What is the best Oscars red carpet gown of all time?

Seventy years of red carpet, including one swan, one thigh slit and a shirt bought at Gap.

1
Audrey Hepburn in 1954
The white floral-and-lace dress she collected Best Actress for, straight off a film set.
1000pts
2
Penélope Cruz in Chanel, 2000
Cobalt-blue Chanel couture from the spring 1995 collection, worn years after the runway.
813pts
3
Jennifer Lawrence in Dior, 2013
The pale pink strapless couture gown she tripped over on the way to collect Best Actress.
724pts
4
Zendaya in Valentino, 2021
A yellow crop-top and skirt with Bulgari diamonds, styled like a Bond villain's heiress.
665pts
5
Julia Roberts in vintage Valentino, 2001
Black-and-white archive Valentino, picked over anything new on offer.
665pts
6
Cher in Bob Mackie, 1986
The feathered headdress and beaded two-piece worn specifically to annoy the Academy.
596pts
7
Rita Moreno's 1962 gown, re-worn in 2018
The same black-and-gold obi dress, back on the carpet fifty-six years later.
517pts
8
Lupita Nyong'o in Prada, 2014
Nairobi-blue pleated silk with a gold headband, worn to her Best Supporting Actress win.
517pts
9
Björk's swan dress, 2001
Marjan Pejoski's swan, complete with eggs — the most parodied red-carpet look ever.
517pts
10
Gwyneth Paltrow in Ralph Lauren, 1999
Pale pink taffeta that divided opinion the moment she started crying in it.
423pts
11
Sharon Stone in a Gap shirt, 1998
A white Gap turtleneck over a Vera Wang skirt, high-low dressing before anyone called it that.
423pts
12
Uma Thurman in Prada, 1995
Lavender bias-cut satin that put Prada on the American red carpet for good.
423pts
13
Halle Berry in Elie Saab, 2002
The burgundy embroidered bodice she won Best Actress in, and the dress that made Saab famous.
423pts
14
Michelle Yeoh in Dior, 2023
White Dior Haute Couture on the night she became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress.
310pts
15
Emma Stone in Givenchy, 2017
Gold fringe that moved with her, worn to collect Best Actress for La La Land.
310pts
16
Kristen Stewart in Chanel, 2022
A bespoke Chanel tuxedo worn with tailored shorts, which she said she had to fight for.
310pts
17
Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier, 2008
A white fish-scale mermaid gown, worn on the night she won for La Vie en Rose.
310pts
18
Nicole Kidman in Dior, 1997
John Galliano's chartreuse gown with mandarin collar, the look that started the designer-loan era.
310pts
19
Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace, 2012
Black velvet with a thigh slit that generated its own parody social-media account.
310pts
20
Grace Kelly in Edith Head, 1955
Ice-blue satin on the night she won Best Actress, and the template for Oscar elegance.
0pts

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Comments

Dior has three entries here, from 1997, 2013 and 2023, and Chanel two, from 2000 and 2022. The rest of the head-to-head: https://youpick.best/articles/chanel-vs-dior-ranked

ypb-team·1h ago·