When it comes to the Oscars, one would hope that a hotly contested best-actor race would be a good omen for an evening of exciting menswear. It helps when the frontrunners in that category are Michael B. Jordan and Timothée Chalamet, two of the most stylish guys in Hollywood.
But on the Academy Awards 2026 red carpet, we also saw plenty of menswear…Sinners. Lots of weirdly informal looks, miscalculated swerves, sloppily tailored jacket sleeves, and cornily conspicuous wrist shots. Even Chalamet, in a custom Givenchy white tuxedo, biffed it, opting for laughably baggy trousers and clunky matching boots.
Historically, the Oscars is tinseltown’s most formal event—the dress code is black-tie, and it’s one of the few hallowed carpets we have left. Sure, maybe that rigidity compels some celebs and their stylists to want to break the rules. (These are actors, after all, and actors love to make a splash.) But as far as menswear goes, this is the night when dudes can and should wear a tux—and make it a killer one, at that. The brief is simple! Yet ever since the famous dudes started dressing for attention, they seem to have lost sight of the fundamentals in the process. Too much flash, not enough polish. (Maybe a more accurate omen for this year’s Oscars menswear would have been the Actor Awards a few weeks ago, which was also a rough showing.)
That said, there were also some winners on Sunday night’s red carpet—and our favorites are the ones who nailed the classic tux. Here are the 12 best-dressed men from the Academy Awards 2026, definitively ranked.
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