Though relatively tame, the Academy Awards gave us plenty of fashion hits. Here are the best from Hollywood’s biggest night.
Johnny Weir’s sparkling shoes
Yes, someone had to give Johnny Weir another platform. After a successful turn as Sochi Olympic style star, the figure skater-turned-commentator showed up to the Oscars wearing an all-white ensemble paired with a particularly sick pair of Louis Leeman bedazzled shoes. Well played, Weir. Well played.
Tara Lipinski and Johnny WeirWireImage ; Reuters (inset)Cutest couple award: Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
Prepare for precious alliteration—a pregnant Wilde, in Valentino, and Sudeikis, in Prada, made the perfect pair. Period.
Olivia Wilde and Jason SudeikisAPLupita Nyong’o’s Cinderella story
Nyong’o came out of nowhere, stole the red carpet show this entire award season, then dared to don a custom “Nairobi blue” Prada gown to snag the award for Best Supporting Actress.
Lupita Nyong’oRobyn Beck/AFP/Getty/Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesAs far as we’re concerned, the Oscars went exactly like this:
The men wore white
Leto, McConaughey and SeacrestWireimage; AP ; UPIOn the menswear front, nothing was hotter than retro white formal jackets—or rather, Jared Leto in his.
The 42-year-old actor wore Saint Laurent to accept his award for Best Supporting Actor. Leto’s “Dallas Buyers Club” costar Matthew McConaughey went the white way, too, in Dolce & Gabbana.
Even E! Host Ryan Seacrest got the memo. He didn’t look half bad in his Burberry suit.
Charlize Theron looked like “Madame X”
The actress wore Christian Dior, and did John Singer Sargent proud.
John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X’ and Charlize Theron on the Oscars red carpetCorbis ; UPIA “hot blonde” went brunette—and it worked!
Margot Robbie, the “Wolf of Wall Street” trophy wife, debuted dark tresses to match her chic, strapless Saint Laurent dress. She looked anything but dumb, so let’s bid a sweet farewell to that typecast.
Margot RobbieBut for every good, there was a bad. Here are the resounding WTFs:
Simply, Liza Minnelli
We’re not sure what’s more confusing—her blue outfit, the matching hair, her oblong shape, or the face sitting on top of it.
Minelli on the red carpet at the Oscars.Reuters/Lucas Jackson Regardless, skip to 2:20 to catch Ellen’s already-controversial opening monologue dis.
Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell looked like 19th century prostitutes
“Moulin Rouge” was years ago, ladies. As Elsa says, let it go!
Kristen Bell (L) & Idina MenzelReuters ; FilmMagicPharrell Williams wore shorts
Admittedly, if anyone could pull it off, it’s him. But wearing Bermuda shorts at a formal event is still unacceptable, no matter how cool you are.
Pharrell Williams and wife Helen LasichanhMatt Sayles/Invision/APIreland Baldwin’s bloody doily
A.k.a. her outfit, was atrocious. And it seems she was there primarily to take selfies, an effort that yielded such bizarre gems as:
Lady Gaga, space oddity
The popstar looked like a high-fashion alien or a real housewife on Quaaludes.
Lady GagaSteve Granitz/WireImageBette Midler’s dress
Was pretty bad, but not nearly as terrible as her screeching performance of “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
