Worst-Ever Oscars Fashions

What were they thinking? See the biggest flops made by Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow and other stars

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DEMI MOORE

SHORT CHANGED
Jim Smeal

In 1989, the actress took a spin at designing her own dress, but her bicycle shorts-and-bustier ensemble fell flat.

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GWYNETH PALTROW

GWYN GOES GOTH
F. Barrett/globe

What a Rocky Horror! The actress channeled her inner goth in 2002 in this figure-flattening gown.

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JOHNNY DEPP

JOHNNY DEPP
Steve Granitz/WireImage

In 2006, the Best Actor nominee (for Finding Neverland) donned a Willy Wonka-worthy getup: a vintage-style tux, complete with wingtips.

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KIM BASINGER

BOLD BASINGER
R.Saxon/AP

All of Munchkinland could have hidden under the Good Witch Glinda-style gown Basinger wore to the 1990 awards.

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CHER

CHER
Phil Roach/Ipol/Globe(2); Retna

Different decades, same bad taste (from left): in 1974, 1988 (with her Best Actress trophy for Moonstruck) and 1998.

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UMA THURMAN

SWISS MISS
Carlo Allegri/Getty Images

The hills were alive with the sound of gasps when presenter Uma Thurman went for the Swiss miss look in 2004.

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HELENA BONHAM CARTER

HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Phil Raoch/IPOL/GLOBE

The British actress could have started her own fright club in the over-the-top tulle ensemble she wore in 1987.

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FAITH HILL

RAINBOW BRIGHT
Peter Brooker/rex

The country star was two scoops short of a sundae in this sherbet confection in 2002.

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GEENA DAVIS

CAN-CAN'T DRESS
Geena Davis

No she can-can't: The 1992 Best Actress nominee (for Thelma amp Louise) high-kicked her fashion sense right off the red carpet.

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WHOOPI GOLDBERG

WHOA, WHOOPI
celebrity photo/wireimage

In 1993, the Oscars funny lady played a game of peekaboo – and lost.

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JON BON JOVI

VELVETEEN HABIT
Ron Galella

With wife Dorothea, the glammed-out rocker, nominated in 1991 for his song "Blaze of Glory," went down in a blaze of ... hairspray.

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TYRA BANKS

TSK TSK, TYRA
J. Gough/celebrityphoto.com

Looks like she didn't read the Tyra Mail (in 2000): The homecoming dance was last week.

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DIANE KEATON

PARDON US, SIR
Mike Blake/Reuters/Landov

She showed a new (nude) side of herself in Something's Gotta Give, but the Best Actress nominee dusted off her old Annie Hall look at the 2004 Oscars.

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CELINE DION

CELINE DION
Lisa Rose/Globe; Roy Fitz/ IPOL

Has she flipped her lid? In 1999 the singer turned her back on a white suit that was, believe it or not, designed to be worn that way.

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