Elle Fanning attended the Oscars for the first time! I didn’t even realize that Elle has never attended before, because she’s such a regular at other awards shows. Elle was part of the ensemble for A Complete Unknown, so she’s been hanging out with Timothee Chalamet and Monica Barbaro throughout the awards season. She decided to go all out for her Oscar debut – she wore the first-ever red carpet debut of Sarah Burton’s new collection for Givenchy. It’s honestly a stunning gown and she looked like a princess. The molded bust reminds me of Burton’s work on the Princess of Wales’s wedding gown, actually. It would not surprise me at all if Elle’s look ended up on a lot of brides’ inspo boards. Elle also wore Cartier jewelry (she was so excited that she got pieces out of the Cartier vault).
It would have been so special to see Isabella Rossellini win an Oscar. Alas, it was not to be, and I genuinely feel like Oscar voters made a terrible mistake by not voting for Isabella when they had the chance. Isabella honored people she loved and lost with her Oscar ensemble – a blue velvet Dolce & Gabbana gown to honor the late David Lynch, and the same earrings her mother Ingrid Bergman wore when Bergman won her Oscar. Isabella also wore a Bulgari necklace.
Unfortunately, Isabella had bad mojo coming into the Oscars, because she was accompanied by my nemesis Laura Dern. Dern’s Gucci look was fine, but those bangs!! LMAO.
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- Red carpet arrivals at the 97th Annual Academy Awards held at Dolby Theater Featuring: Elle Fanning Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
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- Red carpet arrivals at the 97th Annual Academy Awards held at Dolby Theater Featuring: Elle Fanning Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
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- Red carpet arrivals at the 97th Annual Academy Awards held at Dolby Theater Featuring: Elle Fanning Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
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- Red carpet arrivals at the 97th Annual Academy Awards held at Dolby Theater Featuring: Laura Dern Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Valerie/MediaPunch/INSTARimages
Elle did look absolutely stunning, I love the hair and the styling – classic without being twee or screaming I AM THE NEW AUDREY HEPBURN, I SWEAR! And it’s nice to know Sarah Burton can actually fit dresses properly; you wouldn’t know from what Kate Middleton has worn from Burton for McQueen for years. Note to Emma Stone, Monica Barbaro, THIS is how you get a dress properly fitted!
I do prefer Elle’s sister Dakota as an actress though
It did feel bridal.
I agree, and I know I commented on this further down, but if the dress colors had been a little different it would’ve been a beat dressed moment, I think.
Like a pale dove gray dress with a midnight blue belt.
My daughter wore a prom dress with those colors and it was stunning on her. She has similar coloring to Elle, light blonde hair, pale ivory pink skin tone.
*best dressed, not beat
Sarah Burton definitely has a certain aesthetic. Look out for Kate wearing Givenchy in the future.
To me Elle’s hair, makeup and jewelry were spot on. She looked beautiful but her dress for some reason reminded me of the I Love Lucy era of them introducing them getting ready for bed and Lucy wearing a fussy robe and nightgown. I think it’s the bodice, hair, lace and long black fabric hanging from the front that reminds me of a nightgown. It’s cute but I can’t see it past being something a housewife would wear while getting ready for bed.
I hope we never find out anything bad about Elle. She almost always has a Disney Princess vibe, but somehow she’s a bubbly, burst of fresh air. She seems lovely to work with and loves the fashion aspect of her job. This might be one of my fav looks she’s ever worn!
The white dress is beautifully fitted, and weirdly more grown up than I remember for Elle? I recall seeing her in a lot of pastel pink pretty pretty princess dresses with huge floofy skirts. Anyway, yes, it is quite bridal, but I like it!
Elle looks beautiful but I think the color washes her out a bit because of the dress color against her skin tone.
The black belt / bow is giving me Gucci vibes, and I sort of wish it wasn’t white, but overall it’s a very nice look on Elle Fanning. I maybe would have gone with a different necklace, since the one she’s wearing doesn’t really ‘fit’ with the dress style, IMHO.
I agree about the dress color, too bridal.
Maybe dove gray would be pretty, and the belt could be midnight blue instead of black, and her jewelry could’ve been sapphires incorporated with diamonds. I that would make the look less bridal and less Gucci.
Elle is a lovely young woman but I am so tired (haha) of her anemic aesthetic, especially with her awful brassy hair color.
I like Laura’s bangs haha!
I’d love to see Isabella win an Oscar, but I honestly didn’t think there was that much to this particular role. If she’d won, I would have felt it was more of a nod to her entire body of work.
No. Pretty. Appropriate. But not stunning.
Elle seems nice and she’s a good actress. I hate when you take a bridal looking dress and just add a black bow to make it look less so and at the Oscars of all places. That long bow hanging in front of a pretty but not stunning dress. A wedding dress I’ve seen many times. I wish she avoided Sarah Burton. First dress for Givenchy at the Oscars bad choice. I wish Cartier would open the vault to me but I didn’t like that necklace. The bracelet was good. I liked that Isabella wore her mother’s earrings. You never know maybe she’ll get another chance . Laura Dern is Laura Derning.