Emily Blunt, 41, proved once again why she’s not just a force to be reckoned with on the screen but also a beloved figure for her humor and grace off-screen.

The actress stepped onto the 2024 Oscars red carpet in a beaded, champagne-colored gown from Schiaparelli’s spring 2024 couture show, complete with what can only be described as “floating straps.”

Internet users were particularly puzzled by the floating straps, which led to mixed reactions online. Some viewers even felt they were “distracted” by the straps.

“Why won’t her straps sit on her shoulders?!” the Internet asked about her dress at the 2024 Oscars

The shoulder gap on Emily Blunt’s gown is enraging me. Where was her stylist? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/e9oWM8C5dP

— Sara Bibel (@deepsoap) March 10, 2024

“Is anyone else as fascinated by Emily Blunt’s dress as I am?” one person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Why won’t her straps sit on her shoulders?!” another comment said, while someone else added, “I’m so distracted by the shoulders on Emily Blunt’s dress.”

Another joked, “Find someone who will respect your personal space the way the straps on Emily Blunt’s dress respects hers.”

Here’s what some others had to say about the floating straps of her dress

The shoulder straps on Emily Blunt’s dress are weirding me out.

— ailsa (@ailsa_xx) March 11, 2024

Emily Blunt’s shoulder strap is an older sibling saying “I’m not touching you”

— DeeReedBrklyn 🥶 (@DeeReedBrklyn) March 11, 2024

Emily Blunt’s shoulder straps have been bothering me all night 😭

— VANESSA🪐 (@vanessacmrtnz) March 11, 2024

Begging Emily Blunt to do something about her shoulder straps

— Ryan Hudson (@ry_hudson) March 11, 2024

Emily Blunt’s shoulder straps not touching her shoulders is annoying me more than it should. #oscars

— Ken (@MartinKSmith) March 11, 2024

I’m sure Emily Blunt’s gown is very important fashion wise, but the shoulder straps make it look like a rollercoaster harness that isn’t going to work very well.

— Jenn Wilson, Tired, Fat Barbie (@THATMOMx4) March 11, 2024

Following the bewildering commentary online about her dress, the Oppenheimer actress was seen in a video having a moment of fun with the floating straps.

Emily’s playful video showcased how fashion, at its heart, is meant to be fun, expressive, and sometimes even outlandish.

While the video didn’t explain how the floating straps worked, it certainly managed to make fans share a few laughs with her.

Emily’s playful video showed how fashion can be fun and expressive

EMILY BLUNT PLAYING WITH HER FLOATING STRAPS 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/GO0oFbPbZB

— best of emily blunt (@badpostblunt) March 12, 2024

Several users commented with the crying-with-laughter emoji.

“This is trippy as hell,” one commented, while another added, “This is so cute.”

“That’s it and that’s all lmao,” another added.

“This is actually funny,” another said.

“Take that, haters,” said one comment.

Emily’s stylist, Jessica Paster, said that the outfit for The Devil Wears Prada actress was only finalized on the morning of the 96th Academy Awards.

“I think when you decide what you want to wear, I think something happens. It depends on your mood,” Jessica told Vanity Fair.

Emily’s stylist, Jessica Paster, defended the dress and said, “Do I care what anybody else has to say? Absolutely not.”

Image credits: Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images

Jessica said she narrowed the outfit options down to three. “One was colorful, one was diaphanous, one was white,” she told the outlet.

She also defended the outfit choice and said Emily has reached a point in her career where it’s absolutely okay for her to have “fun with fashion.”

“Sometimes we don’t play it safe. At this point of years of being with Emily, we can go have fun with fashion,” she added. “Did I know that people were going to talk about the shoulder? Absolutely. Do I care what anybody else has to say? Absolutely not. Me? I think that people that know fashion, like fashion, like things that are interesting, were going to like it and I know the people that like some things that are very classic were not going to like it. At the end of the day, she looked absolutely beautiful. It was such a beautiful dress.”

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