Oscars fashion: the best red carpet looks from Zendaya, Billie Eilish, Timothee Chalamet and more

Zendaya wears a sweeping Valentino gown, Nicole Kidman is in pale blue Armani Privé, a colour also worn by fellow Australian Kodi Smit-McPhee

Licorice Pizza’s Alana Haim brings her family for the occasion, and Penelope Cruz her husband, Javier Bardem, to the biggest night of the year in Tinseltown

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Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya arrive for the 2022 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Published: 9:06am, 28 Mar 2022Updated: 1:22pm, 28 Mar 2022

Celebrities walked the Oscars red carpet on Sunday ready to celebrate the year in movies at a ceremony free of last year’s pandemic restrictions and promising a few plot twists as well as a moment of support for Ukraine.

Jessica Chastain, who won best actress, Nicole Kidman and other nominees donned a rainbow of colours outside the Dolby Theatre, where 2,500 gown- and tuxedo-clad attendees attended the 94th Academy Awards.

We pick out some of the gorgeous gowns, terrific tuxedos and fantastic fits that are certain to have tongues wagging, eyeballs popping and the internet exploding long after the last piece of mantel bling has been handed out.

Penelope Cruz, best actress nominee for Parallel Mother, with husband Javier Bardem, also nominated for best actor for Being the Ricardos. Cruz is wearing Chanel. Photo: AFP

Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose film The Lost Daughter is nominated for best adapted screenplay, best actress in a lead role and best actress in a supporting role, is wearing Schiaparelli. Photo: AFP I

Kristen Stewart, best actress nominee for Spencer, in which she plays Lady Diana, in casual Chanel. Photo: Reuters

Jessica Chastain, best actress winner for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, in Gucci. Photo: EPA-EFE