In the olden days, Dior would only dress one or two women for the Oscars and Dior was really selective about it. They’ve loosened up a lot, and they ended up dressing two major nominees, one presenter and one of the red-carpet hosts. Mikey Madison got the most-seen Dior look of the night – a pale pink and black look which I did not care for. But for my money, Dior gave Monica Barbaro a much better dress – this is really stunning and I sort of wish Mikey and Monica had switched dresses. Monica also looks so much like Original Kylie Jenner, I have been doing double-takes all awards season. I wonder if Timothee Chalamet has as well. Also: pale pink was definitely one of the colors of the night, so Monica was definitely on-trend.
Rachel Zegler also got a Dior look, which… eh. I mean, she’s a Disney princess, right? Because she’s Snow White in the live-action film. That’s what this was – some Disney princess vibes.
Julianne Hough’s Dior was nice. It was simple and even rather elegant. I wish it wasn’t this blah beige ombre, but whatever. It’s fine.
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Rachel’s dress looks like it doesn’t quite fit. The waist is too low and the cleavage like it’s too big. Could be just a bad photo, though.
Mickey, Julianne and Monica look perfect.
Rachel’s dress looks like it’s unfinished
I didn’t love any of these dresses and think that Julianne’s was the only one that fit properly. It was also the most flattering.
Same. I didn’t really love any of these dresses despite all the women looking beautiful with their faces and hair and jewelry.
Agreed. I did like Monika’s but the bust was so ill fitting that it took away from who truly beautiful it was.
I adore Monica’s dress. I wish the beading had been in silver tho. As she has cool skin tones and her necklace looks silver. I think the top is a bit skimpy (not in a prudish way) but for that gorgeous, voluminous skirt. That pink is sublime. I haven’t seen much Oscars coverage yet or fashion. CB is my first go to. And I’m just about to finish work and crash 😴 (Australia Gold Coast time)
Reminds me of Gwyneth Paltrow ‘s pink Oscar dress.
Oh the waist and skirt on Monica’s is sublime pure Dior .
The top though . I understand what they were trying to do but it was ill fitting and it just ended up looking a Bikini top like she’d been to the beach , covered her bottom section but left the top bit .
Beautiful dresses, but Monica’s is gorgeous. As is she. She looks like a cross between Susan Sarandon and Emma Stone. Kylie Jenner’s old face looked like Zeus was trying to squeeze her forehead and chin together. I don’t think cosmetic surgery is always an improvement but in KJ’s case, it was.
I didn’t like the pale pink ones or really any of the colorless taupes etc…I was less than impressed with any of the gowns last night…nothing grabbed me. Maybe it’s my mood…feeling like it hard to get excited about gowns on rich people with the world falling into terrible chaos around us…this should be a needed distraction but it didn’t work for me…
Monica is way prettier than KJ’s old face. I almost think she looks like a natural younger version of KJ’s new face (even though she’s 10 years older).
I’m getting a Catherine Deneuve vibe from Julianne.
I love the black and pink dress.
I didn’t love any of the Diors but I wanted Rachel Zegler’s necklace and earrings. They all looked good though. The jewelry was mostly lacking this year. Michelle Yeoh had a beautiful necklace. I don’t like Julianne Hough but unfortunately I think she got the best dress . I think I love that dress. It’s beige but it’s not blah. Guess I loved one Dior.
Like many dresses last night, the bust area did not fit properly.