Audrey Hepburn. Marlon Brando. Elizabeth Taylor. Kirk Douglas. Grace Kelly. Bogart and Bacall … you get the picture. And during the Golden Age of Hollywood, when it came to the Academy Awards, LIFE got the picture, too — over …


Audrey Hepburn. Marlon Brando. Elizabeth Taylor. Kirk Douglas. Grace Kelly. Bogart and Bacall … you get the picture. And during the Golden Age of Hollywood, when it came to the Academy Awards, LIFE got the picture, too — over …

At 9, Quvenzhané Wallis is Oscar history’s youngest Best Actress nominee. In honor of the Academy Awards this Sunday, we look back at other young nominees (as well as winners!) and what they wore on their big night

The photograph, which was taken in the Green Room of the White House on Feb. 12, 2013, shows Michelle Obama in a navy and violet dress (no word on the designer yet) and a single strand of pearls

Simone Rocha stands out from the crowd of emerging fashion designers at London Fashion Week, and not just because she is the daughter of decorated British designer John Rocha. Critics and celebrities alike have fallen for the …

As the biannual event comes to a close in England’s capital city, we round up some of the best moments on the stages and behind the scenes

At London Fashion Week, the designer showed a collection inspired by the late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer

In New York City’s Garment Center, fashion manufacturers struggle while American design work is sent overseas. Will a shift in consumer attitudes help “Made in America” become fashionable again?

Nanette Lepore is dedicated to producing the majority of her eponymous fashion label inside New York City’s famed Garment Center. TIME takes a tour behind-the-scenes to see the garment-production process in action

A fashion outsider attends his first runway show

TIME spotlights history’s radiant and romantic ladies in red

Because if there’s one thing our clothes are lacking, it’s definitely pictures of U.S. Presidents all over them.

The designer best known for her wedding gowns showed a fall collection of fur, textured black ensembles and floral patterns in orange, burgundy and gray

Though it was a collection for fall, the smattering of neon green, hot pink and bright cobalt blue reminded us of summer