Oscars fashion through the years: The great and the puzzling
NEW YORK - The Academy Awards have grown over 90 years from a relatively casual cocktail party to the most important red carpet of the awards season. So when did all the glitz begin?
Among the more memorable fashion moments was Grace Kelly in 1955. She wore a cool mint gown designed by Edith Head the year she won a trophy for "The Country Girl." But fashion expert Hal Rubenstein says it wasn't until the 1980s that important fashion designers came calling to cash in on the Oscar craze. He says Armani led the charge, courting the likes of Anjelica Huston, Jodie Foster and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Today's Oscar It girls include Lupita Nyong'o. Her fashion debut actually happened at the 2014 Golden Globes, in a red cape gown by Ralph Lauren.
Grace Kelly, left, and Marlon Brando hold their best actress and actor Oscars in Los Angeles. Kelly's icy green satin gown was designed by Edith Head.
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman arrive for the 69th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Kidman wore an embellished chartreuse Dior dress by John Galliano.
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Actress and singer Barbra Streisand wore a sequined Arnold Scaasi bell-bottom sheer pantsuit as she posed with her Oscar for her role in "Funny Girl" at the 41st Academy Awards.
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Michelle Williams, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her work in "Brokeback Mountain," wore a buttercup yellow gown by Vera Wang.
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Gwyneth Paltrow, wearing a soft pink by Ralph Lauren gown, accepts the Oscar for best actress for her role in "Shakespeare In Love" during the 71st Annual Academy Awards in 1999.
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Kim Basinger wears an Escada gown as she holds the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "L.A. Confidential," at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998.
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Lupita Nyong'o wore a white faux pearl-embellished dress by Calvin Klein in 2015.
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