Australian actor Margot Robbie has disastrous dress malfunction at Oscars

MARGOT Robbie might have looked glamorous on the Oscars red carpet, but she was forced to do some DIY sewing with her dress.

MARGOT Robbie might have looked a vision of glamour on the red carpet, but the Aussie actor was forced to do some DIY sewing after a disaster with her dress.

The Oscar nominee, who missed out on the gong for Best Actress to Frances McDormand, donned a stunning Chanel Haute Couture white gown with off-the-shoulder beaded straps.

And while all went well on the red carpet, once Robbie got inside the venue disaster struck as the 27-year-old was spotted desperately seeking a sewing kit after the straps of her dress snapped off.

A nearby assistant managed to deliver the goods, with Robbie seen sewing up the dress herself.

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Margot Robbie, left, reacts as Allison Janney wins the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for I, Tonya at the Oscars. Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

She reportedly told US magazine People: “Oh, ain’t got time for that,” after fixing her wardrobe malfunction.

And she wasn’t the only A-lister to have troubles.

Fellow nominee Sally Hawkins revealed her own dress dramas to Robbie after seeing her sewing up her straps, admitting: “I’m losing shells” as she pointed to the sequins on her gown.

Robbie on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony. Picture: AFP/Robyn Beck

All smiles, before the dress malfunction! Picture: AFP/Valerie Macon

Robbie, who hails from the Gold Coast in Queensland, received her first Oscar nod at the 90th Academy Awards this year for her portrayal of disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the movie I, Tonya.

She may have missed out on the top prize, but Robbie has had a stellar awards season, picking up Best Actress for the role at the Critics Choice Awards as well as the AACTAs.

2018 ACADEMY AWARDS — FULL LIST OF WINNERS

BEST PICTURE

Call Me by Your Name

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Get Out

Lady Bird

Phantom Thread

The Post

The Shape of Water (WINNER)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Guillermo del Toro made sure his movie actually won Best Picture by checking the envelope. Picture: Getty Images

ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE

Timothee Chalamet — Call Me by Your Name

Daniel Day-Lewis — Phantom Thread

Daniel Kaluuya — Get Out

Gary Oldman — Darkest Hour(WINNER): In a heartfelt speech, Gary Oldman gave his “deepest thanks to the Academy ... for this glorious prize. I owe this and so much more to so many. I’ve lived in America for the longest time and I am deeply grateful to her for the loves and the friendships I have made and the many wonderful gifts it has given me — my home, my livelihood, my family and now an Oscar.” He closed with shout-outs to Sir Winston Chruchill for being “marvellous company” and his mother, “who is older than the Oscar — she’s 99 years young next birthday and she’s watching the ceremony from the comfort of her sofa.” He told his mum: “Thank you for your love and support — put the kettle on, I’m bringing Oscar home.”

Denzel Washington — Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Gary Oldman. Picture: Getty Images

Stars uncut: Best moments on the 2018 Oscars red carpet

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ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE

Margot Robbie — I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan — Lady Bird

Meryl Streep — The Post

Sally Hawkins — The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (WINNER):

After offering thanks on Sunday night, McDormand turned serious and said, “Now I want to get some perspective.” She asked all the other female nominees in every category to stand up in the audience.

“Meryl, if you do it, everyone else will,” she said to best-actress nominee Meryl Streep, who sat in the front row of the Dolby Theatre. “Look around everybody, because we all have stories to tell and projects that need to be financed,” McDormand said, urging the decision-makers not to talk about proposals at the post-show parties but to meet in the office.

Frances McDormand. Picture: AP

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Willem Dafoe — The Florida Project

Woody Harrelson — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Richard Jenkins — The Shape of Water

Christopher Plummer — All the Money in the World

Sam Rockwell — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (WINNER): Rockwell gave his co-star and fellow nominee Woody Harrelson a hug en route to the stage.

“I’d like to thank the academy — never thought I’d say those words,” he said upon accepting the award. The actor thanked his parents because “mum and dad’s love of movies became my love of movies”. He continued: “Thank you to the formidable Frances McDormand, the fantastic Woody Harrelson — you guys are my heroes. My Beloved Leslie Bibb, you light my fire baby, I love you.” Then the actor thanked “everybody who ever looked at a billboard” and dedicated his win “to my old buddy Phil Hoffman” — the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Best Supporting Actor winner Sam Rockwell. Picture: Getty Images

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mary J. Blige — Mudbound

Allison Janney — I, Tonya (WINNER): Margot Robbie was overjoyed at her I, Tonya co-star Allison Janney’s Best Supporting Actress win. “I did it all by myself …” Janney began, taking a long pause. Then she added, “Nothing further from the truth”. Janney, who has won pretty much every Supporting Actress gong going this season, thanked “the magnificent Margot Robbie, the fantastic Craig Gillespie (the film’s Australian director and “a bird that elevated my performance”).

