How the celebs on the Oscars dressed up – then let their hair down

After months of facials, fittings, juice cleanses, make-up mishaps, hair prep, ramped-up Ozempic jabs and heated debates with stressed-out stylists, you may think that when the curtain fell on Sunday evening, friends on the 96th Academy Awards ceremony would have grabbed their goody baggage and left, completely satisfied to break down in a heap on their beds.

That, although, would have been a missed alternative.

For it is on the after-parties that the celebs get an opportunity to shine with a special kind of lustre than that required on the Oscars crimson carpet. And, this yr, it was extra apparent than ever.

To achieve success, Oscar appearances require a really particular gown code — one that’s respectful of Hollywood traditions. Gowns are typically lengthy, elegant and traditional, embellished with embroidery, beading and sequins. Rarely are the materials easy prints: that will be deemed too ‘daytime’.

For males, the traditional black tuxedo is the go-to look.

Which is why, for a lot of friends, the after-parties are so satisfying — and never simply due to the free bar. Much as a bride may change from her wedding ceremony gown into an outfit extra appropriate for dancing on the reception, so Hollywood’s A-list sheds its glamorous pores and skin and slips into one thing extra comfy. Or, if no more comfy, then definitely one thing extra experimental and attention-grabbing.

Of all of the post-show occasions, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is by far the most well liked ticket, and by no means extra so than this yr, when it was celebrating its thirtieth yr.

Billed by the journal as ‘the town’s most opulent, decadent, impossible-to-crash soiree — a fantasy canteen of Hollywood’s megawatt stars smashed towards one another at a bar’, it supplied the proper likelihood for friends to flex their style muscle mass.

No matter that they had been exhausted: whereas there was breath left of their our bodies, they partied on — invariably in attire that the Oscars would not countenance.

Leading the cost was Margot Robbie in a beaded gold Thierry Mugler corset that will have been panned on the crimson carpet, with inevitable cries of ‘Where’s your skirt?’

Worn with a brown satin scarf, the look, which hailed from Mugler’s Spring/Summer 1996 assortment, was good for Vanity Fair.

By distinction, Robbie’s Oscar look was a protracted, black, sequin column gown by Versace — a somewhat extra sober selection than anticipated, since she has spent the period of her promotional actions for Barbie carrying variations of pink, all created by totally different prime designers in homage to her character.

Sheer is a divisive pattern that may be hit and miss on the crimson carpet: it tends to return into its personal after darkish, when any reveals are rendered much less revealing. 

Having chosen a chic silver robe by Christian Dior high fashion for the Oscars, Charlize Theron become a sheer black robe, additionally by Dior, with a extra informal halterneck bodice and a clear skirt. 

Florence Pugh has lengthy been a fan of sheer, however correctly prevented it on the Oscars. She additionally selected to not put on her common Valentino — regardless of being the face of the model — opting as a substitute for a silver robe with a satin skirt and crystal embellished bodice by the lesser-known label Del Core.

A daring dresser, she nonetheless could not resist incorporating a ‘speaking level’ — this time within the type of straps that appeared to drift above her shoulders.

By night, Florence was again on her mission to free the nipple, in a sheer cream gown with strategically positioned embroidery over the bustline, by Simone Rocha x Jean Paul Gaultier.

Emma Stone is one other fan of sheer. As a model ambassador for the home, it was a provided that the Oscar-winning actress can be wearing Louis Vuitton for the ceremony and, bar an on-stage zip malfunction, her pale mint inexperienced robe with its exaggerated peplum waist was pitch good.

For the Vanity Fair get together, she wore a much less streamlined Vuitton robe that twinkled with silver embellishment, by means of which her bra was subtly seen. While its uneven hem may need jarred on the Oscars, it labored effectively for a post-award celebration.

But there have been myriad different methods to face out than by carrying sheer. After choosing a demure powder-blue, feather-trimmed robe by Armani Prive on the Oscars, the actress Lupita Nyong’o regarded able to get together in a halterneck sequin column gown, additionally by Armani Prive.

Even her hair regarded joyful, raised into halo-like sculptural coils. Anya Taylor-Joy was one other attendee whose hair was a speaking level. At the Oscars, her Christian Dior corset gown was styled with a easy, center parting that did not compete with the robe’s advanced fishscale embroidery.

At the Vanity Fair after-party, her hair grew to become the main focus, courtesy of a jewel-encrusted headpiece worn with a black scoop-front mini gown by South Korean couture model Miss Sohee.

For some, nonetheless, the after-party appeared extra an event to sober up than gown down.

Emily Blunt’s comfortable peach lace Dolce & Gabbana robe was a much more conventional selection than the Schiaparelli robe she wore to the Oscars. With beading on the crotch within the unmistakeable form of a pair of Y-fronts, the robe may need embodied Schiaparelli’s lengthy affinity with surrealism, however some fashion-watchers thought it a joke too far for the Academy Awards.

Jennifer Lawrence was one other visitor whom many opined bought her gown codes combined up, together with her polka-dot Christian Dior robe too informal for the crimson carpet.

By distinction, her white floral embroidered Givenchy robe was a delicate, delicate selection for an after-party, its practice absolutely destined to be stood upon by revellers three champagnes to the wind. Perhaps, like everybody else, Lawrence was too merry to care.

One factor is for positive: the true winners in Hollywood at this time would be the dry cleaners.