Oscars 2024: The Most Shocking Red Carpet Looks

Whether it’s because the Oscars are the biggest award in the entertainment industry, or because it also marks the last award show of the season, stars tend to bring out all the stops on the Academy Award red carpet. From major ballgowns to looks that seem to defy fashion rules, the Oscars red carpet is the number one place where stars go all out.

Don’t believe us? A quick trip down memory lane will quickly remind you of some iconic Oscar dresses, including the sheer dress Halle Berry wore when she won her first Oscar, Björk’s head-turning swan dress and even Angelina Jolie’s trend-making black dress that provided us with the iconic “leg moment.”

So, with all those iconic fashion moments behind us, we can’t wait to see all the head-turning and even eyebrow-raising looks we’ll see tonight. To check out the night’s most shocking looks, scroll below!

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Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski brought some high fashion to the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in this white Jacquemus dress with a breastplate placed slightly off-center. Such a head-turner!

Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough

Actress Andrea Riseborough looked like a modern art painting in this unique Jeremy Scott Couture dress with a wavy pink material going all along her shoulders, arms and hem.

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie’s last hurrah in the Barbie press tour was nothing short of iconic. At the Vanity Fair party, Robbie wore this golden Mugler beaded corset from 1996.

Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario
Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario looked absolutely beautiful on the carpet in this ivory-colored dress with an oversized bow. Love the red lip with this!

Chloe Bailey

Chloe Bailey
Chloe Bailey

Chloe Bailey looked almost otherworldy at the Vanity Fair party in this golden Robert Wu skin-tight dress with ruffles spitting out from the sides.

Julia Fox

Julia Fox
Julia Fox

Fashion risk-taker Julia Fox wore this DSQuared2 mini-dress with in-built gold nipple pasties at the 32nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.

Sandra Hüller

Sandra Hüller
Sandra Hüller

Sandra Hüller gave her spin on an LBD in this black column dress with a structured off-the-shoulder dress from Schiaparelli.

Eugene Lee Yang

Eugene Lee Yang
Eugene Lee Yang

Try Guys member Eugene Lee Yang went way outside the box in this bright red suit with a billowing pleated skirt.

Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander brought some color to the carpet in this cream-colored dress with a black, purple, pink and green ruffled skirt paired with black gloves.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Da’Vine Joy Randolph turned heads in this baby blue shimmering Louis Vuitton gown with a matching feathered cape.

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande showed the world just why she was cast as Glinda in Wicked in this baby pink gown and a billowing cape,

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence

While polka-dots are definitely a common print, we don’t usually see them on red carpets as big as the Oscars. Jennifer Lawrence commanded our attention in this black and white polka-dot Christian Dior Haute Couture dress.

Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough

Speaking of prints, Andrea Riseborough dared to wear plaid in this red, black, white and yellow Loewe dress.

Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox looked so statuesque on the carpet in this Mugler gown with this intricate gold bustier.

Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo also embodied her Wicked character in this dark green lather dress with a ruffled matching cape.