Oscars red carpet best dressed: Margot Robbie, Emily Blunt and Zendaya sparkle

Margot Robbie, Zendaya and Emily Blunt were among stars wearing sparkling outfits on the Oscars red carpet in Los Angeles

The shimmering theme felt appropriate for the biggest night in showbiz, but unusually for the Academy Awards, no one major trend dominated celebrity outfits.

Some of the biggest stars donned sparkles — like Barbie actress Margot Robbie, who made the surprise decision to wear black instead of pink.

Her shimmering strapless outfit was straight off Versace’s Milan Fashion Week runway, and was a more understated ensemble for Robbie, 33, who has spent much of the last year recreating classic Barbie outfits on the red carpet.

Dune: Part Two star Zendaya, 27, wore a shimmering outfit of an iridescent purple dress with a black sparkling bodice and palm tree-inspired detailing, from Armani Prive.

Emily Blunt, 41, who is nominated for the supporting actress gong for her role in Oppenheimer, wore a fashion label which has dominated the red carpet for this awards season: Schiaprelli.

The Italian fashion house is known for polished designs with a hint of the surreal, and this was certainly seen in Blunt’s sparkling outfit. The sequinned gown had heavily structured straps and cheeky detailing which looked like the outline of Y-fronts, and was paired with strings of Tiffany & Co jewellery.

Barbie star America Ferrera, 39, took a leaf out of co-star Margot Robbie’s style book, wearing a pink chainmail Versace gown — which looked like a mini version of one Robbie wore to a Barbie event in Sydney last year.

While Robbie’s outfit was a vintage look, worn by supermodel Claudia Schiffer in 1994, Ferrera’s was custom-made.

Among all the massive fashion houses represented on the Oscars red carpet, Dune: Part Two star Florence Pugh, 28, wore a lesser-known label - Del Core, a Milanese brand founded in 2020.

The bedazzled architectural bodice of the gown was matched perfectly by the statement snake-style Bulgari necklace.

Emma Stone, 35, was one of the celebrities opting against sparkles on the red carpet. Her awards season fashion has been heavily inspired by the 18th-century costuming of her character Bella Baxter in Poor Things, which has earned her a nomination for the best actress gong.

The men also upped their fashion game with Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling in all black, with a bedazzled lapel. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnston chose a metallic silver Dolce & Gabbana suit.

Ariana Grande divided critics in a bubblegum-pink Glinda-inspired gown.