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Oscars red carpet 2019 fashion: Emma Stone, Lady Gaga and Gemma Chan lead best dressed | London Evening Standard

We round up the best looks from the most star-studded awards ceremony of the year

Oscars red carpet 2019 fashion: Emma Stone, Lady Gaga and Gemma Chan lead best dressed | London Evening Standard
Oscars red carpet 2019 fashion: Emma Stone, Lady Gaga and Gemma Chan lead best dressedWe round up the best looks from the most star-studded awards ceremony of the year

The great and the good of the silver screen hit the red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday night for the 91st Academy Awards.

The Oscars marks the grand finale of awards season, and many stars had definitely saved their sartorial best 'till last for the glitzy evening, with the Best Actress nominees giving particularly good gown game.

Lady Gaga looked every bit the classic Hollywood starlet in a custom sculptural black strapless dress by Alexander McQueen.

She accessorised the look with elbow-length black leather evening gloves and a diamond Tiffany's necklace once worn by Audrey Hepburn.

Lady Gaga in Alexander McQueen at the Oscars 2019Getty Images

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Olivia Colman, who took home the Oscar for Best Actress, also looked elegant in a bespoke Prada creation. The long, sleeveless A-line turtleneck gown in emerald green silk radzimir came with a smokey-grey silk organza cape with puffed sculpted sleeves that created a look at once feminine and powerful.

Olivia Colman in Prada at the 2019 OscarsGetty Images

The Wife star Glenn Close, meanwhile, wore a gold Carolina Herrera dress with a long flowing train which was created from an astonishing 4 million beads.

The back of Glenn Close's glittering gold Carolina Herrera dress Getty Images

Joining them on the list of sartorial power players was Gemma Chan. The Crazy Rich Asians star, who this awards season has firmly established herself as a fashion icon on the rise, rounded off her stellar red carpet season with in a high-neck fuchsia taffeta gown with expanding frills from Valentino's most recent Couture collection.

Gemma Chan in bright pink ValentinoGetty Images

Scroll through the gallery above for all of the best dressed stars on the red carpet.