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Oscars 2026 GLAMBOT: Teyana Taylor
Not everyone was hair for Teyana Taylor's latest look.
The One Battle After Another star sparked quite the online reaction with her avant-garde gown at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music event on April 29.
Designer by Ashi Studio, the cream-colored number featured strands of brunette hair embroidered into designs on a sculptural corset, along with a lengthy long brown braid that helped cinch the bodice closed. . She paired the top with an asymmetrical tulle skirt fringed to look like it had been singed by fire.
Teyana completed ensemble with satin, lace-up booties with their own corset-like boning by Christian Louboutin.
Needless to say, the internet was divided.
"It feels grotesque and full of disorganized ideas," one Instagram user wrote, while another commented, "I say this is her first miss!"
However, a third fan argued, "This outfit and glam are a dramatic statement and it is exquisite."
But Teyana has always been a fan of fashion pieces with unique details. Take the Chanel dress she wore to the 2026 Oscars, which has the names of her and ex Iman Shumpert's daughters Iman “Junie” Shumpert, 10, and Rue Rose Shumpert, 5, subtly stitched onto the sheer fabric.
And for Teyana, who ultimately lost the award for Best Supporting Actress to Weapons' Amy Madigan, there are no frontrunners for favorite outfit from her fashionable awards season run.
"There have been so many special ones," she told W Magazine earlier this year. "Each look has its own moment, and it’s all about how I’m feeling that day and what story I want to tell."
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The 35-year-old continued, "This season has really been about having fun and expressing different sides of myself."
In fact, she described her red carpet prep as "organized chaos."
"It takes a village, but my village is like my family, and there’s so much love in the room," she added. "My kids are usually there running around. It might look crazy from the outside, but the energy is right, and that’s what really gets me ready."
For more of Teyana's most daring looks, read on.
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Dare to Bare
It was no bra, no problem for Teyana Taylor as the Paris premiere of All's Fair in October 2025. In fact, she wasn't afraid to show some skin in her plunging gold Schiaparelli halter gown.
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Patterned Out
The actress stuck to one print in this Helen Anthony three-piece number at the New York premiere of One Battle After Another in September 2025.
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Feeling Dandy
For the 2025 Met Gala, which was themed "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" with a "Tailored for You" dress code, Teyana wore a three-piece, pinstripe suit by Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter.
She accessorized with a red cape bearing the words "Harlem rose"—a nod to her 2018 song "Rose in Harlem"—stitched on the train, as well as matching leather gloves, a feathery fedora and a cane.
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Red Hot
The "Google Me" singer left little to the imagination in a scarlet, see-through dress by LaQuan Smith at Vanity Fair's 2025 Oscars after-party.
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Miss Metallic
Teyana turned heads in this Prabal Gurung number at the 2021 Met Gala, which was themed "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion."
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A Hairy Situation
She was the mane event at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music celebration, rocking an Ashi Studio number featuring strands of brunette hair embroidered into designs on a sculptural corset.
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Bringing the Drama
For the Los Angeles premiere of All's Fair in October 2025, the star of the Ryan Murphy legal series wore a structured strapless dress from Cong Tri featuring a dramatic hooded cape.
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Vinyl Vixen
Teyana looked slick while wearing this Christopher John Rogers gown at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards. She paired the look with silver jewlery, including an eye-catching headpiece that spanned across her face and the bridge of her nose.
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Coming 2 Met Gala
The Coming 2 America actress blew fans away in this blue Iris Van Herpen gown at the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion"-themed Met Gala in 2022.
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Sheer Genius
Teyana let her accessories—including a metal, bra-like chestplate—shine through her sheer blouse at Vanity Fair's 2023 Oscars after-party.
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Lady Gray
Appropriately for One Battle After Another's London premiere in September 2025, Teyana donned an oversized gray coat with a matching maxi skirt and headpiece by Oude Waag.
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On the Hook
Teyana was feeling the fishnet look when she wore this revealing number to a Maxim Hot 100 party in 2021.
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See You Later, Alligator
Fans were wild for this crocodile-embossed look by Tamara Ralph that Teyana wore to the London premiere of All's Fair in October 2025.
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Sky High
Teyana towered over onlookers at One Battle After Another's Los Angeles premiere in September 2025, rocking Marc Jacobs boots that featured a 3-inch platform. She paired the shoes with an olive-toned dress by the designer.
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Cut It Out
The "Gonna Love Me" singer played peek-a-boo in this cutout dress by LaQuan Smith at the 2024 CFDA Fashion Awards.
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Blonde Moment
Teyana went blonde as a nod to her dress' label The Blonds at the 2024 Met Gala, which celebrated the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibit with a dress code of "The Garden of Time."
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Boudoir Babe
The One Battle After Another star wore this stunning Nicholas Oakwell Couture gown at the Critics Choice Association's 2025 celebration of Black cinema and television event.
The intricate dress—which featured a strapless corset and a long, black shawl draped from one shoulder—was inspired by the dressing room.
“The idea of this dress is very much that she’s in the bedroom putting her corset on,” the designer explained on Instagram. "The door goes and she just grabs this Spanish embroidered scarf and wraps it around herself to go and answer the door. So it’s that sort of story that, ‘I’m half dressed, half not dressed.’”
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