Maria Lucia Hohan

With the Oscars imminent, awards season, also known as red carpet season, is coming to an end. And the season has become almost as important to designers as it has to actors. There are of course always the mainstays like Elie Saab, Giambattista Valli, Armani Privé, Marchesa, J. Mendel, Reem Acra, and Oscar de la Renta. In fact, we'd bet money on all of the above being answers to the inevitable "who are you wearing" question this coming Sunday, as they have been since what seems like the beginning of time. But over the past couple of years, there have been some new names in the red carpet conversation. From Erdem to Alexandre Vauthier, click through to learn a little more about the new wave of red carpet designers (so you'll be an expert on all 10 of them before the Oscars)!