It didn’t help that the red carpet was, in fact, grey. And that, like much of the UK, it was raining in Beverly Hills. And that the starriest of stars – Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Rihanna – who we’ve come to bank on for kickstarting awards season with their reliably frou frou glamour, didn’t actually make it.
And it really didn’t help that the best looks were black, although the Triangle of Sadness star Dolly de Leon, wearing an extraordinary gown in buttery soft black leather by the designer Norman René Devera; Hacks’ Megan Stalter, giving Angelina Jolie’s leg flashing a run for its money in Versace, and Natasha Lyonne in clingy Givenchy, patent platforms and a copper bob, looked anything but dull.
