Oscars 2025: Best dressed stars shine on the red carpet
Kaleigh Werner
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A yellow suit, silver gowns and stars shining bright highlighted the red carpet at the 2025 Academy Awards Sunday.
The 97th annual awards ceremony gathered Hollywood’s biggest stars, directors and producers inside Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater to celebrate the best in film and cinema. That also meant a fashion display as the celebrities arrived.
This awards season red carpet style was an ode to old Hollywood glamour with many stars encapsulating the aesthetic of the 1950s with bouffant hair, understated couture, satin galore, and crystal-encrusted designs. Actors also appeared to forfeit the signature bowtie for dangling jewels.
From Ariana Grande to Timothée Chalamet, here are the best dressed stars on the 2025 Oscars red carpet:
Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet posed outside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles in a pale yellow satin ensemble by Givenchy, complete with a double-breasted, cropped suit jacket and matching strait-leg pants (Getty Images)
The 29-year-old was up for Best Actor for his role as Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’ (Getty Images)
However, he did not win an award during the ceremony (AFP via Getty Images)
Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo stunned in a hot red Valentino suit with black lapels and a long waist band. Domingo teamed the tailored ensemble with circular red shades (Getty Images)
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The 55-year-old is being honored for his role in ‘Sing Sing,’ the film based on the real Rehabilitation Through the Arts prison program (Getty Images)
Demi Moore
Demi Moore dazzled on the red carpet in a shimmery, crystal-encrusted Giorgio Armani dress with scallop detailing, a plunging neckline, and her signature long black hair (Getty Images)
Moore spotted a long train on her dress that flowed behind her on the red carpet (REUTERS)
Moore was up for her first Oscar for her performance in ‘The Substance’ (Getty Images)
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Moore lost the top actress award to Mikey Madison who won for Anora (REUTERS)
Emma Stone
Emma Stone was the picture of glamour in a soft, sequin gown and a slicked-back pixie cut (Getty Images)
Stone arrived with her husband Dave McCary on her arm for the ceremony after taking home an Oscar last year (Getty Images)
Stone helped present the award for Best Actress during the ceremony (EPA)
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Ana de Armas
Ana de Armas smiled for the cameras in a diamond halter-neck black gown outside the Dolby Theater (Getty Images)
The 36-year-old ‘Blonde’ star presented an award during the ceremony tonight (Getty Images)
Elle Fanning
Elle Fanning strode onto the coveted carpet outside the Dolby Theater in a white lace Givenchy gown embellished with a thick black bow belt (Getty Images)
Fanning famously played Sylvie Russo, Bob Dylan’s longtime love interest, in this year’s Oscar-nominated film ‘A Complete Unknown’ (Getty Images)
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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande arrived at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles in a stunning, sculptured Schiaparelli gown with a waterfall tulle skirt, paying homage to her role as Glinda in ‘Wicked’ (Getty Images)
The 31-year-old artist was up for her first Oscar for her supporting role in John Chu’s movie adaptation of the popular Broadway show, ‘Wicked’ (Getty Images)
Grande mingled with other stars in the show showing off her dress as she walked the theater (EPA)
The star also wowed with her musical performance to open the Academy Awards (REUTERS)
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Paul Tazewell
Paul Tazewell arrived to the star-studded awards ceremony in a double-breasted black tuxedo with a white satin neck tie and a jeweled embellishment (Getty Images)
The 60-year-old costume designer became the first Black man to win for costume design (Getty Images)
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong’o stunned ahead of the anticipated awards ceremony, posing on the red carpet in a delicate white corseted gown with embroidered pearls and a matching bow (Getty Images)
Nyong’o is best known for her role as Patsey in ‘12 Years a Slave’ (Getty Images)
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Nyong’o is set to star in 2026’s The Odyssey by director Christopher Nolan (Getty Images)
Her dress had more than 22,000 pearls on it as it flashed as she walked the red carpet (Jae C. Hong/Invision/AP)
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