• Brie Larson, another of the new “it” carpet ladies, wore a blue ruffled Gucci with a silvery belt and columns of loose ruffles. Valerie Macon / AFP photo
    Brie Larson, another of the new “it” carpet ladies, wore a blue ruffled Gucci with a silvery belt and columns of loose ruffles. Valerie Macon / AFP photo
  • Marchesa and Lorraine Schwartz were the carpet’s annual bombshell Sofia Vergara’s best friends. She wore a deep blue strapless from Marchesa and Schwartz diamond earrings that burst like fireworks, her hair swept back, further showing off her tight-waisted look. Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
    Marchesa and Lorraine Schwartz were the carpet’s annual bombshell Sofia Vergara’s best friends. She wore a deep blue strapless from Marchesa and Schwartz diamond earrings that burst like fireworks, her hair swept back, further showing off her tight-waisted look. Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
  • Mindy Kaling was in a sleek black crepe gown from Elizabeth Kennedy with a huge violet-blue silk sash that tied at the back and fell in a train to the ground. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
    Mindy Kaling was in a sleek black crepe gown from Elizabeth Kennedy with a huge violet-blue silk sash that tied at the back and fell in a train to the ground. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
  • Priyanka Chopra in a strapless white Zuhair Murad Couture. “I felt very princessy today,” Chopra said of her form-hugging, mermaid-cut dress in silk tulle adorned with climbing flowers. Angela Weiss / AFP photo
    Priyanka Chopra in a strapless white Zuhair Murad Couture. “I felt very princessy today,” Chopra said of her form-hugging, mermaid-cut dress in silk tulle adorned with climbing flowers. Angela Weiss / AFP photo
  • Andra Day wore a light, one-shoulder yellow. Jason Merritt / Getty Images / AFP
    Andra Day wore a light, one-shoulder yellow. Jason Merritt / Getty Images / AFP
  • Whoopi Goldberg was bold in black. She said her look was modelled on a gown that Bette Davis wore in All About Eve. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images / AFP
    Whoopi Goldberg was bold in black. She said her look was modelled on a gown that Bette Davis wore in All About Eve. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images / AFP
  • Daisy Ridley in a sparkly silver look that had dainty sheer bits at the waist and hem. Dan Steinberg / Invision / AP
    Daisy Ridley in a sparkly silver look that had dainty sheer bits at the waist and hem. Dan Steinberg / Invision / AP
  • Olivia Munn in orangey red. It’s a shade similar to but not quite a match for the low-cut red look worn by Charlize Theron, a long necklace dangling down her bare chest and her hair swept back to one side. Ethan Miller / Getty Images / AFP
    Olivia Munn in orangey red. It’s a shade similar to but not quite a match for the low-cut red look worn by Charlize Theron, a long necklace dangling down her bare chest and her hair swept back to one side. Ethan Miller / Getty Images / AFP
  • It’s not possible, meanwhile, that Rooney Mara’s hair could have been any tighter. There was a tiny knot on top and it was braided close to her skull, her lips a deep red. Her dress, Givenchy Haute Couture, was long-sleeved, which is somewhat unusual, and had a diamond-shape cut-out at the chest, along with a fairly modest slit. It also had buttons and busy pointed ruffles, all in embroidered grey tulle. Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
    It’s not possible, meanwhile, that Rooney Mara’s hair could have been any tighter. There was a tiny knot on top and it was braided close to her skull, her lips a deep red. Her dress, Givenchy Haute Couture, was long-sleeved, which is somewhat unusual, and had a diamond-shape cut-out at the chest, along with a fairly modest slit. It also had buttons and busy pointed ruffles, all in embroidered grey tulle. Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP

Oscars fashion: the stars who shone on the red carpet — in pictures

Associated Press

February 29, 2016

A look at the stars who shone on the red carpet of the 88th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.