Florence Pugh Wears Fancy Hot Pants on the Oscars Red Carpet

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published 13 March 2023

Florence Pugh, actress and beautiful human extraordinaire, continued her daring fashion streak tonight on the Oscars red carpet, wearing a dramatic Valentino gown complemented by the guilty pleasure fashion item we've all had in our closets at one point or another: hot pants.

The voluminous beige gown, which boasts a long train and opens up in the front to show off the set of tiny black pants, is made of taffeta with black cotton faille bows. And the look is topped off with makeup courtesy of Valentino, including jet-black eyeliner, taupe brow color, peach-colored blush, and lipstick in 112R for a neutral lip.

And the icing on the cake? Miss Flo's unique, bi-tonal updo and its set of sweeping false bangs. The ponytail, courtesy of hairstylist Peter Lux and colorist Matt Rez, culminates in a blonde swirl at the top of her head, with a black-and-blonde streaked, slicked-back look just beneath it. The unique style is so chic that it has the rest of us re-thinking our next haircuts and wondering if we, too, can pull off a fringe as well as she does.

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Gabrielle Ulubay is a Beauty Writer at Marie Claire. She has also written about sexual wellness, politics, culture, and fashion at Marie Claire and at publications including The New York Times, HuffPost Personal, Bustle, Alma, Muskrat Magazine, O'Bheal, and elsewhere. Her personal essay in The New York Times' Modern Love column kickstarted her professional writing career in 2018, and that piece has since been printed in the 2019 revised edition of the Modern Love book. Having studied history, international relations, and film, she has made films on politics and gender equity in addition to writing about cinema for Film Ireland, University College Cork, and on her personal blog, gabrielleulubay.medium.com. Before working with Marie Claire, Gabrielle worked in local government, higher education, and sales, and has resided in four countries and counting. She has worked extensively in the e-commerce and sales spaces since 2020, and spent two years at Drizly, where she developed an expertise in finding the best, highest quality goods and experiences money can buy.

Deeply political, she believes that skincare, haircare, and sexual wellness are central tenets to one's overall health and fights for them to be taken seriously, especially for people of color. She also loves studying makeup as a means of artistic expression, drawing on her experience as an artist in her analysis of beauty trends. She's based in New York City, where she can be found watching movies or running her art business when she isn't writing. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleUlubay or on Instagram at @gabrielle.ulubay, or follow her art at @suburban.graffiti.art