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The Academy Awards' red carpet took twists and turns where couture had gone before but hasn't gone for a while.

It's fair to say the rest of the night went very much that way -- no two gowns in a row were alike. In fact, it was hard to find a trend that stood out in the red-carpet glam parade.

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