Oscars 2021: the best and worst looks From Zendaya in Valentino to Daniel Kaluuya in Bottega Veneta

The 2021 Oscars ceremony was held yesterday. It was an important ceremony because it represented the return to the physical red carpet after the lockdown and although it was not exactly perfect with the change of schedule in the announcement of the winners created a decidedly unsatisfactory ending. The victories were remarkable, however: Chloe Zhao and Frances McDormand won Best Director, Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role respectively with the wonderful Nomadland; Anthony Hopkins became the oldest actor ever to win The Father along with Daniel Kaluuya, who won Best Supporting Actor; 73-year-old Youn Yuh-jung took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for Minari while the thriller Promising Young Woman and the drama The Father won best screenplay.

It certainly represented a reconquest of normality for the entertainment world. Of course, the red carpet look parade was an essential part of the evening and, almost surprisingly, male guests had outfits as interesting and daring as women's. However, there were missteps (some very remarkable) and for this reason we decided to list the best and worst looks of the evening, divided between men and women.

Best Dressed Men

Not always a look works. In the case of women's looks, the mistake is always not to nail down the red carpet mood and seem out of place: this is the case of Margot Robbie, dressed for the umpteenth time by a Chanel who does not do her justice and evokes with the flowery mood a country festival; this is the case of Andra Day in Vera Wang, magnificent in herself but a little too nightclub-ready for the Oscars. The titanic director Chloe Zhao instead chooses Hermès but between braids, the bland beige of the dressed and the low sneakers the outlook is decidedly sloppy. Diane Warren instead fails completely with a white Valentino suit paired with a silver top that evokes certain middle-aged ladies in the first communions in Southern Italy accompanied by another "aunt outfit" by Olivia Colman that seems to have come out of the 60s and not in a good way. Ending  the list is Reese Witherspoon who also dresses up with Dior but manages to make the world yawn.