<p><strong>By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press</strong></p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande did her Glinda proud in a pale pink stunner, and her “Wicked” bestie Cynthia Erivo did Elphaba proud in deep forest green on the Oscars carpet <a href=”https://apnews.com/live/oscars-2025-updates”>as high glam took over Sunday.</a> Others went for bold red, classic black and pops of pink.</p><p>Grande wore a look from the Schiaparelli spring-summer 2025 collection. It was a perfect Glinda ode with no straps and a structured skirt that fell into airy pleats. Erivo, always a fashion darling, wore custom Louis Vuitton with a high triangular collar and huge shoulders, her signature long nails the usual on-point complement.</p><p></p><p>Metallics also had a strong showing in body-con looks: Demi Moore in sexy silver custom Giorgio Armani Privé and Mindy Kaling in a silver gown with chunky embellishment among them. Felicity Jones was in steel gray worthy of her film, “The Brutalist.” Selena Gomez was a bombshell in a Ralph Lauren look of full crystals in metallic pink.</p><p>Lupita Nyong’o, a fashion “it” girl from her start, wore white custom Chanel with more than 22,000 pearls.</p><p>And the men? It was a soft yellow suit for Timothée Chalamet, never afraid to go in his own fashion direction.</p><p>The color red — big, bright red — endured at the Oscars as a strong trend. <a href=”https://apnews.com/article/2025-oscars-academy-awards-show-aba51f1388c77c6a9b302a6798f3fef7″>Among walkers</a> wearing the hue: Zoe Saldaña in a deep burgundy strapless tiered look by Saint Laurent and Storm Reid in a shortie dress with a long cape.</p><p>Others stuck to black, including Marlee Matlin in Yara Shoemaker Couture and Coco Jones in sexy Coach, a custom look using vintage fabric. Yasmin Finney also chose black, peaking out from tall black feathers attached to the top of her dress. Fernanda Torres, the “I’m Still Here” star, stood out in body-skimming black feathers. The look was Chanel Haute Couture. Elle Fanning, meanwhile, was the first person to don Sarah Burton’s Givenchy. It was a classic Hollywood white gown with a sweetheart neckline and black belt with long tails.</p><p>Julianne Hough <a href=”https://apnews.com/article/2025-oscars-academy-awards-show-aba51f1388c77c6a9b302a6798f3fef7″>kicked things off</a> in an elegant light beige ethereal look straight off the Christian Dior spring 2025 runway. Joan Chen also went fairy-like in green chartreuse, an off-shoulder number from the Elie Saab resort 2025 collection.</p><p>
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