Oscars 2023: Worst dressed stars on the champagne carpet including Florence Pugh and Elizabeth Banks

Even though the Oscars are the biggest and most prestigious awards ceremony of the year, some stars should have been warned when picking their outfits that sometimes bigger is not better.

A handful of Hollywood’s A-List celebrities missed the mark at the 2023 Academy Awards yesterday, showing off their large and bold fashion choices on the champagne carpet, choosing large silhouettes or clashing colour patterns.

And while bookie favourites Everything Everywhere All At Once came up trumps following their successful awards season this year, there were some shocking frontrunners for the worst dressed celebrities as some actresses are often known for being the best dressed at an event.

One example is Florence Pugh, who most times often than not makes forward fashion statements rather than fashion faux pas, had heads turning for the wrong reasons at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Don’t Worry Darling star led the British arrivals at the Oscars wearing a black and champagne coloured Valentino Couture gown paired with Tiffany & Co accessories, that had large puffed sleeves and a slit down the middle to reveal a pair of short shorts.

Although the champagne coloured shoulder-less dress matched the rather understated 2023 carpet, PeopleWorld feels Florence completely missed the mark when it came to her outfit.

Poufy sleeves and gowns were a common occurrence as stars arrived at the ceremony, with Elizabeth Banks and Melissa McCarthy not doing themselves much justice.

The Cocaine Bear director’s excessive ruffles in the back of her dress and the huge train looked a bit heavy on the carpet, while Melissa’s bright red gown that had layers of frill sadly was a bit too much.

For Laverne Cox, her turquoise, brown and black dress unfortunately looked unflattering as her glove-like sleeves looked a bit strange and the turquoise drapes over a brown corset looked a little off.

Another slightly awkward moment on the champagne carpet was Rooney Mara’s cream dress that tied at the bottom by her feet, almost resembling that of a ponytail.

While heads were turning to the looks, be it good or bad on the carpet, people were having to adjust where they were looking inside the Dolby Theatre if they were sat directly behind songwriter Tems who adorned a large white wrap around head dress and obstructed the view.

The Oscar nominee who wrote Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s tune Lift Me Up, was criticised by fans online as pictures circulated of her gown ‘view-blocking’ attendees from behind.

One fan wrote: “Imagine waiting your whole life to be at the Oscars and you end up sitting behind a stratus cloud,” while another sniped, “I guess the people behind the white veil don’t get to see the show.”

So although all the aforementioned stars made impressions on the champagne carpet and during the Oscars ceremony respectively, it sadly was not the one they may have been hoping for.