Friday, February 22, 2013 12:51:00 PM | by Aaron Whallon
70 years of Oscars fashion
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Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis
American film stars Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis accept their statuettes at the 1939 Academy Awards. They won the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for 'Boys Town' and 'Jezebel' respectively.
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James Stewart and Ginger Rogers
Actors James Stewart and Ginger Rogers holding their Oscars at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941. Stewart won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in 'The Philadelphia Story,' and Rogers won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in 'Kitty Foyle.'
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Grace Kelly and George Seaton
Actress Grace Kelly and screenwriter George Seaton celebrate their wins at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. They both received Oscars for the 1954 film 'The Country Girl.'
Cleo Moore and Jayne Mansfield pose in front of an Oscar likeness at the Academy Awards in 1956. Neither star would win an Oscar, but Mansfield grabbed a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year in 1957.
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Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews stands at the 40th Annual Academy Awards. She won the Best Actress Oscar for 'Mary Poppins' in 1965.
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John Wayne and Barbara Streisand
John Wayne accepts his Best Actor Oscar from Barbara Streisand in 1969 for his role in 'True Grit.' Wayne was a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s.
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the 41st Annual Academy Awards. She is a two-time Oscar winner.
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Sonny Bono and Cher
Entertainers Sonny Bono and Cher attend the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973, in Los Angeles. Cher took home the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 'Moonstruck' in 1988.
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Edy Williams
Actress Edy Williams opens her leopard fur coat to reveal a leopard fur bikini at the 1974 Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Her career included appearances with Elvis Presley and Steve McQueen.
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Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch wears a pink sequin-adorned dress at the 46th Annual Academy Awards. She never captured an Oscar, but did win a Golden Globe for her performance in 'The Three Musketeers.'
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn stands in the crowd at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the 47th Annual Academy Awards. She was a five-time Oscar nominee and a one-time winner. Hepburn was also posthumously awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award during the 1994 Academy Awards.
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Diane Keaton
American actor and director Diane Keaton poses with a big smile and tilted head at the 48th Annual Academy Awards. She wears a white suit with a carnation in the lapel, striped shirt and polka dot tie.
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Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston attend the Academy Awards ceremonies together in 1976. Nicholson is a three-time Oscar winner and has the most nominations — 12 — of any male actor.
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Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch poses in front of an Oscar likeness wearing a shiny blue jumpsuit at the 51st Annual Academy Awards in 1979.
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Brooke Shields and Franco Zefferelli
Brooke Shields and Franco Zefferelli pose during the 53rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The pair presented the award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore poses during the 1981 Academy Awards show. Although best known for her roles on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' she was nominated for an Oscar for her appearance in "Ordinary People."
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Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver appears at the 53rd Annual Academy Awards. She has been nominated for three Oscars including her 1979 performance as Ellen Ripley in 'Aliens.'
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler attends the 1982 Academy Awards Governor's Ball. The Governor's Ball is the official after party of the annual awards show.
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Liberace
Liberace poses at the 54th Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the 1982 show, he performed music from the Best Original Score nominees.
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Sylvester Stallone
Actor and director Sylvester Stallone waves to the camera as he walks with his wife Sasha, arriving at the 55th Annual Academy Awards in 1983. 'Rocky,' written by and starring Stallone, won three Oscars in 1976.
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Joan Collins
Joan Collins stands near a likeness of the iconic Oscar statue at the 56th Annual Academy Awards. She performed 'It's Great Not to Be Nominated' alongside Angela Lansbury and Dana Winter at the 1959 Oscars.
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Cher
Cher touches an Academy Award statue at the 58th annual Oscars in Los Angeles on March 24, 1986. The singer and actress presented the award for Best Supporting Actor during the ceremony.
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Louis Gossett Jr. and Cynthia James-Reese
Louis Gossett Jr. and Cynthia James-Reese smile during the 59th Annual Academy Awards Governor's Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Gossett was the first African-American man to win an Oscar for a supporting role for his performance in 'An Officer and a Gentleman.'
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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter poses at the 1987 Oscars at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Carter is a two-time Academy Award nominee, most recently for her role in 2010's 'The King's Speech.'
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Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
Actors Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey attend the 60th Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on April 11, 1988, in Los Angeles. The pair starred in the 1987 film 'Dirty Dancing,' which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild smiles for photographers at the Academy Awards Benefit at Le Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., in 1988. During her career, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy.
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Norma Aleandro
Norma Aleandro stands on the red carpet at the 60th Annual Academy Awards show. The Argentine actress was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1988, but lost to Olympia Dukakis.
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Geena Davis
Actress Geena Davis bares her midriff in the Press Room at the Academy Awards. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'The Accidental Tourist' in 1989. Davis attempted to qualify for the 2000 U.S. Olympic archery team, but fell short in the final round.
