ALL THE GLAMOUR, GOSSIP AND GOWNS THE ACADEMY AWARDS OSCARS STARS EMBRACE FUTURISTIC LOOKS AND GOLDEN AGE CLASSICS

It's always Hollywood's most fashionable night, but this year's Academy Awards proved to be one of the most trendsetting yet.

- EMILY HORAN

For the grand finale of awards season, Los Angeles's Dolby Theatre became a catwalk, on which stars including Oppenheimer's Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh experimented with futuristic new looks.

"The styling was much more daring," says Natalie Salmon, editor of HELLO! Fashion.

"It's amazing to see that Oscar winners and A-list actresses are willing to take more risks with their outfits than ever before; Emily wearing the Y-front Schiaparelli couture dress was a perfect example of this."

The unusual hovering Supporting Actress nominee’s gown also provided a talking point. Stylist Jessica Paster, who has worked with Emily for many years, said they had set out to push boundaries.

“Sometimes we don’t play it safe. At this point of years of being with Emily, we can go have fun with fashion.

“I thought [Emily] was going to be the first one to wear it,” she continues. “And then I saw that the beautiful Florence Pugh also had a very similar shoulder.”

While many outfits looked to the future, such as Cynthia Erivo’s green leather Louis Vuitton dress with ruffles down the back, and Gabrielle Union’s minidress and column skirt from Carolina Herrera, others embraced old-school opulence.

ICONIC OUTFITS

“It really felt like there were two moods on the red carpet,” Natalie says. “There was your classic Old Hollywood and there was your space-age, scifi woman. Both made for iconic, powerful looks.