Demi Moore in custom Balenciaga

This is stunning. She looks like she should be posing for a John Singer Sargent portrait. Also, she's able to lift food and drink to her mouth in this one, unlike her telecast dress, which was ALSO stunning but had some persnickety feathers.

Nicole Kidman in Chanel

Shhhhh, I love it. I also think she could tell people she's Meg Ryan in this and people might believe it.

Chase Infiniti in Louis Vuitton

THIS is the revival of 90s minimalism I'm here for.

Odessa A'zion in Harris Reed

This is honestly amazing and she should have worn it to the telecast. This is red carpet worthy and it should have been celebrated there!

Kristen Wiig

I totally get why she wore this to the party -- it's kicky. More short party dresses to the Vanity Fair party!! (I do think the shoes are a bit of a snoozeroo.)

Mia Goth in Dior

I actually like this better than the bedroom curtains she wore to the telecast as well; it's lightly weird but still fancy.

Mia Goth in Dior

The back is fun.

Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy

They look perfectly nice BUT I find it weird that they attended Elton John -- the lesser party, no offense to Sir Elton -- and NOT Vanity Fair. That feels weird!

Anna Wintour

This is honestly....not very good and I've NEVER said that about Anna. I feel like the coat doesn't really mesh with the skirt, the pattern of which was once on the bowl my grandma used for applesauce. Sincerely.

Jeremy Pope

DRAMATIC. A handful of men last night dressed as if they might challenge or be challenged to a duel at any moment; more dueling outfits, please!

Zoe Saldaña

Kate Middleton wore a version of this dress to every other event in 2012.

Lewis Pullman

I am being slowly won over to the idea of Lewis Pullman dressing like a kicky newspaper man in a 1930s screwball comedy.

Felicity Jones

SURE! I mean, honestly, this is good although I feel like they ran out of time on her glam. I'm sure she considered this for the big game at some point. The color is great.

Vicky Krieps

This is KOOKY and I'm INTO IT. She is such an artsy weirdo (complimentary).

Ryan Destiny

This is too small and looks uncomfortable! Issues of fit aside, if you want to dress as a gilded age theatre's proscenium, you could do worse!

Li Jun Li in Mônot

Theoretically, I like. I think I wish the top were not QUITE so cropped.

Gracie Abrams

A plethora of sternum! This dress is good on her but also looks like it could be backwards. I also just realized that I've thought Gracie Abrams and Maude Apatow were the same person for like...a long time.

Audrey Nuna in Maison Margiela

TREMENDOUS. This is SO cool.

Rei Ami

This is also honestly great; they've had such an impactful and thoughtful awards season.

Mikey Madison

Real talk: I think this is hideous. I HATE it. She looked gorgeous at the telecast itself and I will forget this ever happened. I don't have any feelings about Mikey Madison at all -- I never saw Anora! -- but I'm sure she doesn't deserve this.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Honestly, also no. This is ridiculous. She looks like a disco bath mat. This woman is too beautiful to dress like a disco bath mat.

Jayme Lawson

Yes, sure, cute! This is fun and festive.

Molly Sims

This is honestly a downgrade from her telecast look, which was bridesmaid-y but sunny and cheerful. This is weirdly glum.

Regina Hall

I am concerned about her styling of late. Flipping past this when pulling pics last night, I thought for a moment that she was wearing a crossbody purse with a REALLY long strap.

Arden Cho

THIS is ABSOLUTELY because she wanted to wear this dress to SOMETHING this year and this was the only event left. It's pretty but it's too much for this party.

May Hong

This is really cool and I would have swapped this dress out for like NINE telecast looks off the top of my head. Like, this would have accomplished what Zoe Saldaña was going for, but better, I think? Anyway, she got it and she's working it.

Ji-young Yoo

This is sort of somber for a party?

Shaboozey

CHARMING! This man is walking charisma.

Misty Copeland in Mônot

I did not like her telecast ensemble at all, and she looks SPECTAC in this; it's so perfect on her. Simple, but great.

Misty Copeland

And you can tell she loves it!

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