Teyana Taylor's Sheer Zuhair Murad Stuns at 2026 VMAs

Teyana Taylor arrived at the 2026 VMAs in a sheer, feather-trimmed Zuhair Murad couture gown with space buns, drawing raves from style editors.

Teyana Taylor walked the red carpet at the 2026 MTV VMAs in a transparent black coat-gown by Zuhair Murad, featuring a dramatic plunging neckline and feather trim at the collar, cuffs, and hem, from the designer's fall 2026 couture collection. Yahoo reports she is widely expected to land on best-dressed lists for the night.

AOL describes the ensemble as a plunging beaded lace dress festooned with feathers, reminiscent of a vintage robe, calling it an outfit ready to top every best-dressed list. Allure characterizes the hair as dual-texture space buns—partially braided, partially brushed out—swept up in a look it calls rave-meets-goth, paired with smoky eyes. Harper's Bazaar calls the braided space buns a Y2K twist that suits her playful red-carpet look, noting her contoured lip matched the feather boa and beaded gown.

Harper's Bazaar's beauty editors selected Teyana's look among the night's best, praising the subtly smoky eye and contoured lip as the perfect match for her outfit. Allure zoomed in on the part placement and smoky eyes across the carpet, including Taylor's look in its best-beauty roundup. Yahoo notes her dark eye makeup matched the outfit, with photos by Monica Schipper and John Shearer for Getty Images documenting the arrival.

Taylor is nominated at the 2026 VMAs in the Best Collaboration category for "Hard Part," her single featuring Lucky Daye from her 2025 album Escape Room, and she is also presenting, according to AOL. She told ELLE that she recorded the album on her terms, calling it the most vulnerable work she has ever done, and said the creative break shaped who she is as an artist. Yahoo reports her category also includes Clipse, Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter, and Shakira and Burna Boy.

According to AOL, the appearance comes just days after Taylor was announced as the star of Calvin Klein's new fall underwear campaign, giving her a platform to talk about her love of fashion. She told ELLE she is "a big theme girl" who dresses the way she feels, and that even a favorite jacket or sweatsuit can become a uniform she repeats. In a moment where outlets say rock-star glam and darker hair dominated the carpet, her sheer couture risk stood out.

Allure suggests beauty watchers should expect fallout trends, noting that auburn highlights, cherry cola-red hair, and bleached brows seen on the carpet—on stars like Ciara Miller, Raye, and Chlöe Bailey—are likely to drive salon requests this fall. Whether her Y2K space buns spark a copycat wave is the question editors are now watching.