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Kim Novak
Kim Novak arrives on the red carpet at the 61st Annual Academy Awards. She starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller 'Vertigo,' which is known for popularizing the dolly zoom camera effect.
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Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers
Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers arrive at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 1989 Academy Awards. Cruise is a three-time Oscar award nominee.
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Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger stands with her brother at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards. She took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Acress in 'L.A. Confidential' in 1997.
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Madonna and Michael Jackson
Singer Madonna wearing diamond jewelry from Harry Winston, a white fur stole and a glittery strapless gown while walking with pop superstar Michael Jackson at the Academy Awards.
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Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren clutches her Academy Award with Gregory Peck at the 1991 ceremony. Peck presented the honorary award to Loren.
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Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington waves to the camera while walking on the red carpet at the 63rd Annual Academy Awards. He has won two Oscars, one for his work in 'Glory' and one for 'Training Day.'
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Geena Davis
Actress Geena Davis wears a ruffled evening dress at the 1992 Academy Awards. That year she lost the Best Actress Oscar to Jodie Foster, who won for 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
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Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis and Brad Pitt embrace on the red carpet at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles for the 64th Annual Academy Awards. Lewis has been nominated for one Oscar while Pitt has been nominated four times. Neither star has won the award.
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg shows off her bright green and purple gown at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in 1993. She became the first African-American female to host the ceremony in 1994. She's now hosted the show four times.
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Sharon Stone and Rob Wagner
Sharon Stone and Rob Wagner arrive on the red carpet for the Academy Awards in 1995. She was nominated for Best Actress for her role alongside Robert De Niro in 1995's 'Casino.'
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Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole arrives at Elton John's Oscar after party in 1995. She performed a pair of songs from 'The Bodyguard' during the 1993 Academy Awards.
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Susan Sarandon
Actress Susan Sarandon holds her Best Actress trophy for her role in the film 'Dead Man Walking' at the 1996 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks wears a form fitting dress on the red carpet of the 68th Annual Academy Awards.
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Diane Keaton and Steve Martin
Diane Keaton and Steve Martin arrive to the Academy Awards in 1997 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Martin has hosted the annual ceremony on three occasions, most recently in 2009 with co-host Alec Baldwin.
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Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore poses in a backless black dress on the red carpet for the 70th Annual Academy Awards. She's received three Golden Globe nominations but has yet to receive an Oscar nomination.
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Celine Dion
Celine Dion hits the red carpet in a Galliano for Dior outfit at the 1999 Academy Awards. She has performed two songs — 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'My Heart Will Go On' — that have won Oscars for songwriting.
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Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche
Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche hit the 1999 red carpet wearing sunglasses. Ellen DeGeneres would go on to host the event seven years later.
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Trey Parker, left, and Matt Stone — the geniuses behind 'South Park' — wear driesses similar to one famously worn by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow on the red carpet in 2000.
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Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank shows up to the 72nd edition of the ceremony in a strapless gold dress that matches the Oscar she would win later in the evening for her performance in 'Boys Don’t Cry.'
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CoCo Lee
CoCo Lee spreads a cape-like structure on the bottom of her form-fitting bright and stripey dress before the show in 2000. Later in the evening CoCo Lee became the first Chinese artist to perform at the Oscars.
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Björk
Björk arrives to the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in her iconic swan dress. Her feathery friend was also featured on the cover of her 2001 ablum 'Vespertine.'
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Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst waves in a classy pink gown adorned with sequins as she arrives to the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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Sally Kirkland
The never camera-shy Sally Kirkland struts her stuff on the red carpet before the 74th Annual Academy Awards.
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Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz looks as beautiful and radiant as ever walking the red carpet in 2002. Her dress that looks like a fancy silk sheet wrapped around her at the last second? Not so much.
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Faith Hill
Country singer Faith Hill shines in a colorful and playful spaghetti strap rainbow gown for the 74th edition of the Oscars. Her performance of 'There You'll Be' from the movie 'Pearl Harbor' was nominated for Best Original Song.
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez scowls backstage at the 2002 Academy Awards despite how fantastic her figure looks in that strapless and tight pink outfit.
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Renee Zellweger
A fit and trim Renee Zellweger shows a little skin in a sparkly front-slit gown before the 80th Annual Academy Awards. She's picked up one Oscar — for Best Supporting Actress in 'Cold Mountain' — and two additional nominations in her career.
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Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron channels Marilyn Monroe's glamor as she poses with her Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 2004.
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Scarlett Johansson
It might be more appropriate for Scarlett Johansson —in a seafoam green gown with mermaid scale folds — to be standing on a beach in Maui instead of the red carpet in Hollywood.
