Just five nights before the 97th Oscars, the Academy hosted a gathering at its museum in place of the traditional Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which was canceled in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires.

But nailing the moment demands more than just a designer label and Ariana Grande may have already secured her place in this season’s sartorial hall of fame. Days before the main event, she graced the Oscar nominees dinner in a spellbinding Glinda-core ensemble that now has fans in a cinematic frenzy.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images Ariana Grande pulled out an archival gown for her 2025 Oscars Nominees Dinner. Grande, 31, stunned in a bubblegum-and-black vintage Yves Saint Laurent ensemble at the event,