This Sunday, the 84th annual Academy Awards will honor the talented men and women who have acheived big-screen success in the past year. That's great, but we're primarily concerned with which women will acheive small-dress success on the red carpet. 

Rooney Mara and Michelle Williams may leave with an Oscar for best actress in hand, but will they be best dressed? Will they wow us like many women have over the years, with sweat-inducingly sheer, second-skin dresses, causing our imaginations to run wild? To honor this momentus event, a night crafted for our gawking pleausre, we reminisce on the women who have won us over with their talent—for looking damn good in a dress. Behold: The 100 Sexiest Red Carpet Moments In Oscar History.

Written by Shanté Cosme (@ShanteCosme)

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