Vanity Fair Oscar Party Red Carpet Rundown

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The Vanity Fair Oscars party is like the last gasp of awards season, a final explosion of glamour and attention-seeking before Hollywood retreats to its hidey-holes and eats carbs. Let’s assess. Vigorously.

Billie Eilish in Gucci
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She’s kind of making all of these fashion houses look a little foolish, since they all wind up making the exact same garment for her.

Billy Porter in Christian Siriano
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This vision of restrained elegance seems very much in order and on point.

Ciara in Ralph & Russo
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Girl, you don’t need permission from us and by all means do what you want, but this all looks so hellaciously uncomfortable. Get yourself a caftan and some slippers and have a little fun.

Cynthia Erivo in Atelier Versace
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It’s nearly a repeat of her Oscars dress, with eye-searing colors added. She can pull it off, but it’s a LOT.

Florence Pugh in Louis Vuitton
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Kinda love this for her.  It even works with the tight hair.

Freida Pinto in Galia Lahav
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Gorgeously luxe ’40s screen goddess realness. That’s how you do it.

Gabrielle Union in Giambattista Valli Couture
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Another dress that does not make the wearer look remotely comfortable in it. It’s a bit bathmat, to boot.

Gal Gadot in Givenchy
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A HUGE improvement over her Oscar ceremony look. This is basic, but classic – and it looks amazing on her.

Greta Gerwig in Dior
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Terrible. The widely placed straps and the swiss dot skirt are awful.

Hailee Steinfeld in Prada
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This doesn’t even look all that much like Prada. We tend not to love the style of a net or sheer dress over another dress, but this almost works. We wish both dresses were the same length, though.

Hailey Baldwin Bieber in Atelier Versace
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Sure. Okay.

Idina Menzel in Pamella Roland
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It’s fine, which puts it in line with a lot of her formal red carpet choices. She could do better, but we suppose this middle-of-the-road stuff is what she prefers.

Kate Hudson in Vivienne Westwood Couture
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Great textile, even if it’s not entirely suited to her. It seems silly to complain about a Westwood neckline, but this one is only so-so on her.

Kerry Washington in Zuhair Murad Couture
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It’s fabulous, but it’s really more costume than fashion, to our eyes.

Laura Dern in 1017 Alyx 9sm (Blazer) and Armani Privé (Dress)
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That’s a great variation on the theme of her earlier dress, although that double keyhole or racer front or whatever you want to call it is not great.

Lena Waithe in Richfresh
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Love the jacket. The bottom half is too casual for the rest of it, but this party has a fairly broad dress code.

Lucy Boynton in Miu Miu
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Cotton candy.

Mindy Kaling in Reem Acra
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Gets the job done, great color, not-so-great shape.

Olivia Wilde in Fendi Couture
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She can do the witchy stuff better than almost anyone. This is damn near Endora drag.

Rachel Brosnahan in Dolce&Gabbana
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We’d like it a lot more if the skirt were lined  – and if it wasn’t Dolce & Gabbana.

Reese Witherspoon in Dolce&Gabbana
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Cute, but also D&G.

Regina King in Prada
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Gorgeous. She always does well with a little hardness in her style.

Salma Hayek in Gucci
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It’s a gorgeous color, but we don’t love the shape and the shoes don’t go with it at all.

Sandra Oh in Cong Tri
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Feels like a variation on her earlier gown. She was clearly feeling all draggy that night.

Sarah Paulson (in Andrew GN) and Holland Taylor (in Dolce&Gabbana)
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Sarah looks like a glamorous but stern governess and Holland looks like she owns a cosmetics company and it turns out we are totally feeling this couples cosplay.

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