The 10 best Oscar dresses

In the Oscar, it is not only have good film, but also the beautiful stars with luxury dress. Let's looke at the 10 best dresses.

Charlize Theron in Vera Wang

Charlize Theron's 2000 Vera Wang dress featured a deep plunge in the front, a deeper one in the back, and an orange that burned in our memory. "I think a plunging back is always sexier than a plunging decolletage," says Wang. "It's more unexpected and more erotic. This gown captures that siren-like glamour of the past. I designed it with no side seams, which makes a dress sleek -- especially if you have the right body, which Charlize does. The reason the color popped so brilliantly is that the actual shade is achieved by overlaying six different hues that range from pink to pale green to form this brilliant opaque orange."

Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier

There may be too many fish in the sea, but not a one of them could make Neptune more jealous than Marion Cotillard in this 2008 stunner. "Marion initially requested something simple, but I wanted everyone to see the woman I saw," says Jean Paul Gaultier. "So I showed her the sketches for this mermaid-inspired dress, and she loved it. We waited two weeks for the fabric, which was printed with fish scales and laboriously hand-embroidered. She was traveling everywhere promoting La Vie en Rose, so we had to follow her for fittings. What a mad dash! But what a moment -- wonderful and graceful, just like the actress, and woman, she is."

Kate Hudson in Atelier Versace

One of Hollywood's favorites, Kate Hudson bedazzled the 2003 awards in a 14kt Atelier Versace gown that shows she is worth her weight in gold. "I love Kate. She's a real Versace girl," says Donatella Versace. "She knows what looks good on her. She wanted something that sparkled, but it had to be light and easy. She wanted to look sexy but also appear mysterious, like she was walking on clouds. Each piece of lace embroidery had to be handsewn on this Atelier Versace gown. From the first fitting, the dress belonged only to her."

Jennifer Garner in Valentino

When an artist falls in love with his subject, the resulting creation is often magical, like the gown Valentino created for Jennifer Garner to wear in 2004. "Jennifer is so comfortable in her own skin, she can wear a gown this complex," says Valentino. "Fifteen yards of taffeta -- I lost count of the amount of silk chiffon! The skirt alone has two layers and that train goes on forever, darling. It took four couturiers more than 300 hours to create it. Jennifer handled herself on the red carpet as if she were greeting people in the back garden of her home. She has an easy grace that makes her so beautiful."

Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein

At a time when so many were going over the top, Calvin Klein and Gwyneth Paltrow conspired on a spare sensuality for the 1996 ceremony. "My idea of glamour goes back to when the first great stars, like Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow, would slink around in silky charmeuse gowns that looked right out of the lingerie drawer," says Klein. "A love of sensual simplicity brought me and Gwyneth together on this dress. She understands that restraint is a part of great style. She showed up alone and went through the fabric bolts with me and chose the pink charmeuse. Two fittings and we were done. Her loose, feminine hair was in perfect keeping with a dress designed to show off the woman and not the designer."

Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera

Something more than just an over-the-shoulder smile made us take a second look at Renee Zellweger's dress from 2004. "At night pure white is intensely glamorous for special occasions," says Carolina Herrera. "Renee doesn't use a stylist, so our discussions were as much a part of the design process as the sketches. She had just finished the second Bridget Jones movie, so I took advantage of her being a little curvier than usual. Thankfully Renee loves fittings, because nothing matters more than a perfect fit, especially with a strapless. The bow in the back -- eight yards of silk faille -- was the perfect surprise. I copied the bow in my bridal line and it was one of the best-selling wedding gowns I've ever done."

Nicole Kidman in Dior

The haute couture gown Nicole Kidman wore to the 1997 ceremony raised the bar for good. It's been an annual rite of "Can you top this?" ever since. "I was the new boy at the big House of Dior, and there were people who didn't think I would cut it," says John Galliano. "Nicole looked like a goddess and showed the world she believed in me. I had seen all of her work and wanted everyone to see her as a star in her own right, as well as being Mrs. Tom Cruise at the time. I've always been seduced by Hollywood, and it was a complete honor to dress her. Nicole trusted us and let us suggest a new direction and the striking chartreuse color, which was controversial at that point because everyone was using primaries or pastels. Dior turned the dress around quickly, as it had only been a month since the gem of the idea had appeared on the catwalk. She looked incredible -- and even all this time later, she remains timelessly elegant and yet still directional."

Anne Hathaway in Giorgio Armani Prive

This 2009 gown with mother-of-pearl iridescence nearly matched Anne Hathaway's megawatt smile. "Anne is so lovely and ethereal—she reminds me of the great actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age," says Giorgio Armani. "For this reason I dressed her as a type of fairy-mermaid, pure and sparkling. The strapless gown is derived from our Prive couture collection and has Swarovski crystals on a diagonal and oversize paillettes at the hem. The champagne color was meant to match her complexion so it would seem like a second skin on her. She looked truly breathtaking."

Penelope Cruz in Chanel Haute Couture

For every midnight blue flutter on Penelope Cruz's dress, there was a heart fluttering as she walked by at the 2008 ceremony. "I really love Penelope, especially in Pedro Almodovar movies, where you realize her irresistible charm embodies seduction itself," says Karl Lagerfeld. "I designed this dress in a flash, since I had already had a vision of her in it for Oscar night—all feathers and organza in navy blue, the ultimate chic color for Penelope. It took 200 hours to create the dress—and five fittings—to ensure it was perfection."

Diane Lane in Oscar de la Renta

For Diane Lane's 2003 show appearance, canny designer Oscar de la Renta took the best of two dresses to make a spectacular one. "Here is an actress who carries herself so gracefully with an elegance that can't be taught—it truly comes from within," says de la Renta. "The idea for the gown came from two dresses: The top was inspired by an off-the-shoulder cocktail dress in a nude embroidered silk tulle; the bottom, a gown with fantastic feather embroidery from the hip down. The combination worked very well—it's seven years later and we are still telling its story—and admiring Diane's beauty."