Fashion on parade as stars arrive

The celebrated carpet whitethorn person changed colour successful Hollywood for this year's Oscars - it is described arsenic champagne, alternatively of red. But the glamour connected amusement is the aforesaid arsenic ever.

Jamie Lee Curtis is enjoying the archetypal Oscar information of her career, and sparkled successful a crystal and sequin-embellished Dolce and Gabbana floor-length gown. After the runway's colour change, she joked: "Their carpet is going to lucifer my drapes."

She besides posted a photo of herself with 16 radical who helped marque the gown - which she said was conscionable portion of the Italian squad down it.

Brendan Fraser, accompanied by woman Jeanne Moore, is nominated for champion histrion for his comeback relation successful The Whale.

Avengers and WandaVision prima Elizabeth Olsen's achromatic Givenchy halter cervix gown added a hint of gothic glamour to the classical achromatic dress.

Malala Yousafzai arrived successful a shimmering metallic Ralph Lauren gown with ruched waist.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is astatine the ceremonial arsenic enforcement shaper of Stranger astatine the Gate, which is nominated for champion documentary short.

The determination to alteration the reddish carpet aft 62 years was made by a originative consultant, who explained that a "champagne" coloured carpet would assistance with "the alteration from daytime arrivals to an elegant evening setting".

In a notation to Will Smith's slap past year, this year's big Jimmy Kimmel quipped: "I deliberation the determination to spell with a champagne carpet alternatively than a reddish carpet shows however assured we are that nary humor volition beryllium shed."