Oscars 2024 red carpet fashion and key moments from Academy Awards arrivals

Hollywood stars, including this year’s Oscar nominees, arrived in style for the 2024 Academy Awards show Sunday, hitting the red carpet for one of the year’s biggest nights in fashion. Some embraced classic Hollywood glamour, while others put a unique stamp on their personal looks. 

Here are highlights of this year’s Oscar fashion statements.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, in periwinkle blue, became the first Academy Award winner of the night, taking home the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in “The Holdovers.”

Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish, whose song “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” won for best original song, arrived at the 96th Academy Awards in a demure skirt suit ensemble. She also sported a red Artists4Ceasefire pin, representing support for an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Gaza and Israel. 

Asked about her upcoming performance of “What Was I Made For?” on the show with her brother and co-writer Finneas O’Connell, she said they were keeping it simple. It’s “very much like me and Finneas and kind of nothing else,” she told ET on the red carpet, adding, “that’s, like, very special to me.” 

Margot Robbie

Hi, Barbie! Margot Robbie, snubbed for a nomination for her star turn in “Barbie,” wore black, not pink, on the red carpet.

Emma Stone

Emma Stone, nominated for best actress for her role in “Poor Things,” wore a pale green peplum gown. She won the Oscar, and when she went up on stage to accept the award, she revealed that the back seam of her dress had split.

Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh, one of the stars of the multi-nominated “Oppenheimer,” walked the red carpet in shimmering silver.

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling, nominated for best supporting actor for his role as Ken in “Barbie,” arrived at the Oscars with his sister Mandi and  parents.

America Ferrara

America Ferrara, nominated for best supporting actress for her role in “Barbie,” dazzled in a fittingly pink gown.

Ariana Grande

Pink was also the color of choice for Ariana Grande. Grande erupted with excitement in the middle of a red carpet interview when she spotted Michelle Yeoh.

Michelle Yeoh

Lily Gladstone

Emily Blunt

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper continued his tradition of bringing his mom as his date to the Oscars. He’s nominated for best actor, and his film “Maestro” is also up for best picture.

Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey

Robert Downey Jr., who was previously nominated for an Oscar for his work in “Chaplin” and “Tropic Thunder,” went on to win his first Academy Award Sunday night for best supporting actor for his role in “Oppenheimer.”

Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef, who starred in “Poor Things,” shared an anecdote about a recent encounter with Taylor Swift: “I got to hang with Taylor a few times, she’s incredibly kind. Really funny,” Youssef told ET on the red carpet. “She could easily hang in comedy.”

Hailee Steinfeld 

Danielle Brooks

Jodie Foster

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen 

Sandra Huller

Greta Gerwig

Leslie Bibb

Regina King

Anya Taylor Joy

Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan, nominated for best actress for her role in “Maestro,” wore a Balenciaga gown that was recreated from a vintage 1951 design. She told Vogue, “I think it’s my favourite dress I’ve ever worn.”

Marlee Matlin

Brendan Fraser and Jeanne Moore

Cynthia Erivo

Xochitl Gomez 

Eugene Lee Yang

Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn

Ava DuVernay

Osage Singers and Dancers

Dwayne Johnson

John Mulaney and Olivia Munn

Sterling K. Brown

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons

Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwayne Wade

Erika Alexander

Leah Lewis

Laverne Cox

Keltie Knight

What color is the Oscars red carpet this year?

The Oscars opted to return to tradition this year and roll out a red carpet that is, well, red. 

Last year, stars walked down a champagne-colored red carpet, the first time the carpet had not been red since 1961, according to the Associated Press.

Lisa Love, a Vogue contributor and creative consultant for last year’s Oscars, led the decision to change the carpet, according to the AP. “This is just a lightness and hopefully people like it,” Love said. “It doesn’t mean that it’s always going to be a champagne-colored carpet.”