The 2026 Oscars truly saw the stars save their most eye-popping looks for last. How best could Love Story’s Sarah Pidgeon enjoy the grand finale of awards season and her first-ever Oscars weekend? By wearing custom Calvin Klein, of course: an ode to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, with a contemporary twist.
Pidgeon joined the celebrity masses in attending Vanity Fair’s 2026 Oscars party, where she wore a platinum crystal and sequin encrusted floor-length gown with micro spaghetti straps by Calvin Klein. She styled it simply, with a brushed silver CK One clutch. Her blonde hair was worn in a middle part, straight, and long.
US actress Sarah Pidgeon attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix / AFP via Getty Images)Photo: Getty Images
Her choice of gown—from designer to its sophisticated cut—spoke to the style lexicon of the character she portrays on television and the real-life Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. CBK, who established the vocabulary for ’90s minimalist fashion, kept things cool and nonchalant on any red carpet or starry event she herself attended, favoring Calvin Klein, but also Yohji Yamamoto, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Alexander McQueen.
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