Best Oscar Dresses Of All Time

Melanie Cruz
2 min readFeb 3, 2019

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There’s no formula for how to choose the perfect Oscar’s dress. There’s no specific color, style, or embellishments that is guaranteed to land these celebrities on “Best Dressed” lists. Here are the Best Oscar Dresses of All Time.

“ I love The Oscars, I think the variety in dresses is pretty spot on. Personally out of all of them my favorite is Jennifer Lawrence’s Dior gown because she’s criticized for not being “oscar ready” but she clapped back and stunned” Says eastside senior Abby Yapp.

  1. Grace Kelly in Edith Head, 1955

She showed up in a ice-blue gown which was created with a bolt of $4,000 french satin which was then paired with a matching coat, a bold red lip, and a glamorous hairstyle.

2. Gwyneth Paltrow in Ralph Lauren, 1999

She stunned with a pink Ralph Lauren gown which was paired with a diamond choker by Harry Winston, which her dad purchased for her.

3. Cate Blanchett in Jean Paul Gaultier, 2000

Her stunning $2,000 Gaultier gown was considered to be a work of art, it was decorated with gold chains complemented by gold jewelry which seemed to be made just for her.

4. Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace, 2012

Her Atelier Versace dress was a satin black embroidered gown which was complemented with a side slit on her right thigh, reporter said she made history in it.

5. Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Haute Couture, 2013

In addition to her pale blush Dior Haute Couture gown, she paired it with a Chopard 74-carat strand of 150 beads, worn backwards.

6. Lupita Nyong’o in Calvin Klein, 2015

She looked perfect in her 6,000 pearl custom Calvin Klein gown, which was even stolen from her hotel room after the awards ceremony. The gown was worth $150,000.

7. Halle Berry in Elie Saab, 2016

This was considered to be the “original naked dress”. She stunned in her burgundy embroidered one piece dress which hasn’t left the best dressed chart since.

8. Hilary Swank in Guy Laroche, 2017

Her gown was not the most flattering until the back piece showed. She wore a beautiful satin sapphire gown. Fun fact, it was made by up to 27 yards of silk jersey.

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