Tonight's Academy Awards (open in new tab) is an awards ceremony like no other. The show's producers went to great lengths to make the show feel as normal as possible in an obviously extraordinary time. Instead of broadcasting from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood as usual, the awards ceremony was held at Union Station in Los Angeles.

This year was also a landmark year for the Academy Awards in terms of diversity and inclusion of nominees and speeches. In many ways, it was like watching the Academy Awards step into the modern era. However, this is not the case in all aspects. When it comes to red carpet fashion, it was like stepping back in time to the 1990s, with creatively cropped cutouts like Jennifer Lopez's (opens in new tab) at the 1998 Golden Globes

, or the 1997 Blockbuster Halle Berry at the 1997 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (opens in new tab)

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or most of Jennifer Aniston's (opens in new tab) personal wardrobe in 1999:

Tonight, the Academy Awards' most fashionable A It seemed as though the listees had created a shared mood board filled with these photos and used it as a guide in choosing their looks.

Zendaya (open in new tab) paired a stunning canary yellow Valentino custom cut-out dress with Jimmy Choo heels. The actress accessorized with Bulgari diamonds (opens in new tab) said to total over $6 million.

Best Actress nominee Vanessa Kirby (opens in new tab) (for her role in "Piece of a Woman") showed just a hint of her derriere in a light pink Gucci gown (opens in new tab) and accessorized with jewelry from Cartier

Andra Day (open in new tab), also nominated for Best Actress in "United States vs. Billie Holiday," opted for a gold Vera Wong (open in new tab) custom-made gown with large asymmetrical cut-outs.

Finally, Carey Mulligan (opens in new tab), also nominated for Best Actress for Promising Young Woman, wore a gleaming, high cutout at the midriff, with diamonds from Cartier's High Jewelry gold Valentino haute couture gown (opens in new tab) with high cutouts at the décolletage and diamonds from Cartier's High Jewelry.