The 2025 Oscars confirmed it: There is no bigger red carpet flex, no more powerful confirmation of one’s fashion chops, than getting to be the first to wear a look from a look that walked the runway less than a month ago. Forget seasons, this is now a game of breakneck speed. Rosalia’s Dilara Findikoglu frock for the Vanity Fair after party? It was on the runway at London Fashion Week eight days ago before she wore it, thank you very much. And the custom Schiaparelli gown that Ariana Grande wore on the red carpet last night? It walked the runway in Paris during the couture collections 34 days ago..
The runway-to-red carpet pipeline has effectively burst—chalk that up to the internet’s ongoing fashion fascination. Five to ten years ago, celebrities would get to wear runway pieces once the collections were in store, meaning months after their catwalk debuts. Now, labels like to extend a collection’s moment by placing it on a red carpet as soon as possible after they’re on the catwalks. But this game is all about finding the right muse. These days, the mark of a true star is how covetable a look they can get.
By that measure, Grande’s Schiaparelli two-puncher confirms her ascension to movie star status—all it takes is the right role, just ask Cher! Similarly to her red carpet look, Alba Rohrwacher is the first to wear Alessandro Michele’s Valentino spring 2025 couture collection (debuted 32 days ago), and Sarah Paulson got to take the closing look from Marc Jacobs’s fabulous New York show (27 days ago), Olivia Rodrigo’s black leather Cavalli number was on the Milan runways literally three ago, as was Ciara’s Dsquared2 number. The men turned it out too—Omar Apollo’s Willy Chavarria suit walked the Paris men’s catwalks in late January, as did Danny Ramirez’s Amiri look. Scroll through for more looks from the 2025 Oscars.
Ariana Grande
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Schiaparelli, spring 2025 couture
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Ariana Grande
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Schiaparelli, fall 2024 couture
Courtesy of Schiaparelli
Cynthia Erivo
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Vivienne Westwood, spring 1997
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Alba Rohrwacher
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Valentino, spring 2025 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Michelle Yeoh
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Balenciaga, fall 2023 couture
Photo: Courtesy of Balenciaga
Rachel Sennott
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Balenciaga, fall 2023 couture
Photo: Courtesy of Balenciaga
Fernanda Torres attends
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Chanel, spring 2025 couture
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Yasmin Finney
Arturo Holmes
Harris Reed, spring 2025
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Charlotte Lawrence
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Valentino, spring 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Valentino
Edvin Ryding
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Xander Zhou, spring 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Xander Zhou
Whoopi Goldberg
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Christian Siriano, spring 2025
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Connie Nielsen
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Elise Saab, spring 2025
Photo: Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com
Rosalía
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Dilara Findikoglu, fall 2025
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Kim Seok-woo
Arturo Holmes
Amiri, spring 2025
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Olivia Wilde
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Chloé, spring 2025
Photo: Carlo Scarpato / Gorunway.com
Sarah Paulson
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Marc Jacobs, spring 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Marc Jacobs
Emma Chamberlain
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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2025 couture
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Omar Apollo
Dia Dipasupil
Willy Chavarria, fall 2025
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Kendall Jenner
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Mugler, spring 1992 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Teyana Taylor
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LaQuan Smith, fall 2022
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Fendi, spring 2024 couture
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Olivia Rodrigo
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Roberto Cavalli, fall 2025
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Rachel Brosnahan
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Carolina Herrera, spring 2025
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Tracee Ellis Ross
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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2025 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Katy Perry
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Miss Sohee, spring 2025 couture
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Lisa
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Miss Sohee, spring 2025 couture
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Ciara
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Dsquared2, fall 2025
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet
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Ashi Studio spring 2025 couture
Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com
Sofia Richie
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Armani Privé, fall 2024
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com
Jacquemus, spring 2025
Filippo Fior
Stephanie Hsu
Taylor Hill
Caroline Hu, spring 2025
photo: Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com
Danny Ramirez
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Amiri, fall 2025
Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
Anna Kendrick
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Ashi Studio, fall 2024 couture
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