Oscars 2025 Red Carpet Fashion: See Every Look as the Stars Arrive

Between Gwyneth Paltrow's pink Ralph Lauren ball gown, Julia Roberts' black-and-white Valentino, Charlize Theron's glittering Gucci and basically every dress Zendaya ever put on, who’s to say if Academy Awards fashion has changed us for the better, but we’ve certainly been changed for good.

Which is why there’s no place like the red carpet March 2 as the stars turned out for the 2025 Oscars—where Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Mikey Madison (Anora), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) were the big acting winners.

Ariana Grande first teased her sure-to-be-popular look to E! News at the Feb. 9 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. 

“I’m very excited about it," the Wicked star, nominated for best actress in a supporting role alongside Saldaña, A Complete Unknown's Monica Barbaro, The Brutalist's Felicity Jones and Conclave's Isabella Rossellini told E!, "and I’m really looking forward to wearing it."

Of course, she knows all about making an entrance, floating down the carpet at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre in a  Schiaparelli ballgown covered in 190,000 crystal sequins and rhinestones. 

"The fit on this bodice, that is almost impossible to do," designer Christian Siriano declared on Live From E!: The Oscars. "It's stunning, incredible. And I love that it's really not pink. It's kind of icy blush, almost ivory tone."

And of course she wasn't the only one bringing the magic with nominees and presenters like Cynthia Erivo, Mindy Kaling, Selena Gomez, Halle Berry and Emma Stone aiming to defy expectations on the film industry's biggest night. 

Grande's costar Erivo also channeled her Wicked alter ego in a custom emerald Louis Vuitton. 

"We wanted to have a nod to Oz and a nod to the green, and a nod to old Hollywood," Erivo, up for best actress, explained to Live From E!: The Oscars host Zuri Hall. "It was something I always wanted. I wanted a big dress for the Oscars, if I made it here. And here we are in this wonderful, big, giant dress. And I feel amazing in it." 

Dare we say she, uh, nailed the look down to her gilded manicure, hand sculpted by her go-to nail tech Mycah Dior. "We try and go as far as we can," Erivo noted. "We knew this was one of the last ones. We wanted to do something big and special."

Over-the-top was also the vibe for Saldaña, who continued to work in tandem with Yves Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello and her longtime stylist Petra Flannery. 

"I just have to show up bright and early and clean and just in great spirits so that we can just play and continue being artists," Saldaña raved to E! of her dream team, "because I don’t just do this for fashion. To me, fashion is art, and I love collaborating with designers like Anthony Vaccarello and working with Petra, because they are artists in their own right."

Gomez, her costar in Emilia Pérez, modeled her own work of art—some 12 artisans hand-sewing Rosemont crystals and more than 16,000 drops of glass onto her meticulously embellished custom Ralph Lauren. 

As her stylist Erin Walsh told Zanna Roberts Rassi, "She wanted to channel that movie star magic," Rossi noted on Live From E!: The Oscars. "It's based on a Sophia Loren reference and the tailor that actually tailored Sophia Loren’s dress helped tailor Selena’s dress."

Meanwhile, A Complete Unknown's Elle Fanning struck her own collaboration, calling designer Sarah Burton's first creation as Givenchy's creative director "very special."

Because the woman behind Kate Middleton's wedding dress, "is one of my really close friends," Fanning explained to E!. "So it's a very special dress and Cartier necklace from 1958, which they pulled out of a vault."

And, no doubt, host Conan O'Brien pulled out all the stops for the finale to an awards season that's celebrated the likes of Timothée Chalamet, who scooped up a SAG Award for his turn as singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, The Substance’s Demi Moore (already a Golden Globe, Critics Choice and SAG winner for her work in the horror flick) and Saldaña, who has already amassed Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics Choice and SAG trophies.  

Like Grande, both Moore and Saldaña were first-time nominees, joining a star-studded list of newbies that included Barbaro, Rossellini, Culkin and The Apprentice's Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.

And while you can see the complete list of winners here, we're happy to announce a few winners in the best-dressed category. 

A team of stylists have shown them what shoes to wear, how to fix their hair and everything that really counts to be popular on the red carpet. So check out all the celebrities who shone bright at the Oscars. 

In Schiaparelli. 

In custom Saint Laurent and Cartier jewelry. 

In custom Ralph Lauren and Stuart Weitzman heels. 

In custom Louis Vuitton and FoundRae jewelry. 

In Chanel. 

In Thierry Mugler and De Beers jewelry. 

In Prada and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. 

In Christian Dior and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. 

In Gucci, David Yurman jewelry, and Jaeger-Le Coultre watch. 

In Christian Siriano and Pomellato Jewelry. 

In Valentino. 

In custom Dior. 

In Chanel. 

In Giorgio Armani. 

In custom Tamara Ralph Haute Couture and LAGOS jewelry. 

In custom Valentino and Persol Ida sunglasses. 

In Giorgio Armani, David Yurman jewelry, IWC Watches watch and Santoni shoes.

In Dolce and Gabbana. 

In custom Loro Piana. 

In Balenciaga. 

In Zegna, Fred Leighton and Kwiat jewelry, and Omega watch. 

In custom Rachel Gilbert and Marco Bicego jewelry.

In Ashi Studio and Tiffany and Co. jewelry. 

In Dolce & Gabbana. 

In custom Louis Vuitton. 

In Alexander McQueen. 

In custom Balmain, Messika High Jewelry, and Amina Muaddi shoes. 

In Giorgio Armani. 

In Chanel.