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Oscars 2020: Laura Dern, Sandra Oh, Saoirse Ronan top worst-dressed list
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![The adjective of the night was loud. Full skirts, feathery sleeves, brazen colors, sparkly gems and dangling fringe dominated the 92nd Academy Awards. Some people pulled it off spectacularly. Others... not so much. Click ahead to see the worst-dressed stars of the night.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/75cf8837-077f-4826-98f3-4debe2910a38-Laura_Dern3.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The adjective of the night was loud. Full skirts, feathery sleeves, brazen colors, sparkly gems and dangling fringe dominated the 92nd Academy Awards. Some people pulled it off spectacularly. Others... not so much. Click ahead to see the worst-dressed stars of the night.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Olivia Colman is an Oscar-winning queen and can wear whatever she wants, even if it’s a Stella McCartney gown with a bifurcated cape and giant crystal appliques that doesn’t make a lick of sense.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/3641fb8f-f0a9-401d-848d-1004eabeaeff-Olivia_Colman.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Olivia Colman is an Oscar-winning queen and can wear whatever she wants, even if it’s a Stella McCartney gown with a bifurcated cape and giant crystal appliques that doesn’t make a lick of sense.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![The nice thing about not being the Oscars frontrunner is you can show up looking like queen of the clown prom like Saoirse Ronan in Gucci and not worry about the look being immortalized.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/667f1bf6-018c-40e6-914b-8c24fbf1f5b0-Saoirse_Ronan.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The nice thing about not being the Oscars frontrunner is you can show up looking like queen of the clown prom like Saoirse Ronan in Gucci and not worry about the look being immortalized.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![There are unusual silhouettes, and then there's this. Things Kristen Wiig's dress has been compared to on social media: lasagna, cuttlefish and toilet brushes. Those all seem about right.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/6df11ec8-1bb4-4f5a-8e53-3a38bfa61436-Kristen_Wiig_.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
There are unusual silhouettes, and then there's this. Things Kristen Wiig's dress has been compared to on social media: lasagna, cuttlefish and toilet brushes. Those all seem about right.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Salma Hayek is going for a Grecian goddess vibe in Gucci with silk draping, but the color is a bit too bridal and the headpiece too costumey.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/2a8c0c48-1b4d-4ad4-86ba-10aa73078e2a-Salma_Hayek.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Salma Hayek is going for a Grecian goddess vibe in Gucci with silk draping, but the color is a bit too bridal and the headpiece too costumey.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Laura Dern has won so many statues this award season, she must have run out of good dresses. As expensive as this Armani Prive gown must be, the bordello-style boob fringe makes it look awfully cheap.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/e1513166-72f3-4d01-be65-559966f97fe8-Laura_Dern.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Laura Dern has won so many statues this award season, she must have run out of good dresses. As expensive as this Armani Prive gown must be, the bordello-style boob fringe makes it look awfully cheap.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Honestly, showing up at the Oscars in a sparkly orange potato sack is kind of a power move from Maya Rudolph.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/c03fb891-6b4f-474b-9103-bd6d4b5927e4-Maya_Rudolph.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Honestly, showing up at the Oscars in a sparkly orange potato sack is kind of a power move from Maya Rudolph.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Sometimes less is more, and sometimes more is just overwhelming. Sandra Oh is drowning in glitter and tulle in this voluminous Elie Saab gown.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/d7d83f14-52a3-4f1b-bee4-2d9d8c752751-Sandra_Oh.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Sometimes less is more, and sometimes more is just overwhelming. Sandra Oh is drowning in glitter and tulle in this voluminous Elie Saab gown.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Maybe if this were the first time Rooney Mara had showed up looking like a young widow in a Gothic Victorian romance, we’d be more receptive. But this Alexander McQueen look is predictable and dull.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/060d128c-3bc5-4f2f-a64e-648051963dc3-Rooney_Mara.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Maybe if this were the first time Rooney Mara had showed up looking like a young widow in a Gothic Victorian romance, we’d be more receptive. But this Alexander McQueen look is predictable and dull.
Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY![Justice for Kelly Marie Tran getting cut from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” And justice for Tran for being put in a dress that makes it look like her torso’s been through a taffy puller.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/d2c2bb3c-b836-4908-a9a0-fcd680ac7224-Kelly_Marie_Tran.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Justice for Kelly Marie Tran getting cut from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” And justice for Tran for being put in a dress that makes it look like her torso’s been through a taffy puller.
Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY![Trying to figure out why Blac Chyna is at the Oscars is as confusing as her Dona Matosh velvet pinup gown with a slit that's just this side of legal.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2020/02/10/USAT/d8ca6d3c-d771-4b5a-8bd2-ba82da43efcd-Black_Chyna.jpeg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Trying to figure out why Blac Chyna is at the Oscars is as confusing as her Dona Matosh velvet pinup gown with a slit that's just this side of legal.
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