The grand finale of awards season has come and gone: It’s time to recap the 2026 Academy Awards. Of course we tuned in to see how the tight race for Best Picture between Sinners and One Battle After Another played out, if host Conan O’Brien could possibly outdo Nikki Glaser’s performance at the Golden Globes (he didn’t), and if Timothée Chalamet’s exhausting campaign for Best Actor in Marty Supreme — during which opera and ballet caught some serious strays — was actually effective. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t.)
But we also tuned in to see the Oscars red carpet, which is always one of the best fashion events of the year. Teyana Taylor, Nicole Kidman, and Emma Stone were some of the best-dressed stars of the night, while Timothée Chalamet, Anne Hathaway, and Chase Infiniti missed the mark. Read on to see our full ranking of the best, worst, and weirdest Oscars red-carpet looks, plus standout looks from the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