Lesley Manville — Phantom Thread

Laurie Metcalf — Lady Bird

Octavia Spencer — The Shape of Water

Allison Janney. Picture: AP

Margot Robbie, left, congratulates Allison Janney. Picture: AP

DIRECTING

Christopher Nolan — Dunkirk

Jordan Peele — Get Out

Greta Gerwig — Lady Bird

Paul Thomas Anderson — Paul Thomas Anderson

Guillermo del Toro — The Shape of Water (WINNER): Greta Gerwig, only the fifth female ever nominated for Director, was first to her feet when Guillermo del Toro was announced as the winner. The garrulous Mexican pointed out that he too is an immigrant — “like many of you”. “The greatest thing our art does and our industry does is erase the line in the sand,” he said. He thanked Fox Searchlight for thinking his “mad pitch” was a sure bet, then wrapped by saying: “Like Jimmy Cagney said once: ‘My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my brothers and sisters thank you, and I thank you very much’.”

Guillermo del Toro. Picture: Getty Images

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Boss Baby — Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito

The Breadwinner — Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo

Coco — Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson (WINNERS): The last time a Pixar, Disney-Pixar or Disney production didn’t win the Animated Feature Film Oscar was in 2011, when Gore Verbinski’s Rango took the top prize. Producer Darla Anderson said, “Coco is proof that art can change and connect the world”. Director Lee Unkrich added: “With Coco we tried to take a step forward towards a world where all children can grow up seeing characters in movies that talk and live and look like they do ... Representation matters.”

Ferdinand — Carlos Saldanha

Loving Vincent — Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson. Picture: Getty Images

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Call Me by Your Name — James Ivory (WINNER): James Ivory, the 89-year-old nominated for writing the Call Me By Your Name script, turned up to today’s awards with the film’s star, Timothee Chalamet, emblazoned on his dress shirt.

The Disaster Artist — Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Logan — Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green

Molly’s Game — Aaron Sorkin

Mudbound — Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

James Ivory accepts the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name from Chadwick Boseman and Margot Robbie. Picture: Getty Images

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

The Big Sick — Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani

Get Out — Jordan Peele (WINNER): Nicole Kidman presented the Original Screenplay gong to a very popular winner: Jordan Peele. As the crowd applauded loudly, Peele said: “This means so much to me. I stopped writing this movie about 20 times because I thought it was impossible, I thought it would never work, I thought no one would let me make this movie.” The writer and director thanked those who “raised my voice” and let him make the movie, while one of his stars, Allison Williams, looked closed to tears in the audience. Peele made sure to thank his mum — “who taught me to love, even in the face of hate” — and Get Out’s dedicated audience for buying tickets and telling their friends to buy tickets.

Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig

The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Martin McDonagh

Writer/director Jordan Peele. Picture: Getty Images

Nicole Kidman. Picture: Getty Images

Inside the star-studded 2018 Oscars ceremony

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blade Runner 2049 — Roger Deakins (WINNER): Blade Runner 2049 cinematographer Roger Deakins has been nominated a whopping 14 times in the past 20-odd years, but this is remarkably the Brit’s first Oscar win. “I really love this job, I’ve been doing it for a long time — as you can see. Some of my crew on Blade Runner I’ve been working with for over 30 years — and others I met for the first time on set in Budapest. This is for all of them.”

Darkest Hour — Bruno Delbonnel

Dunkirk — Hoyte van Hoytema

Mudbound — Rachel Morrison

The Shape of Water — Dan Laustsen

Sandra Bullock presented cinematographer Roger A. Deakins with his Oscar. Picture: Getty Images

2018 Oscars red carpet

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DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail — Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman

Faces Places — JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda

Icarus — Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan (WINNER): Netflix is becoming the outlet for documentaries. The streaming service is nominated for 8 Oscars overall this year, including two feature docos and one short.

Last Men in Aleppo — Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen

Strong Island — Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

Producer David Fialkow, director Dan Cogan, producer James R. Swartz, and director Bryan Fogel accept Best Documentary Feature for Icarus. Picture: Getty Images

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Dear Basketball — Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant (WINNERS): Dear Basketball was based on a letter Kobe Bryant wrote when he announced his retirement. “As basketball players we’re supposed to shut up and dribble,” the superstar said, accepting the award. “But I’m glad we got to do a little more than that.”

Garden Party — Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon

Lou — Dave Mullins, Dana Murray

Negative Space — Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

Revolting Rhymes — Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Kobe Bryant and Glen Keane accept Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball. Picture: Getty Images

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

DeKalb Elementary — Reed Van Dyk

The Eleven O’Clock — Derin Seale, Josh Lawson

My Nephew Emmett — Kevin Wilson, Jr.

The Silent Child — Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton (WINNER): Australian nominees Derin Seale and Josh Lawson lost out to the British filmmakers behind The Silent Child. “Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face barriers — including access to education” said Rachel Shenton, thanking the Academy for putting the film in front of a mainstream audience. Chris Overton thanked their parents for “baking and selling cupcakes” to fund the film.

