the most frenzied commenting I have ever seen. I have become particularly enamoured with the YouTube user who has spent the last 25 minutes typing “WHERE IS JAVIER BARDEM?” into the chatbox every few seconds. I truly pray that Javier Bardem turns up at some point, otherwise this poor fool is going to have an aneurism.
Stuart Heritage
One thing that Conan O’Brien will almost certainly address in his monologue later is the slightly berserk furore that Timothée Chalamet blundered into when he told Matthew McConaughey that people don’t care about ballet and opera. The din caused by the ballet and opera communities getting their knickers in a twist has been so colossal that this weekend even Steven Spielberg waded in.
Speaking about his new movie Disclosure Day, Spielberg said that he still made films with the collective audience in mind. “We are all united with a whole bunch of feelings that we walk into the daylight with, or into the night-time with,” he said. “And there’s nothing like that. It happens in movies, and in concerts, and it happens in ballet and opera, by the way.”
Which is a relatively sick burn, and it probably means that Chalamet probably shouldn’t get his hopes up about landing a role in the next Jaws movie. But it also speaks to how happily Chalamet has allowed himself to become the villain of this year’s awards season. If he wins best actor later, there is a non-zero percent chance that he’ll even be booed. And opera singers can really boo from the diaphragm.
Lauren Cochrane
A rare sighting of pastels on the red carpet. This Louis Vuitton gown, with layers and layers of parma violet frills, is equal parts sweet and scene stealer. Much like Chase Infiniti, the woman who wears it.
Morwenna Ferrier
Sentimental Value’s Renate Reinsve has been dialling up the glamour since she started the campaign trail. Here she is in a structually rigid strapless Louis Vuitton dress with what is technically known as a mega-slit. I worry about that train on the podium should she win but she still looks glorious.
It’s worth pointing out here that her stylist is Danielle Goldberg.
As my colleague Chloe Mac Donnell writes: “You might not know her name but you will know her work. She’s the stylist who has put Greta Lee in that Dior bow dress, Ayo Edibiri in Chanel’s turn-up jeans before they’d even appeared on the catwalk and Saoirse Ronan in a teeny, tiny electric blue JW Anderson shift dress.
Goldberg has the power to shape a celebrity’s style so that it transcends the red carpet. Her clients go on to secure lucrative brand deals, become fixtures on best dressed lists and influence the high street.
Goldberg’s minimalism is the antidote to method dressing. She lets her clients carve out and develop a quieter more personal style. It’s polished but not try-hard. It sounds easy but it’s no mean feat in Hollywood to ensure an A-lister doesn’t look like the clothes are wearing them.”
Expect to see more Goldberg girlies on the red carpet shortly …
Chloe Mac Donnell
We’re still early on the red carpet but there’s already a trend – with attendees wearing political pins. Hamnet costume designer Malgosia Turzanska wore an ICE Out pin on a safety pin dress, while producer Elizabeth Woodward and actor Saja Kilani both had “Artists4Ceasefire”.
This isn’t the first time Hollywood has worn pins to draw attention to issues – with HIV/Aids ribbons, anti-war badges and women’s rights appearing on the red carpet over the years.
2026 follows on from last year – when Billie Eilish and Mark Ruffalo wore red pins calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. At this year’s Golden Globes and Grammy awards, “ICE Out” and “Be Good” pins were widely worn as part of the condemnation of actions of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Is it drawing attention to these issues in a way that broadcasts them to the world, or virtue signalling? You decide.
Lauren Cochrane
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 15: Rose Byrne attends the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Old Hollywood is such a hackneyed reference – but Rose Byrne in a dress by JW Anderson’s Dior manages to make it look, well, pretty exquisite really. The key to updating the classic to 2026? Bright red, slightly clashing, lipstick.
Lauren Cochrane
Who doesn’t want to go to the Oscars in leather dungarees and a polka dot shirt? Blues singer Buddy Guy – who performs at the end of Sinners – is giving us outfit inspo. Let’s hope the rest of the red carpet brings more attendees having this much fun with their outfits.
Lauren Cochrane
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s brand of comedy is often described as awkward – so it makes sense her red carpet pose has a little of that quality. Otherwise, a black strapless Ralph Lauren gown with peplum and a string of sparkles is pure blue chip elegance.
