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Caitriona Balfe
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Fashion Highlights, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Louis Vuitton, Custom
This is so underwhelming. It just... I can't imagine being attracted to the design in the first place. She's doing her best, but...
Chloe Bailey
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Chloe Bailey arrives at the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
94th Academy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, United States - 27 Mar 2022
I mean... the color is good, but this feels a bit perilous.
Jessica Chastain in Gucci
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US actress Jessica Chastain attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 27 Mar 2022
And, here she is for those of you who hate the two colors and the ruffle. We hear you! This is an interesting dress because I actually understand all the objections to it... but just love it, myself.
Jessie Buckley in Erdem
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Jessie Buckley
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Erdem
The hair is apparently for Cabaret. The makeup, though, is for the birds. (On Twitter I called it "consumptive Chyna Phillips," and I stand by that.) And the dress... if it's custom Erdem, surely the instructions were, "Make me an Erdem where you look at all your instincts and desires and do the opposite."
Kristen Stewart in Chanel
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Kristen Stewart arriving at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 27 Mar 2022
I get that it's her vibe. I do. But her vibe could have gone to the Oscars in something better than bare-bones hotpants.
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Schiaparelli
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Schiaparelli Same Outfit as catwalk model *12773061i
This dress is wild, but it has its context. Imagine it on Gaga, for instance. (Or, as I suggested on the Best post, imagine if she and Olivia Colman had swapped outfits.) But it doesn't suit Maggie, and some of that might be that I am not into Maggie's hair right now. It's very dark and a little severe on her, like she's cosplaying the cut Colman wore for a long time.
Nicole Kidman in custom Armani
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Nicole Kidman
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Armani Prive, Custom
This won't win, but it's here because it's custom and I find it pretty uninspired. For one thing, the bodice has more darts in it than a pub board, and it looks deflated in parts.
Renate Reinsve in Louis Vuitton
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Renate Reinsve
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Louis Vuitton Same Outfit as catwalk model *12527707p
This is just so drab. It looks like it was rained on, even though it also doesn't look wet.
Tracee Ellis Ross in Carolina Herrera
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Tracee Ellis Ross
94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Wearing Carolina Herrera Same Outfit as catwalk model *12807626p
BUT. Can anything beat this? Even Tracee herself clutched a wrap around her torso for dear life when she had to go on-stage. You know that scene in Showgirls when Elizabeth Berkley rouges up her nipples? This is that, in dress form. It's a NO. Tracee deserves better.