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Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock's 2003 ensemble looks stunning with the eye-catching earrings complementing a sleek white dress. She won an Academy Award for her starring role in 'The Blind Side' in 2009.
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Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton pulls off a very cool menswear look featuring several fine features — from the derby hat to the matching tie and pocket square to the fancy spectator shoes — as she arrives to the 76th Annual Academy Awards.
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Angelina Jolie
The always-sexy Angelina Jolie channels her inner Aphrodite as she poses for photographers. She's the only half of Brangelina to win an Oscar — for her 1999 role in 'Girl, Interrupted.'
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Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the 76th Annual Academy Awards. She was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in 'Pulp Fiction.'
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Zooey Deschanel
The delightfully charming Zooey Deschanel sports an elegant, printed one shoulder gown that highlights her playful smile as she arrives to the 2005 awards show.
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Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh hits the red carpet in support of her movie 'Sideways,' which won an Oscar. Her slimming strapless number perfectly highlights all the shiny and sparkly diamonds around her neck.
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Beyonce Knowles
Megastar Beyonce Knowles brings a little class to the 2005 Academy Awards red carpet with her hip-hugging midnight black gown and dangly diamond earrings. Queen Bey's best accessory might be her luminous smile.
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Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in a quaint yet lovely yellow dress. Her bright red lips are the perfect complement to her outfit.
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Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon stops on the red carpet at the 2006 Academy Awards. Later in the evening she would win the Best Actress Oscar for her work in the Johnny Cash biopic 'Walk the Line.'
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Beyonce Knowles
Beyonce Knowles shines at the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Beyonce is no stranger to awards shows, having won a record six Grammys in 2010.
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway's look for the 2007 Oscars looks stunning from the neck up. The loose fitting gown highlighted by a gift-wrap-like bow is just confusing.
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Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman arrives at the 79th Oscars in Hollywood wearing a sexy red gown. She is a three-time Academy Award nominee and a one-time winner.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker, accompanied by her husband Matthew Broderick, wears a beautiful strapless dress with sheer layers of light aqua colored fabric to the 2009 Academy Awards.
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Miley Cyrus
Singer-actress Miley Cyrus shows a little sass as she arrives to the 81st Annual Academy Awards in a complex gown with a slimming centerpiece belt.
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Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried goes for the Christmas present look as she arrives to the 2009 Academy Awards in a giant bow adorned dress.
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Beyonce Knowles
Beyonce Knowles shows off her sexy shape in an oriental print mermaid-style dress as she walks the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre in 2009.
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway's stunning beauty is accentuated at the 2009 Oscars by an understated yet sleek dress. Hathaway has been nominated for two Academy Awards including her performance in 2012's 'Les Misérables.'
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Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in a daring dress with a beautifully textured skirt and perfectly matched color palette.
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Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey
Model Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey pose for pics as they arrive to the annual awards gala. It's hard to tell what draws your attention more — McConaughey's flowing locks and chiseled jaw or Camila's giant ring bling.
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Florence Welch
Rocker Florence Welch storms the red carpet for the 2011 Oscars in Hollywood wearing a muted yellow, vintage-style dress.
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Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman and her husband, musician Keith Urban, make the red carpet rounds at the 83rd edition of the Oscars. Kidman's elaborately decorated dress is outshined by her fantastic red shoes.
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Amy Adams
Amy Adams arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in 2011. She's been nominated four times for an Oscar including her portrayal of Peggy Dodd in 2012's 'The Master.'
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Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson shows off her curves in a backless, magenta dress as she arrives at the Academy Awards in 2011.
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway arrives on the red carpet for the 2011 Academy Awards in one of many outfits she would wear throughout the night for her co-host duties.
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Natalie Portman
Who says maternity clothes have to look frumpy? Not Natalie Portman. She rocks a flowing purple dress and sexy heels while subtly showing off her growing baby bump at the 2011 Oscars. She would later win the Best Actress award for her work in 'Black Swan.'
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Missi Pyle
Actress Missi Pyle arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Center in a turquoise off the shoulder dress.
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Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding poses near an Oscar likeness at the Academy Awards in 2012. During the show she performed Louis Armstrong's classic, "What a Wonderful World."
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Judy Greer
Judy Greer's 2012 Oscar night outfit features a mirrored pattern with vertical stripes that accentuate the actress' sexy hips.
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Emma Stone
Emma Stone looks magnificent with a tight updo and draped bodice as she arrives to the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.
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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie poses on the Academy Awards red carpet in a dress featuring a new, bad-girl-in-black take on the classic Jessica Rabbit look.
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Viola Davis
Viola Davis arrives on the red carpet for the 84th Annual Academy Awards in an emerald green dress. Davis has been nominated for two Academy Awards for her performances in 'Doubt' and 'The Help.'