The stars go all out at Oscars 2025

Ariana Grande’s Schiaparelli gown alone had 190,000 crystal sequins, rhinestones, and cut beads to give her tulle skirt an iridescent shimmer beneath the sculptural squiggly peplum of her pink satin bustier. Grande’s Wicked costar, Cynthia Erivo, had a face-framing “Ming the Merciless” collar for her Louis Vuitton fairy tale ensemble in dark green, in keeping with her Elphaba color to Grande’s Glinda pink.

Metal

Metallic always makes a statement which the Pinoy contingent opted for: Filipino-American singer H.E.R. who sang the Oscar nominated song The Journey in the war drama The Six Triple Eight was dressed by Ralph Lauren in a hand-embellished lamé gown with distressed leather belt, a look that she said made her “feel like a queen.” The influencer Bretman Rock, on his first Oscars, went bronze in Robert Wun’s signature sunray pleats.

Halle Berry was a walking ball of confusion with shattered mirror appliques by Christian Siriano.

Nude nad sparkly 

Nude was also in, channeling Old Hollywood glamour, as seen on Emma Stone’s slinky scaled dress by Louis Vuitton and Selena Gomez’ Ralph Lauren couture made by 12 artisans, consisting of 16,000 glass droplets.

Boudoir 

Lingerie elements made things a little more risqué: Monica Barbaro, the A Complete Unknown star had a beaded bra top for her voluminous satin Dior ball gown while Lupita Nyo’Ngo had a chainmail bodice over a pearl-embellished bustier from Chanel that required 22,000 elements of embroideries.

The scarf

Scarves added drama, like the way it nonchalantly swept from the neck to the back in Doja Cat’s Balmain leopard gown micro-beaded by 46 artisans for 5,600 hours. It also punctuated menswear, coming in lavender underneath Jeff Goldblum’s Prada tux and dotted and tasseled in the Valentino suit of Omar Apollo who wore a netted veil to boot.

The bow

For some coquetry, designers employed the bow, demure in the pink satin Dior of Anora’s Mikey Madison and the ivory lace Givenchy of Elle Fanning. It was a little bolder in the severe Loewe gown of Raffey Cassidy.

The tuxedo

The classic tux went sunny yellow with a trucker vibe in the Givenchy of Timotheé Chalamet and more Baroque in leather by Etro for Bowen Yang. For BLACKPINK's Lisa, Markgong made the jacket floor-sweeping. Andrew Garfield was groovy in an espresso Gucci while Colman Domingo did Valentino red.

Tiers

Tiers made things more festive—in gathered bubbles by Saint Laurent for Best Supporting Actress winner Zoe Saldaña and opera proportions in Alba Rohrwacher’s Valentino.