Watu Wote/All of Us — Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Filmmakers Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, winners of the Live Action Short Film award. Picture: Getty

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Fantastic Woman — Chile: Chile wins its first Oscar for A Fantastic Woman, which is now showing in select Aussie cinemas. Director Sebastián Lelio thanked the film’s star and its inspiration, Daniela Vega. Fantastic Woman is a “transgender drama”.

The Insult — Lebanon

Loveless — Russia

On Body and Soul — Hungary

The Square — Sweden

Director Sebastian Lelio (at microphone) accepts Best Foreign Language Film for A Fantastic Woman. Picture: Getty Images

FILM EDITING

Baby Driver — Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss

Dunkirk — Lee Smith (WINNER): Sydneysider Smith has edited every Christopher Nolan film since Batman Begins. He has also worked regularly with Australian directors Peter Weir (The Truman Show and Master and Commander) and Gregor Jordan (Two Hands).

I, Tonya — Tatiana S. Riegel

The Shape of Water — Sidney Wolinsky

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Jon Gregory

Editor Lee Smith, winner of the Best Film Editing award for 'Dunkirk,' poses in the press room during the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Picture: Getty

SOUND EDITING

Baby Driver — Julian Slater

Blade Runner 2049 — Mark Mangini, Theo Green

Dunkirk — Alex Gibson, Richard King (WINNERS): Dunkirk’s first win of the night goes to sound editors Alex Gibson and Richard King. Christopher Nolan’s war epic is likely to dominate the technical categories. Surprisingly, Nolan’s Director nomination tonight is his first ever in that category.

The Shape of Water — Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira

Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Sound designer Richard King, right, accepts Best Sound Editing for Dunkirk from actor Ansel Elgort. Picture: Getty Images

SOUND MIXING

Baby Driver — Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin

Blade Runner 2049 — Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill

Dunkirk — Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo (WINNERS): Dunkirk’s Sound Mixing winners have all received multiple nominations over their careers. Gregg Landaker thanked Chris Nolan for pushing them to “make a difference”.

The Shape of Water — Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Sound mixers Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten accept Best Sound Mixing for Dunkirk. Picture: Getty Images

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Beauty and the Beast — Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer

Blade Runner 2049 — Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola

Darkest Hour — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Dunkirk — Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

The Shape of Water — Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau (WINNERS): Austerberry has said director Guillermo del Toro made his team go through 3500 pain colour samples on day one.

Production designers Jeff Melvin, Paul Denham Austerberry and Shane Vieau. Picture: Getty Images

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Dunkirk — Hans Zimmer

Phantom Thread — Jonny Greenwood

The Shape of Water — Alexandre Desplat (WINNER): French composer Alexandre Desplat has received nine Oscar nominations in the last decade — this is his second win after The Grand Budapest Hotel. He thanked The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro for “capturing the melancholy of love.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi — John Williams

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Carter Burwell

Alexandre Desplat. Picture: AP

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

Mighty River from Mudbound — Mary J. Blige

Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name — Sufjan Stevens

Remember Me from Coco — Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez (WINNER): Frozen — and now Coco — songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez beat out crowd favourite This is Me, as performed during the show by part-Maori The Greatest Showman star Keala Settle. Anderson-Lopez teared up thanking the couple’s children.

Stand Up For Something from Marshall — Diane Warren, Common

This is Me from The Greatest Showman — Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, left, and Robert Lopez. Picture: AP

MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING

Darkest Hour — Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick (WINNER): Kazuhiro Tsuji had retired until director Joe Wright and Oldman coaxed him back for one last job — now it’s won him an Oscar. Darkest Hour star Gary Oldman described his daily make-up procedure on Darkest Hour to News Corp Australia: “My pick up would be 1.45am. Get to the set, then first thing they would do, they would shave my head, cover my neck in glue, then start the make-up.”

Victoria & Abdul — Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

Wonder — Arjen Tuiten

Makeup artists Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji and David Malinowski accept Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Darkest Hour. Picture: Getty Images

COSTUME DESIGN

Beauty and the Beast — Jacqueline Durran

Darkest Hour — Jacqueline Durran

Phantom Thread — Mark Bridges (WINNER): And of course Mark Bridges wins his second Oscar for Costume Design for Phantom Thread — a film about a fashion designer.

The Shape of Water — Luis Sequeira

Victoria & Abdul — Consolata Boyle

Mark Bridges accepts the award for best costume design for Phantom Thread. Picture: AP

VISUAL EFFECTS

Blade Runner 2049 — John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer (WINNERS): Blade Runner’s VFX team beat out the work of New Zealand studio Weta on War For the Planet of the Apes to win the Visual Effects Oscar.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick

Kong: Skull Island — Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus

Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan

War For the Planet of the Apes — Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

Visual effects artists Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson accept Best Visual Effects for Blade Runner 2049. Picture: Getty Images

Originally published as Australian actor Margot Robbie has disastrous dress malfunction at Oscars