Teyana Taylor’s awards-season ascent has been marked by intention, confidence, and a growing sense of fashion authority. But in Paris today, during the opening moments of couture week, she stepped fully into something else entirely: modern royalty.
Arriving at the Schiaparelli spring 2026 couture show, the One Battle After Another star wore a pearl-and-diamond tiara paired with a dramatic collier necklace, jewels that felt less like accessories and more like historical artifacts. Designed by Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry, the pieces were near-recreations of 19th-century jewels once owned by Princess Eugénie and crafted by Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier. The originals, immortalized in a Franz Xaver Winterhalter portrait, were infamously stolen during the Louvre Heist—an episode that has long haunted the archives of French decorative art.
Roseberry’s fascination with the lost jewels is deeply personal. “It was right after the jewels had been stolen from the Louvre,” he told Vanity Fair ahead of the show. “I was like, wouldn’t it be nice to reimagine the Louvre jewels that were stolen?” His interpretation pushes the tiara into sculptural territory, making it more dimensional, more theatrical, and distinctly Schiaparelli, less replica, more resurrection.
Taylor wore the jewels with a deliberate sense of drama. Beneath the historical grandeur sat a sheer lace dress, styled with a sharp black top coat and towering heels—a contrast that grounded the regality in modern sensuality. It was a reminder of Taylor’s fashion instinct: she understands that power lies in tension, not excess.
Her appearance comes at a pivotal moment. With awards season in full swing and Taylor widely regarded as a frontrunner for her first Academy Award, this Paris outing feels less like a detour and more like a statement. She is not merely attending fashion week, she is positioning herself within couture’s highest register.
If Schiaparelli couture does indeed make its way onto the Oscars red carpet later this year, today’s look will read as a preview. A coronation before the crown is officially placed.
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