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Stuart Heritage
Also, for those not in the UK, here’s a guide to where to watch the Oscars
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ITV has actually pulled off a very minor coup by booking Samson Kayo as one of its pundits. Kayo is a star of F1, which is (bewilderingly) nominated for best picture. This is almost exactly the same as if it had booked Leonardo DiCaprio in the year that Titanic won. Best of all, Kayo doesn’t look furious at all about spending the night sitting next to some bloke from TikTok in a windowless studio rather than actually being in LA.
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Morwenna FerrierBarbie Ferreira. Photograph: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock
In an industry first, Gap – yes, Gap – has found its way on to the Oscars red carpet. To clarify it’s now called GapStudio and is designed by Zac Posen who you may remember from the 90s for being as famous as the people he dressed. Until he dressed Michelle Obama. This looks like a corset-and-gown, though if I never see this electric blue again it’ll be too soon!
Updated at 18.26 EDT
Lauren Cochrane
Oscars dressing for women is so often about The Gown – so massive props to Odessa A’zion for mixing it up. This Valentino outfit – apparently combined with 55 carats of diamonds – is both lounge-y and louche, adjectives that we’d love to apply to more red carpet outfits.
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Updated at 18.22 EDT
Stuart Heritage
If any other Brits have been driven to a state of horrified catatonia by the unending photocalls of the AP livestream, good news is on the horizon. Actual, real-life television coverage is about to begin on ITV. Obviously the next 45 minutes aren’t going to qualify as quality telly – traditionally, it has consisted of whoever can be dragged to the studio in the middle of the night listlessly filling space with directionless waffle – but right now it’s all we’ve got.
Updated at 18.23 EDT
Lauren Cochrane
Maleficent chic comes to the red carpet! Demi Moore’s dress is pure evil queen, complete with feathered bustier and a feathered skirt with the kind of sheen found on birds of paradise or – twitchers might note – a great-tailed grackle. Expect the birds – apparently found in south-eastern America and Mexico – to be on more moodboards soon.
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Updated at 18.18 EDT
Morwenna FerrierMiles Caton, who stars in Sinners. Photograph: Gilbert Flores/Penske Media/Getty Images
It’s been a relatively sober night for menswear but this Amiri suit and tie (so many ties!) on Sinners star Miles Caton is chic and contemporary and different without clamouring for too much attention. My favourite menswear look so far
Updated at 18.22 EDT
Morwenna FerrierJessie Buckley. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Finally some fashion derived from the event itself! Jessie Buckley has gone full throttle in a bespoke Chanel off-shoulder gown which looks somehow both old and new at the same time. She suits red, so it’s rather clever to create something face-framing which will sing when she’s standing in front of the lectern on the podium.
Updated at 18.08 EDT
Lauren Cochrane
Wunmi Mosaku has done award season red carpets while pregnant with her second child – and worn jewel colours throughout. This emerald green dress, by Louis Vuitton, brings the sparkles needed for biggest award ceremony of all. Maybe it’s a sign that at the end of the night she’ll be named best supporting actress.
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Updated at 18.08 EDT
Morwenna FerrierWagner Moura Photograph: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
Begone the penguin suit of old. Enter the main character suit, here on Wagner Moura in Valentino. Styled by Ilaria Urbnati, who has transformed Donald Glover, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Barry Keoghan into red carpet pin ups, I’m told by Urbanati that the brooches are by a Brazilan designer.
Updated at 17.55 EDT