Best Oscars Red Carpet Looks From the 2024 Academy Awards

March 10, 2024 7:33 PM EDT

The biggest night in Hollywood has arrived and with it, arguably the most important red carpet of awards season. At the 96th annual Academy Awards, the stars of this year’s biggest movies showed up and showed out in looks that ranged from glamorous to truly outrageous.

Between the writers’ and actors’ strikes that brought the industry to a standstill to the triumphant return of the blockbuster, as embodied by this summer’s ubiquitous phenomenon, Barbenheimer, the past year in film was definitely one for the books—and the 2024 Oscars red carpet reflected that. At the awards show, the stars went for bold and dramatic looks, fully leaning into Hollywood glamor.

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Barbie‘s Margot Robbie broke with her Barbiecore streak with a sleek black Versace chainmail gown, while Poor Things’ Emma Stone channeled her film’s character with a fantastical pistachio colored Louis Vuitton embossed leather gown. Rustin’s Colman Domingo, one of this award season’s best dressed MVPs, gave evening wear for men a dapper edge with an elegant but daring custom Louis Vuitton tuxedo with wide legs, which he accessorized with a pair of Louis Vuitton cowboy boots and lots of jewelry. While the big winners of the night have yet to be announced, there were some definite scorers for best look of the night on the red carpet.

We rounded up the best and most memorable looks of the 2024 Oscars below.