We may have been missing physical red carpets over the past 12 months, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on one of the fashion world’s biggest days of the year—the Academy Awards.Â
More specifically, what did your favourite star wear to their very first ceremony?
We’re looking back on some of the industry set’s debut appearances from Kate Winslet’s bubblegum pink Vivienne Westwood moment in 1996 to Jennifer Lawrence in Calvin Klein 15 years later.
![drew barrymore first oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67120/drew-barrymore-oscars-1983.jpg)
![angelina jolie oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67115/angelina-jolie-oscars-march-24-1986.jpg)
![julia roberts oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67135/julia-roberts-oscars-1990.jpg)
![nicole kidman oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67130/nicole-kidman-oscars-1991.jpg)
![leonardo dicaprio first oscars 1994](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67128/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-1994.jpg)
![gwyneth paltrow first oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67122/gwyneth-paltrow-oscars-1994.jpg)
![Halle Berry 1996 oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67137/halle-berry-oscars-1996.jpg)
![kate winslet 1996 oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67127/kate-winslet-oscars-1996.jpg)
![brad pitt first oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67117/brad-pitt-oscars-1992.jpg)
![jennifer lopez oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67125/jennifer-lopez-oscars-1997.jpg)
![renee zellweger oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67132/renee-zellweger-oscars-1999.jpg)
![reese witherspoon oscars 2000](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67131/reese-witherspoon-oscars-2002.jpg)
![kate hudson oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67126/kate-hudson-oscars-2001.jpg)
![jennifer garner oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/jennifer-garner-oscars-2003-scaled.jpg)
![scarlett johansson 2004](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67133/scarlett-johansson-oscars-2004.jpg)
![jennifer aniston 2006 oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67123/jennifer-aniston-oscars-2006.jpg)
![emily blunt 2007 oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67145/emily-blunt-oscars-2007.jpg)
![saorise ronan oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67136/saorise-ronan-oscars-2008.jpg)
![jennifer lawrence oscars](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/67144/jennifer-lawrence-oscars-2011.jpg)