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Lady Gaga
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
This actually sort of feels like she's wearing one dress while carrying another one. I miss her dark hair. But she's undeniably good at Movie Star, which is quite something considering she hasn't been one for all that long.
Riley Keough in Schiaparelli
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Riley Keough
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
Riley came in costume as the dressing room curtain.
Molly Shannon
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Molly Shannon
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
It turns out Molly Shannon is one of those people who, when she smiles, makes me smile back at her even when it's just a photo.
Regina King
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Regina King
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
I wish I liked this. The jacket is so strange. It looks double breasted but appears to fasten in the standard single-breasted place. The resulting effect is wonky.
Kaia Gerber (in Celine) and Jacob Elordi
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Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
Oh, whoops, that's sparkly. OH WELL. We're here now. She looks lovely in it.
Leslie Grace in Et Ochs
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Leslie Grace attends The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Opening Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic,)
So first we had Cushnie Et Ochs, and it disbanded, and Carly Cushnie went out there with Cushnie, and IT dissolved, and so now it's Michelle Ochs's turn to take the Et Ochs part? I don't have a TON to say about the dress, other than it looks like a lot of other dresses, but her shoes are good.
Tessa Thompson in Dior
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Tessa Thompson
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
This is a tad heavy-seeming, but she's carrying it as much as she can.
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Stella McCartney
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
I like this! Not the shoes, so much -- the style that comes up so high on the foot is not my favorite -- but the single bell sleeve is pretty.
Laverne Cox in custom Johanna Johnson
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Laverne Cox
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
Laverne clearly had a lot of fun working this look.
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Laverne Cox
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
A LOT of fun.
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Laverne Cox
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
The most fun.
Ava DuVernay
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Ava DuVernay. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wishire Boulevard.
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
She wore BLOCKS of solid color, and I only just noticed now one of them is also a pattern. It's so boring when I take you into the thought process behind what goes where. It's like I'm anticipating a note. As usual, Ava herself looks great, but the skirt is a little haphazard.
Thuso Mbedu in Prada
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Thuso Mbedu
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
One more for the yellow files! I am into most of it, but the green and white band across her chest feels like a strange last-ditch patch.
Abigail Breslin in Pamella Roland
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Abigail Breslin
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
YES. Do the cape. This is great. MAYBE a little mature-feeling on her, but she's up to it.
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
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Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
Ooh, I like the vintage feel to this; I don't have a credit for it, but I wonder if it IS vintage.
Andrea Riseborough in Armani
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Andrea Riseborough
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 25 Sep 2021
