All the sharpest red-carpet looks from the 90th Academy Awards.

When it comes to the sartorial side of awards season, it seems that we’re now out of blackout territory. That’s not to say the revolutionary air of change isn’t still felt across the red carpet, because it very much is, and alongside the rousing speeches (thank you Ms Frances McDormand) and calls for change, there has also been a shift in what it means to dress for the Oscars. As Hollywood muddles through this post-Weinstein era, the traditional black-and-white-tie dress code is falling increasingly out of favour. Awards season dressing – especially when it comes to the gents – hasn’t historically favoured the brave, but that’s no longer the case, and the new rules mean that now it’s practically expected to deviate from the norm by switching up the colour, texture and fit of the suit. In other words, if you didn’t wear white, velvet, or even a bit of navy, then why did you bother? More than that, though, the suiting on show at the 90th Academy Awards last night was, for want of a better word, fun – the five gentlemen below are testament to that.

A good way to get brownie points for red-carpet dressing without swerving too far off the beaten track is to put a twist on a classic, which Mr Tom Holland has done rather well here. A double-breasted suit is a fool proof way to get noticed without looking like you’re trying too hard, and while the Spiderman actor might have stuck to the classic colour palette of black and white, the rather outlandish lapels on his jacket captured our attention as did his patent leather Oxfords. Even better though, he caught his co-presented Ms Gina Rodriguez when she almost fell over. Good suit or not, we do love a gentleman.

Apart from the small matter of being the first African-American to win the best original screenplay, Mr Jordan Peel taught us a couple of valuable sartorial lessons at last night’s Oscars. Firstly: here is how to stand out without doing anything drastic. Secondly: here is how to wear a suit if you’re a bigger guy. You don’t need to don a metal arm (we’re looking at you Mr Zayn Malik) to do things differently on the red carpet. Just a white jacket with black trousers (and some extra detail on your shoes) will do the trick in an environment where most wear all black or all white. What’s more, the traditional peak lapel on his jacket serves to slim Mr Peel’s silhouette, and he has avoided the common mistake of wearing a suit that is too small in attempt to shrink the torso – resulting in a perfect fit on the shoulders and around the midriff. Bravo.

Not content with stealing the show for his backstage tweeting (see his witty missives, here), actor and rapper Mr Lakeith Stanfield also made a good impression with his appearance. His midnight-blue tux, spruced up masterfully with a dashing lapel pin, is spot on. And, given its less-than-perfect appearance, we’ll stick our neck out and say he’s wearing a bow tie that he tied himself. Getting your neckwear right is no mean feat. Especially considering his criticism of people’s bow ties here (even if it wasn’t meant literally).

Normally we’d advise caution when wearing a white dinner jacket – it doesn’t go with much, beyond black trousers and a black bow tie. But then again, how nice it is to see someone throw caution to the wind as wonderfully as Mr Timothée Chalamet, who, after opting for dark-coloured velvet tailoring for much of this past month’s red-carpet rodeo, stepped out for the Oscars in an all-white (minus the Chelsea boots) ensemble. Yes, he may have had to be a little more careful when toasting the successes of his various Hollywood contemporaries, and to swear off red wine completely for the evening, but this is an utterly impactful outfit that (beyond the colour) has a slightly Victorian feel to it, with the sloping shoulders of the jacket and the neat, tightly fastened bow tie. Note too the perfectly cropped and tapered trousers – an essential when wearing boots with tailoring in this way.

Another Chelsea-boots-based red-carpet ensemble that shows just how versatile these year-round favourites can be. Beyond that though, this is a clean, bold and contemporary take on red-carpet dressing, which plays off the rich texture of the green velvet jacket against the matte surface of the black poplin shirt underneath. We’re not sure whether we’d generally encourage the wearing of two shirts – as Mr Ali appears to have done here, though it could also be a scarf – but almost miraculously, he carries this off, too. And there’s something quite dandyish and gentlemanly about the blue peeking out at the collar.

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