OSCAR WAS NO FASHION PLATE.In 1935, Claudette Colbert picked up her statuette in a simple traveling suit. Why not? She was on her way to catch a train. But what a difference the decades make. Last year, Halle Berry grabbed her award with a $3 million ring on her hand. When the red carpet rolls out March 23 for the event's 75th anniversary, it will kick off what has become the most expensive, most fabulous and most watched fashion show on the planet. "This is glamor," the designer Halston once said. " I came with a dream of what the Academy Awards were like, and I’m going home with a full stomach." Turn the page and enjoy the banquet.

What do Givenchy, Versace, Armani, Audrey, Jodie and Halle have in common? Every one of them is a name synonymous with hemlines...and Hollywood.

  Famed for its focus on fashion among the famous,PEOPLE is proud to present Oscar Style: 15 Years of Glamor,Glitter and Glory, an affectionate and all-encompassing look into Academy Award aesthetics with more than 330 dazzling photos.

  Beginning with the first Awards do in ]929, we concen-trate on the looks-and the lives and even the loves (Bradwith Juliette, Gwyn and Jen!)-of Awards attendees over theyears, in fabulous four-alarm full-color.Among the dozens of celebrities of style you will find here:

  Elizabeth Taylor, outfitted through the decades in every-thing from wedding-cake white to canary-bird yellow to fire-engine red (and hubbies number two through five).

  Jennifer Lopez, who has put more sizzle into an already-hotred carpet with breathtaking Badgley Mischka gowns andsee-through Chanels.

  Cher, whose famous-and often outrageous-frocksspan the ratings from a candy-stripe gown (G) to a showgirl showstopper (X).

  And no PEOPLE fashion book would be complete withoutthe Best & Worst Dressed. Oscar Style does the tradition upin buttons and bows. Find out who made the red carpet ringand who got zinged.

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

AMERICAN BEAUTY

MEN IN BLACK

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

GUYS AND DOLLS

OSCAR"S ALL-TIME BEST & WORST DRESSED

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT