Fashion at Oscars 2018: Celebs ditch black but political undertone persists

Meryl Streep PicsAFPOscars the biggest night of Hollywood was all about custommade gowns and designer tuxedos with celebrities moving on from this years award season red carpet black out and instead choosing other ways to register their support to sexual harassment victims While various Hollywood Alisters dressed in black walked handinhand with Times Up activists at Golden Globes at Oscars it was all about colours couples and celebrities having fun on the red carpetNicole KidmanThe Oscars 2018 ceremony was a departure from the major awards that took place this year Colour of protest black took a back seat as the Dolby theatre was dominated by bright shades with stars such as Meryl Streep Whoopi Goldberg Nicole Kidman Viola Davis Saoirse Ronan Jennifer Garner Greta Gerwig Allison Janney and Helen Mirren donning hues of red pink blue yellow and greenJennifer Garner The labels were missing on the limelight they usually receive during the award nights but the 90th Academy Awards gave them their moment in the sun with celebs donning popular highend couture brands like Armani Prive Dior Calvin Klein Atelier Versace Vera Wang Valentiono Gucci and Ralph Lauren among others However black still managed to make its presence felt with stars such as Taraji P Henson Zendaya and their male counterparts sporting the colourSandra BullockMetallic shades were also star favourites with Jennifer Lawerence Sally Hawkins Sandra Bullock Lupita Nyongo donning them The red carpet may have been a melange of colours but the political undercurrent was inconspicuous with Times Up pin blue American Civil Liberties Union ribbons and orange American flag pins calling for gun safety reforms in the wake of Florida school shooting making their way on designer wearsJane Fonda Sam Rockwell Richard Jenkins Guillermo del Toro Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell were some of the stars to pin the Times Up badge LinManuel Miranda orange American flag pins in honour of Everytown for Gun Safety Jordan Peele added a special accessory to his suit jacket as an ode to his Academy Awardnominated film Get Out Peele who was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay hit the red carpet with a golden deer antler pin featuring blood spatters placed on the left lapel of his white suit jacket which was a nod to the deer symbolism shown throughout the dramatic film starring Allison Williams and Daniel KaluuyaTiffany Haddish dedicated her outfit to her father and her Eritrean Heritage Veteran actor Rita Moreno proved that some looks really never go out of style when she showed up to the 90th Academy Awards in the same gown she first wore to the Oscars in 1962 The actress arrived on the red carpet Sunday in a black strapless dress with a full patterned skirt which she wore when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for West Side Story James Ivory who was nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name wore a shirt with lead actor Timothee Chalamets face on itOscars 2018 Winners List Live UpdatesCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever