Blige in an asymmetrical neckline leopard print dress and Lopez in a body hugging, beaded black lace-like gown.

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In true music industry fashion, there were those fun and quirky outfits from the likes of Nicki Minaj in a black beaded jumpsuit with red corset outlines and Rita Ora who also wore a beaded jumpsuit.

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Others resemble a black, beaded thimble that fits snugly over an antenna.

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Elsewhere, and as always at Oscar, the proof is in the details: Stunning were a silver lame mousseline caviar beaded fringe gown, a black chantilly lace threadwork and ostrich feather embroidered gown, and yellow silk faille silver bullion floral- and bead-embroidered gown.

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They were a black velvet and beaded gown worn for a Vanity Fair photo shoot by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace in 1997, and a burgundy crushed velvet gown the princess wore to the film premiere of "Back to the Future" in 1985.

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For fall, she gets a black-and-oyster lame dress, a metallic tweed suit and a jet-black silk and wool gown with a beaded back, cutout bodice and mermaid hemline.

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Colorful beaded necklaces dangle from the branches of brown-paper trees that line the walls, and old-fashioned black metal streetlamps line the hallway.

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