For Oscar hopefuls, awards season can be a long road. With so many appearances, you can’t swing for the fence every time: The occasional bunt is inevitable.
But the time for pulling punches is over. What stars put on their backs to walk the red carpet of the Academy Awards, which are being held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, can be safely assumed to represent their sartorial best.
Here’s what the nominees, presenters and performers wore to make their biggest entrance of the year.
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Ramy Youssef of “Poor Things,” which was nominated for best picture.Credit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Jamie Lee Curtis, one of the ceremony’s presenters.Credit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Vanessa Hudgens, one of the hosts of the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pre-show.Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Simu Liu Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Rita MorenoCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle UnionCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Laverne CoxCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Erika Alexander
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Sandra Hüller
Credit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Cord JeffersonCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Justine Triet, center, with Anatomy of a Fall teamCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Brittany SnowCredit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Quannah ChasinghorseCredit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Marlee MatlinCredit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Sean Wang, Zhang Li Hua, Sam Davis and Yi Yan Fuei. Wang and Davis are nominated for best documentary short for “Nai Nai & Wai Po.”Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Osage singers and dancers.
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John Locher/Invision, via Associated Press
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Nazrin Choudhury, nominated for best live action short film for " Red, White and Blue.”Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Scott George, nominated for best original song for “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Taveah George.Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Eugene Lee YangCredit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
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Celine Song, nominated for best original screenplay for “Past Lives”Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
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Ludwig Göransson, nominated for best original score for “Oppenheimer”Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times
