Oscar's Red Carpet Hits & Misses

Check out past style hits worthy of Academy Award gold on Hollywood's biggest night – and the fashions that flopped.

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DAD'S ADVICE

Though a stylist helped Pollock's Marcia Gay Harden achieve her stunning red-carpet look in 2001, her dad had the final word. "My father said to me, 'Honey, I want you to wear a strapless dress,'" she told PEOPLE. "'You've got what it takes to hold (it) up!'" Harden dazzled in this crimson Randolph Duke ball gown.