Folks Wore Black for the 2022 Oscars

Rita Moreno, left, and Ariana DeBose

Who could resist this photo? I'm watching this version of West Side Story right now, as I type, and everyone in this picture did a tremendous job with it. It's so good.

Rita Moreno in Carolina Herrera

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock (12869133fp) HOLLYWOOD, CA - March 27, 2022. Rita Moreno arriving at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) 94th Academy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, Usa - 27 Mar 2022

What a legend! (And she's wearing her hat from her wonderful Town & Country cover recently.)

Rachel Zegler in Dior

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12862809bs) Rachel Zegler 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Fashion Highlights, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Dior

Obviously I wish this were lined, but she also only had like one week to throw this together! (I thought she did a great job presenting.)

Penelope Cruz (in Chanel) and Javier Bardem

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12869348n) Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022

Look at these two beautiful people who knew it was VERY to fairly unlikely they'd win. Chanel is so underwhelming lately. SHE is gorgeous but this dress is very forgettable.

Vanessa Hudgens in Michael Kors

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770bb) Vanessa Hudgens 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Michael Kors Same Outfit as catwalk model * 12439444dw

But she looks amazing. I actually think she and Sofia Carson did a terrific job on the ABC telecast pre-show. They were high energy and seemed extremely prepared and professional.

Sofia Carson in Giambattista Valli

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12862809i) Sofia Carson 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Fashion Highlights, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022

She LOVES a huge dress.

Maggie Gyllenhaal in Schiaparelli

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770ug) Maggie Gyllenhaal 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Schiaparelli Same Outfit as catwalk model *12773061i

Get your knockers jokes here!

Cynthia Erivo in Louis Vuitton

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12862761ke) Cynthia Erivo 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Louis Vuitton

This is good on her, and VERY low-key for Cynthia Erivo. It's almost like Business Casual Oscars.

Wanda Sykes

Sparkly! I thought she did well, also -- although none of us needed a seven minute ad for the new Academy museum.

Maddie Ziegler in Giambattista Valli

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770fv) Maddie Ziegler 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022

This seems mostly about the jewels, honestly. (I confess, I do not know how she got invited when Rachel Zegler had to beg for a ticket on social media. This isn't Maddie's fault, but I literally don't know what she is promoting.)

Philippe Rousselet (L) and Liya Kebede (in Alaïa)

Mandatory Credit: Photo by DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12869115wj) Philippe Rousselet (L) and Liya Kebede (R) arrive for the 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 27 March 2022. The Oscars are presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in filmmaking in 24 categories. Arrivals - 94th Academy Awards, Hollywood, USA - 27 Mar 2022

BEHOLD! A very important designer.

Stephanie Beatriz in Dior

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770ni) Stephanie Beatriz 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Dior

This is so regal.

Kourtney Kardashian in vintage Mugler and Travis Barker in Margelia

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770ro) Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022

His label pin is beautiful, but her styling is very underbaked here.

Billie Eilish (in Gucci) and Finneas

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12865770zq) Billie Eilish and Finneas 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022

They look like a gothic novel. Not in a bad way.

Jane Campion in Dior

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/AP/Shutterstock (12869107db) Jane Campion arrives at the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles 94th Academy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, United States - 27 Mar 2022 Wearing Dior

This feels on brand.

Jill Scott

This is great on her! The sleeves are very dramatic. Maybe...too dramatic?

Laverne Cox in August Getty

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock (12869133d) HOLLYWOOD, CA - March 27, 2022. Laverne Cox arriving at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) 94th Academy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, Usa - 27 Mar 2022

I love the velvet column dress here, but something about the combination of this makes me wish she'd saved it for like...forty more years?

Youn Yuh-jung

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock (12869133ck) HOLLYWOOD, CA - March 27, 2022. Yuh-jung Youn arriving at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) 94th Academy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, Usa - 27 Mar 2022

She is endlessly elegant.

Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli

Gaga looks kicky and Liza did not forget a bracelet! One of my favorite things about Lady Gaga is how sincerely respectful and kind she always is to older singers. You can tell she was a devoted granddaughter. She's a good egg. No "arriving in an egg" pun intended.