10 of the biggest celebrity fashion faux pas in Oscars history

In 2001, Icelandic singer Björk, who was nominated in the best original song category, hit the red carpet wearing a crystal-embellished white tulle dress featuring the neck of a fake swan draped around her own neck.

According to the BBC, she went a step further by accessorizing with massive eggs, which she "laid" on the red carpet.

What is now considered one of the most iconic Oscar dresses ever worn wasn't at all well-received on the night. Fashion critics, like the late Joan Rivers, did not take kindly to the look but it has since become a revered iconic style moment. The Met Gala "Camp: Notes On Fashion" even featured it.

Oprah Winfrey's first time at the Oscars in 1986 was one she'd rather forget. During an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 2012, she said she'd hired Dolly Parton's dressmaker to make some last-minute adjustments to her dress, Access Online reported. Her mistake was not trying it on until 30 minutes before needing to leave for the event.

"I couldn't get it up over my hips. So my hairdresser… had to lay me on the floor and push my butt down and zip," she said. "I rode to the Oscars, really no exaggeration, planked in the back of a limousine."

Another questionable Oscars fashion decision that has since developed a fan following was the American Express credit card dress worn by Australian costume designer, Lizzy Gardiner, at the 1995 Oscars.

According to Vogue, American Express initially rejected Gardiner's request to use the pieces but eventually supplied her with the 254 expired Gold AmEx used to construct the dress, which now also has its own Wikipedia page.

In an interview with Us Weekly in 2014, Jenny McCarthy opened up about her experience at the 1997 Academy Awards where she accidentally wore a Valentino dress backward. To make things worse still, she found out after running into designer Valentino Garavani himself at the Vanity Fair afterparty, who informed her of the faux pas.

"I just remember dying a little bit," the actress said. "Needless to say, I've never been dressed by Valentino again."

Whoopi Goldberg certainly made a statement turning up to the 1993 Oscars red carpet wearing a satin crystal-crusted jumpsuit beneath a purple cinched cape lined with a lime green interior. She also matched the pattern of the jumpsuit to her stilettos.

According to The Guardian, the dress was inspired by "Disney."

Men are also far from immune from the odd fashion faux pas, even if they generally opt for the standard black tux. A perfect example is John Travolta, who ventured out from the stereotypical male red carpet uniform by wearing a pair of blue washed jeans with an Armani suit jacket to the 2010 Academy Awards.

His late wife Kelly Preston spoke to Access Hollywood about the daring ensemble, during which she credited herself as the person behind the idea.

"I told him that he should do it," she said at the time. "It was an Armani tux. It always fits so well," she said adding that she thought it would be "cool."

Before there was George and Amal Clooney, there was George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis, who were one of the couples to walk the 2010 Oscars red carpet together. However, just before they were photographed, the Italian actress' Roberto Cavalli dress split. Luckily for her, Clooney was on hand to offer his expertise, according to hairstylist Jonathan Antin, who was part of Canalis' glam team that night, the New York Post reported.

"George said, 'Hold on a second, I have experience with this. I used to work on suits, honey,'" Antin said. The actor then "grabbed the needle and thread and started sewing her zipper in," and "did an amazing job."

Barbara Streisand won her first-ever Oscars award for her role in "Funny Girl" in 1969 and got up to accept it wearing a transparent Arnold Scaasi pantsuit, W Magazine reported. The thing is, she had no idea the sparkly number was see-through until that very moment.

"I was choosing between two different outfits. One was lovely but very conservative. And then there was the pantsuit with plastic sequins," she told the publication. "I had no idea that when the lights hit that outfit, it would become transparent!"

She added: "I wanted a white collar and cuffs, which it had, and I wore my hair under my chin because I thought to myself, I'm going to win two Oscars in my lifetime, and I'll be more conservative next time."

Though critics weren't exactly taken by Uma Thurman's 2004 Oscars red carpet look, which consisted of a billowy white Christian Lacroix dress, a satin waistcoat with blue detailing, and yellow strappy heels, she seemingly had no regrets about her choice.

According to a 2004 report in the Irish Examiner, the Kill Bill star intentionally wanted to make the roundups for the worst-dressed celebrity because she didn't want to look like anyone else.

"Everyone looked the same," she told the paper. "Everyone had it down to such a perfect tee in their spaghetti-strapped, sequined or chiffon body-hugging," which she reportedly found boring.

Former sportsman Dennis Rodman also turned heads at the 1997 Oscars wearing an electric blue tux and a cherry red waistcoat, which he paired with a massive top hat and matching blue eyeshadow that gave off a fantastical Willie Wonka-esque appearance.

In a GQ roundup of "The Oscars: The Worst-Dressed Men of All-Time," the authors wrote: "We don't know why Rodman was at the Oscars in '97, but even for him, this was overdoing it."