Oscars 2026 Style File: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Star Zoe Saldana at the Oscars & The Vanity Fair Party

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On Oscar night, last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner was apparently in a very black lace sort of mood.

In Saint Laurent at the Oscars
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We tend to find lingerie gowns boring and we actively dislike spaghetti straps for anything formal, but she’s so well suited to this and it comes off so effortlessly chic and sexy that we can’t bring ourselves to quibble with it. She has a dicey red carpet history so we think we’re just primed to accept any choice that doesn’t look weird to us. It has a delicacy to it that works really well for her. In fact, our only quibble/question is whether it needed a more delicate sort of necklace. That one’s gorgeous, but it might be overwhelming the look.

In Saint Laurent at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2026
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It’s very “My second cousin’s wedding in 1991,” which isn’t necessarily a terrible thing since fashion is cyclical. It’s a cute party dress and the lining situation is pretty good, from what we can see. Interesting to see those camel slingbacks at a time when everyone’s wearing black. We kind of dig them if only for being unexpected.

Style Credits:
First Look: Custom Saint Laurent Dress | Cartier Jewelry
Second Look: Custom Saint Laurent Dress | Cartier Jewelry
Styled by Petra Flannery | Hair by Aviva Jansen Perea | Makeup by Vera Steimberg

[Photo Credit: Etienne Laurent/The Academy, Disney/Ser Baffo, PA Images/INSTARimages]

• Aviva Jansen Perea
• Awards
• Oscars
• Oscars 2026
• Petra Flannery
• Saint Laurent
• Style Double Shot
• Style File
• Vanity Fair
• Vanity Fair Oscar Party
• Vera Steimberg
• YSL
• Yves Saint Laurent
• Zoe Saldana