Linda Cardellini has a supporting role in Green Book, the film which won Best Picture (and I’m still shook). Linda had a reason to be there, is my point. But usually when you’re invited because you’re part of an Oscar-nominated film, you don’t kill, skin and wear a damn Muppet. CB was like “she murdered Big Bird” and I was like “and she wore Big Bird’s bloody feathers on the carpet.” This is Schiaparelli and it’s a big mess. Linda had dressed so conservatively during the awards season, so I don’t get why she thought “skinned Muppet lingerie” was THE LOOK for the Oscars.
Also really bad: the two women who chose to wear Giambattista Valli. Ordinarily, I like and appreciate Giambattista Valli gowns. But these are just… the worst. Kacey Musgraves wore a tiered-ruffle explosion in Pepto pink and she seemed to think she was the biggest star there. She was just a presenter. And I still don’t get it, honestly.
Maya Rudolph’s Valli look pains me. It looks like she’s wearing a bedspread AND a dust ruffle. To be fair, I think a lot of little girls would love this bedspread. But don’t wear your daughter’s bedspread to the damn Oscars.
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Was it some ongoing bet? Pink vomit in every shade?
These looks were inspired by great-grandma’s frou-frou loo lid and roll covers, from days of yore. Everything old is new again, or some such.
I don’t know who Kasey Musgraves is, but her styling sort of reminds me of Paris Hilton?
Maya Rudolph could care less what anyone thinks – she dresses to entertain herself, and I appreciate that.
I like Kacey Musgraves’ music (especially the ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ album) but couldn’t have identified her prior to seeing these photos. I didn’t expect her to look like a Kardashian relative. I see what you mean about the Paris Hilton similarity as well. They share a similar nose and wax figure look.
It’s a ridiculous mess of course, but dammit if I don’t still love Linda’s dress.
I love Linda’s dress too! Call me crazy!
Maya Rudolph is too beautiful and didn’t deserve that horrible dress.
I love Linda’s dress too! And actually, this is sort of a look Maya tends to wear. I kind of like it. Very pretty pattern and the colour suits her.
When Kacey came out, I thought her dress was another visual joke. Apparently not.
she seemed to like it. i’m impressed a person with such a small frame was making it work as well as it did. great color on her.
I’m with you, not hating it at all. I love her, too, so maybe I’m a bit biased, lol.
Same. I just don’t think Linda can do wrong. And she looks like she’s having a good time, so I’m content.
I love it too!!! Kaycee is a nope (and she really was giving off star vibes weirdly enough). I don’t look to Maya for fashion. But still!
I sort of like Linda’s dress but its maybe more appropriate for Valentine’s Day at the Madonna Inn.
And the Musgraves dress reminds me of the Bradley lampshade doll I had as a kid.
The Madonna Inn, lol….good one!
Yes, Madonna Inn valentine vibes for sure! Yes good one 😉
Or dream dress for a 4 year old at her princess birthday party.
Me too. There’s something super fetching about it, to say nothing of the audacity it takes to wea such a get up in public.
… I love all of these. I would say I like Maya’s least but they’re all fun and crazy. What’s the point of wearing something boring like Jennifer Lopez when you could go bonkers??
Gemma wore over the top pink. Still it looked amazing. It is about finding a line between daring and tacky.
I don’t think Linda’s is tacky at all! I loved Gemma’s too.
Linda maybe figured that negative attention is attention now that Oscar season is over and she needs use most of the attention for next projects.
I kind of see Kacey’s dress working, maybe on Lady Gaga or if it wasn’t this big. But it’s fun even if not good.
Yeah that’s the impression I got. It’s an attention-getter. No way she leads any story in a safe dress. So she took her shot. Hate the game, not the player. 🤷♀️
I kind of like Maya’s. It just seems like it would be fun to wear and comfortable.
Maya always looks good to me. She’s the daughter of a legend and she glows! There is more dress than there is Linda! The expression on her face is priceless, like she’s about to say what’s up doc, just awful…Awful, emphasis added. Maya will be on every c-lister worst dressed list, but I’m sure she cares not. Have to agree with Kaiser, Kacey Musgraves is so full of herself, she’s ready to explode in her own self-adoration.
Another site referred to Maya, Tina and Amy as the Holy Trinity. Said they somehow blessed the show being the first on and kept it from being boring then left asap. SNL really has brought us some funny, talented woman. This is kind of why I can’t get into whose dress is the prettiest or who is the fairest of them all. They ladies are comic legends. I still see Palin when Tina comes on stage!! Talent before beauty, the beauty is a bonus I guess.
Maya always goes for these big dresses and looks like she is comfortable and doesn’t give a F about what anybody says. I appreciate that about her.
Wild card choice — Adam Driver’s wife. It was like a cocktail/knee length slip dress and….. yeah. It didn’t work.
As much as I love Maya’s comedy skills, there was nothing funny about her wardrobe choice for the Oscars. Sorry Maya, but I have to say it was memorable for all the wrong reasons.
I’m pretty sure Gemma Chan could wear the hell out of these. These ladies need to try harder to own these looks.
Maya Rudolph looks a weird combination of shell-shocked and dour, and this dress demands in-your-face whimsy or it calls curtains and huffs back home.
Agree about Maya. I feel like she always makes awkward faces on the red carpet, maybe she’s just really uncomfortable with the whole schtick. I know I would be.
Can’t even lie, I love Kacey’s look. The opulence!
I think Maya purposely chooses fug dresses 😩 Linda’s makeup is unsightly
I adore Maya Rudolph but this dress is a no. She has never been a fashion person anyways. I like Kacey’s dress. Lol
I kind of love Maya’s look and I can’t defend that, but I love it just the same. 🙂
These dresses make me sad. For the record, I love pink.
