Should she have worn a dress?

I agree that a dress code does not have the same force as 'rules'

And actually, yes, it is the norm for the recipients in the support categories to follow the dress code.

I can't believe quite how rude so many of the audience were, not clapping, arms folded, disapproving expressions etc. Mad Max had great costumes (fabulous looking film generally, which deserved its wins) and she was honoured for that. Aren't creative types supposed to be interesting looking?

I see last time Jenny Bevan won an Oscar she wore a tuxedo, so I assume she's never really been a dress wearer (and most of the dresses worn at the Oscars are quite ridiculously OTT with a really unhealthy obsession with the women's appearance, virtually no comments on what the men wear of course).

Did she look a little scruffy, well sure, but it's a technical award for a behind the scenes person who presumably was being awarded their award for their skills, which have nothing to do with the way they look. She is great at making other people look fabulous though!

She was there for her talent, not as a clothes horse. In the absence of rules to the contrary, she should wear whatever she likes.

Haven't. Seen mad. Max. But assume. The skull on the back was a nod to it.

All the actresses get to borrow their dresses, I imagine. The support team players don't.

And finally, that is obviously her style, given the bafta comments as well.

I think she looked underdressed for a formal occasion. I did wonder if she'd come in a mad max inspired outfit, but no, she decided that this was dressed up for her and thus enough. A strange mistake to make for someone who dresses others for every occasion/role and does it so well (hence the two Oscars she's won).
When she was striding down the aisle, smiling and looking back at her mad Max colleagues who were all clapping like mad, it looked to me as if the people she passed weren't clapping because they didn't realise she was the winner: more a random person coming in to pass a message or something, and thus they only started clapping when she mounted the stage.

No need to wear a dress, but something more formal would have been more appropriate.

She needn't wear a dress, but it's a black tie occasion and she was not following the dress code.

After all, the men are all in black tie, or extremely high end other suits.

Nearly every other woman was in long. Those who aren't are in shorter-length very glam, or equally glam trouser with tux type outfits.

ithink the reporter was wrong to issue an instruction to her. But I think she make a poor choice when going for such a stand out outfit.

Watching the clip of her walking to accept the award is awful. Hardly anyone is clapping. So disrespectful.

I think she wore what she wanted and she didn't want to wear a posh frock or even 'make an effort' - though, I think, the scarf was probably her making the effort. She has said she wouldn't look good in a posh frock, so good on her for being confident to wear what she likes.

I think she should wear what she wants. Which she obviously did. Good on her.

No she didn't "need" to wear a dress just because she's a woman attending the Oscars....
But in my opinion, she needed to wear something a lot smarter and suited to the occasion that a fake leather jacket, a scarf and plain old black trousers That's something I would wear to go out shopping or something, not to the academy awards and I'm not one for posh frocks either!

To be honest, I think good on the Oscars for presumably not having the awful dress code nonsense that Cannes did.

I don't think she should wear a dress, I know it's black tie, but she was one of the people being honoured, she was nominated, and she won - I don't think that you can dictate to that kind of guest what they should be wearing (and I certainly don't think you should dictate the bifurcation of her lower region garments)