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The Oscars returned last night with anticipation and discourse at an all-time high, but amid the speculation around cinema’s biggest night, the ceremony is also, inevitably, a night for fashion.
For the gentlemen, the most interesting shifts were happening in silhouette. Tailoring felt looser, trousers falling with more drape, sometimes flaring slightly at the hem. Shoulders broadened, lapels widened, and the overall shape felt less rigid than the classic Hollywood tuxedo uniform. It wasn’t just about the cut either; colour, texture, and subtle pattern crept into the mix, signalling a red carpet increasingly open to personality. And when someone does commit to a traditional tuxedo, done right, it still holds its ground.
Envelopes opened, speeches given — now we can talk fashion.
Pedro Pascal — Chanel
Trading his signature beard for a barely-there stubble, Pascal cut a sharp figure in a crisp white Chanel shirt, black tuxedo trousers, and a statement white feather Camélia brooch, a piece drawn directly from Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel SS26 collection. No jacket, no tie, no conventional red carpet logic, and it worked entirely. Pascal has been quietly building one of the most interesting relationships with a fashion house in Hollywood right now: Blazy has been dressing him alongside the likes of Jacob Elordi and Harry Styles, fuelling speculation about a formal Chanel menswear line. Whether that happens or not, Pascal is already making the case for it.
Michael B. Jordan — Louis Vuitton
The Best Actor winner arrived in custom Louis Vuitton, an all-black Nehru-collared jacket that leaned more into tailored minimalism than traditional black tie. Clean, considered, and appropriately understated for a man who let his performance carry the night. Jordan has been a Louis Vuitton presence on the red carpet for several seasons now, and the relationship has only sharpened.
Paul Mescal — Celine
Mescal wore a Celine black cashmere cardigan instead of a tuxedo and a soft knotted neck ribbon instead of a tie, a mellow, poetic, Bard-adjacent version of black tie. VThere’s something right about the Hamnet star arriving at the Oscars dressed less like a movie star and more like a man who wandered in from a very good bookshop. Celine under Hedi Slimane has always rewarded a certain kind of effortlessness, and Mescal has that in abundance.
Adrien Brody — Gucci
Brody wore Gucci, anchored by one of the evening’s most striking accessories: a large sculptural brooch — diamond-set, organic in form, pinned to his lapel like something between armour and fine art. The brooch trend was everywhere this year, but Brody’s was among the most committed. Last year’s Best Actor winner back on the carpet, presenting, and still making the jewellery conversation.
Damson Idris — Prada
The F1 star arrived in a satin blue Prada suit with a custom engraved brooch — and styled himself without a stylist. That last detail matters. There’s a particular confidence in arriving at the Oscars without a styling safety net, and Idris wore it as naturally as the suit. The navy satin longcoat with fur collar — architectural, slightly operatic — was one of the more visually ambitious silhouettes of the night.
Hudson Williams — Balenciaga
The Heated Rivalry star arrived in a head-to-toe Balenciaga look, topped off with Bulgari jewellery. Williams has been one of the most quietly consistent red carpet presences of the awards season, and this was his most assured outing yet. The Bulgari is worth noting separately (see our watch roundup), but as a total look, it announced him as someone with real fashion instincts.
Spike Lee
To accompany white pants and a beige plaid blazer, Lee wore a purple fedora, white glasses, and a flashy metallic shoulder bag, a cassette tape-shaped minaudière worn on a gold chain. Also: Lee’s Off-White x Air Jordan collab shoes were a nod to the late designer Virgil Abloh. Lee operates by his own rulebook entirely, and the cassette bag, referencing both music and archive, is the kind of detail that rewards a second look.
Jacob Elordi — Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta suits have become synonymous with Jacob Elordi. The Australian actor wore a three-piece Bottega Veneta suit. Understated in the best possible way, no brooch, no statement piece, just very good tailoring worn by someone tall enough to make it look inevitable. After Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights, Elordi seems to have settled into a register of dressed-down elegance that suits him well.
Joe Alwyn — Valentino
Alwyn wore Valentino; a striped shirt, wide-leg black trousers, and a loosely knotted tie that read more downtown than Dolby Theatre, but landed well. There’s a generation of actors right now who are deliberately underdressing relative to the occasion, and Alwyn is one of the more convincing practitioners of it.