I hated all these looks. At least though Linda seemed like she was really embracing the ugliness of it – like she knew the dress was ridiculous and was just working it.
Kacey Musgraves was annoying on the red carpet too IMO.
That dress is *grandma’s* bedspread.
My grandma had wallpaper like that.
All three are horrible funny.
The first one had at least a cool and striking Color.
Regarding Kacey Musgraves… it really seems like the fame has gone up to her head, huh?
Linda’s dress is fun and glam, Maya’s dress was unflattering but very on-brand for her. Kacey looked like a bad Home Ec project… and the matching scrunchies on the wrists pushed it over the edge.
They’re all ugly dresses, but I felt Kacey’s was borderline inappropriately attention-grabbing. She was just a presenter and yet her dress took up part of the aisle next to her seat.
None of these are appealing to me. I love Meyer, but don’t really get her fashion choices .
That dress on Maya makes me sad for her. I get that she’s not a fashion person…so maybe go for something understated and comfy instead of a Fashion Statement. Super talented person – she needs help for the next red carpet!
Maya Rudolph. I can at least see what the other two were attempting, though the did the most and went too far. Maya looks like she grabbed her duvet cover sans the filling, wrapped it around her, went “done!” And marched out the house.
Re: Kacey Musgraves…didn’t Natalie Portman try to pull something similar off several years ago? I feel like she did…
At least Natalie won an Oscar. I hand to God, don’t know who this Kacey Musgraves is.
Kacey has such a plastic-looking face. Like an Instagram-model who overdid the fillers. That’s all I can see when I look at her.
Extremely plastic-looking, at least in these photos (and I have no idea who she is!). My first thought was she looks like a mix of Demi Lovato and Alica Vikander.
Very plastic-looking. I think she looks like that woman who was on Glee–Leah something. And her red carpet behavior seemed very similar to Leah’s. Over-the-top “Look at me! I’m the biggest star here!” attitude while seeming to take it all too seriously.
Kacey’s & Linda’s dresses are gag-inducing; just horrible IMO. Maya’s at least looks comfortable and is so unfashionable that i almost like it!
I love all of them. The Oscars should be about big, crazy, fun dresses. There’s always enough people wearing boring column dresses, why not embrace the people who take the opportunity to wear something bold.
Maya should have at least bothered to touch up her roots …
I half like Linda’s dress. I like alll the ruffle up top, but I think its a bit much having it all over. It looks like the dress is wearing her and not the other way around. Not too mention that its a mullet dress which makes it automatically hideous.
Maya’s was the worst. Like somebody else said on a different thread, she dresses like she’s pregnant.
Man, I love Linda Cardellini, but WHAT is going on here?? I hope she felt pretty because she just looks insane.
I have to thank you for giving me back all the time I usually waste in the morning on this site. Between the continuous coverage of a completely fabricated kardashian drama and today’s coverage of the awards shaming any woman who dares to show up in something unique, I’m finally over it.
I love Linda’s dress and Maya, because she can do no wrong. I don’t know who Kacey Musgraves is and I don’t like her dress, so she doesn’t have the advantage of me loving whatever she wears. But, that list for me is pretty small anyway – there’s not many Maya’s in the world. She’s pretty though, that shade of pink is just not my thing.
I could have posted your entire comment. Exact same sentiments. *Except for loving Linda’s dress…lol*
@Nancy, ha ha. I get it – it’s right on the line for me and I wouldn’t wear it myself. But, there’s something about it…
Imo Maya looked great. This is her fashion thing, offbeat standout choices at awards shows – the red Valentino muumuu from last year was a highlight imo. The frilly pink Valli with the clashing earrings was at least an interesting look.
I wish Linda’s dress wasn’t a mullet cut. Otherwise, I’d full on love the drama of it, but that dual line down the V-neck cut and up her legs just splits the image for me.
Rudolph’s dress would almost be palatable without the cape, even if I’m not fond of the pattern. It’s a study in how some patterns just overwhelm in excess.
Musgraves is frustrating. I really like the color because I think she has the skin tone and hair to make it work, but the tulle is just overworked. Just trim it down a little, and it would’ve worked better.
I would never wear these, even if I was going to the Oscars, but glad these women did. They are all kind of crazy dresses, and for some reason I like it. They give us something fun to talk about. The only way Linda’s would have been better if it was the crazy yellow and more Big Birdie. I would have loved to have seen that. Which reminds me Maria Menounes was in a yellow dress, with her hair dyed a bit lighter and it just didn’t look good. The coloring was just so off. Yellow may be in, but it can be hard to pull off depending on your coloring.
I love Linda Cardellini’s dress! Maya though…it was just too much. She should have gone without the cape.
Ugh Maya Rudolph’s dress was terrible. My pick for the worst. Which breaks my heart, because I ADORE Maya Rudolph. Her role on The Good Place is so great. And when she popped up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the Marshall? Gold!
Maya went as Mrs. Roper from Three’s Company.
Yes! This.
I don’t like the dress, but Linda’s face is adorable.
It’s a three-way tie!
Look at Maya’s face. She knows.
Empire waists are kind to no woman.
Lol! This post is hilarious. I could not stop dragging that shower puff that Musgraves was wearing. My hubby thought I’d lost my mind, I could not shut up about it. On what planet is that ridiculousness considered high fashion? She looks like an idiot. Did you see the extra puffs she wore around each wrist? How about the cheap looking waist bow. A dime store Barbie doll would wear something more fashionable. Ugh. It hurts my soul.