Da’Vine, Kelly Rowland, The Rock: best and worst dressed at Oscars 2024
From the red carpet to the after party, here’s who won the fashion at the Academy Awards
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With one of the most stellar award season debuts for an Oscar winner, Randolph will go down as a memorable example of how to marry the clean-cut looks expected on the Academy's carpet with her love for striking details.
She rocked pastel shades with a pale blue Louis Vuitton gown drizzled in crystals with feather boa sleeves. While she could have opted for longer or bigger hair, she is able to capture old Hollywood with a side part and a metallic blonde that is slowly taking over red carpets as actresses strip down their beauty looks.
The Cinderella moment was contrasted with a vampy all-black look with a curly up-do and a sculptural sequins gown that accentuates her shape topped with sheer opera gloves.
Seemingly taking cues from some South African faux pas, the actress seems to get some of her red carpet looks wrong whenever she sports looks that feature dramatic silhouettes or over-the-top features.
Her colour-blocked Valentino get-up is an eyesore on the red carpet and would have benefited from flowy romantic hairstyles rather than the side-swept 1980s blowout.
Her after party look was no better, losing the point of Schiaperelli's campiness and ending up looking like a 1990s made-for-TV movie. It would also be great to see the actress divert from big updos that are a little comical. Unless she is looking to sample her history in drag.
If you want to see changes in menswear, the best place to look other than the streets of fashion week is the Oscars' red carpet. While the 1990s and Y2K fashion has been making a comeback, it seems the top gents in Hollywood are looking back to boxy 1980s-style suits to make a statement.
This could be seen with stars Jonathan Bailey's wide lapel, Alexander Dreymon, who matched the dated appeal of Allison Williams' tiered look, the retro appeal of John Legend's suit and even Morgan Spector's disco shirt that takes notes from Lenny Kravitz, who is a great example of 1970s rocker style.
Donald McKinley Glover Jnr, also know by his stage name Childish Gambino, went for warm tones in his shawl lapel tuxedo jacket that harks back to the colourful suits of the time with a similar style. Rather than a cumberband, he opts for a high-waisted trouser and an open salmon colour 1960s style shirt with an exposed vest. The look is finished with the in-mode 1980s porn 'stache many have adopted.
The Rock dropped the bowties for his most daring look yet on a red carpet, sporting a shimmering silk suit with a low-cut neckline that harkens to the styles of the late 1970s, bleeding into the age of the power suit while embracing elements of the latter decade that influenced the 1990s.