Florence Pugh was, no joke, one of my favorite looks of the night. Miss Flo was there to present and hang out with her Oppenheimer fam, which won Best Picture (and Director and Actor). Pugh got to just show up to party and have fun and that’s reflected in her look – a gown from Del Core, with “raised straps.” While the raised straps are not my favorite element ever, I love the way this look came together, including Florence’s styling. Great makeup, fantastic hair.
Speaking of raised straps, weirdly Florence’s Oppenheimer costar Emily Blunt had the exact same design element. Emily wore Schiaparelli and most people did not like this at all. It was a weird look overall… the silver applique (is that what it is??) is giving Wonder Woman panties. The effect draws the eye to her crotch, which is definitely a weird vibe for the Oscars.
Sandra Huller also wore a custom Schiaparelli (and Cartier jewels). I love this? It’s the perfect blend of ridiculous and serious. If I could change one thing, I would do more with her makeup. It was too simple and she looked too undercooked and washed out.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- Oscar® nominee Sandra Hüller arrives on the red carpet of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.,Image: 855652097, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: AL / Avalon
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- Oscar® nominee Sandra Hüller arrives on the red carpet of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.,Image: 855652127, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: AL / Avalon
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- Florence Pugh arrives on the red carpet of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.,Image: 855691558, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: AL / Avalon
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- Emily Blunt bei der Oscar Verleihung 2024 / 96th Annual Academy Awards im Dolby Theatre. Los Angeles, 10.03.2024 *** Emily Blunt at the 2024 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre Los Angeles, 10 03 2024 Foto:xJ.xBlocx/xFuturexImagex oscars_1027,Image: 855728810, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Jennifer Bloc / Avalon
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- John Krasinski and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt at the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.,Image: 855733841, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JKP / Avalon
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- Florence Pugh bei der Oscar Verleihung 2024 / 96th Annual Academy Awards im Dolby Theatre. Los Angeles, 10.03.2024 *** Florence Pugh at the 2024 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre Los Angeles, 10 03 2024 Foto:xJ.xBlocx/xFuturexImagex oscars_1057,Image: 855775458, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Jennifer Bloc / Avalon
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- Florence Pugh bei der Oscar Verleihung 2024 / 96th Annual Academy Awards im Dolby Theatre. Los Angeles, 10.03.2024 *** Florence Pugh at the 2024 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre Los Angeles, 10 03 2024 Foto:xJ.xBlocx/xFuturexImagex oscars_1089,Image: 855775635, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Jennifer Bloc / Avalon
The raised straps are a bit gimmick-y and the fabric is unforgiving, but her styling here is really strong – the best she’s looked in months in my view.
Even Mr. Bathory noticed the “raised straps” lol. I love the sculptural elements & I actually like all of these looks (I finally like Florence’s hair!). I think Emily’s gown is one of those that looks gorgeous in person, but the crotch-pointing is unfortunate for a red carpet photo.
The scrolling below the waist looks like a pair of what used to be called “BVDs” (aka: tighty whities).
Not a fan of the raised shoulders ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The raised straps are for the moments when they need to raise their shoulders because they dont know the answer to a question.
Agreed and Sandra Huller’s look. The dress is excellent – classic but with whimsy – but the makeup and hair says “PTA meeting”. Maybe just a slightly more dramatic eye or lip?
I do think the raised straps are silly but Florence looked so good in that dress. It was both cool and glam.
Love Florence, Love the dress, not sure about the raised straps. A bit of a gimmick. But worth the click for the brand.
Emily’s dress isn’t my cup of tea but I am so happy to see her face looking much less filled and more natural. I am loving John’s look and broach, too!
She’s German. That understated look is very much a thing for millennial aged German women and up. They just do a more natural look. She’s letting those amazing cheekbones do all the work.
Realizing that her face looks fine, it’s just that her face looks all the same tone when contrasted with the black dress.
Sandra is cool and beautiful enough to slay this look. I can’t believe I didn’t know about her a year ago and this year she was in two of my favorite films. Can’t wait to see more of her.
The raised straps are screaming I have a short torso on Flo. Otherwise I like her styling
Emily is looking like a real housewife. Her current aesthetic is so harsh on her
Sandra wins this round
Thank you! I was struggling to articulate why Emily’s look is bugging me so much. She says she hates LA but styles herself like a Real Housewife! She’s made herself too tan, thin, and ‘toxed.
I need raised straps to not become a thing, and I kept wondering about the people who would need to sit beside Sandra. I loved everything about Sandra’s dress except its shoulder width.
One of my favorite looks of the night also had raised-looking straps: Leah Lewis (voice actor in Elemental) in a bright pink, wispy dress.
Florence looks average as usual lol. She literally cannot serve anything except shock value on red carpet, that’s why I never feel sorry for her when Twitter drags her style.
I hate the “raised straps” so much.
Huller needed a dramatic blush and ultra glowy skin! That eyeliner is really dragging her down.
The straps remind me of a life jacket up around your ears.
I loved all of these looks, but I think Florence’s after-party dress was better.
Yeah, the raised straps drove me crazy. It just makes a dress look poorly fitted.
Florence looks gorgeous from the neck up, just flawless. But I am so disappointed by her dress, she wore much better looks on the Dune 2 premiere rounds! This is just weird and unflattering imo.
Same with Emily, her dress is awful as well. Washed out colour and they should have stopped at the dress shape just being a simple column dress, these raised straps are just odd on both the dresses.
Florence looks gorgeous from the neck up, just flawless. But I am so disappointed by her dress, she wore much better looks on the Dune 2 premiere rounds! This is just weird and unflattering imo.
Same with Emily, her dress is awful as well. Washed out colour and they should have stopped at the dress shape just being a simple column dress, these raised straps are just odd on both the dresses.
I thought Florence looked great aside from the raised straps.