All the Looks From the 2026 Billboard Women in Music Red Carpet
From Laufey to Tate McRae, Keke Palmer, and Tyla
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
The 2026 Billboard Women in Music Awards red carpet delivered exactly what we've come to expect from a night celebrating female artists at the top of their game: clothes that announced something. Not in a try-hard way, but in that deliberate, strategic manner of women who understand that what you wear is part of your currency.
Teyana Taylor leaned into architectural drama in Ashi Studio, while Tate McRae kept things sharp in Elie Saab paired with Stuart Weitzman—the kind of precision dressing that reads as confidence. Keke Palmer opted for Monse's clean lines, and Tyla made a case for Javier Collazo's more experimental sensibility. There's a through-line here: none of these women were playing it safe, but none were playing dress-up either. The distinction matters.
When Designers Matter
Some choices felt especially pointed. Zara Larsson's decision to wear vintage Versace spoke to a particular kind of glamour—the kind that doesn't need to prove itself in real-time. Rei Ami in Iris Van Herpen brought that same conceptual rigor, choosing a designer known for pushing construction into almost sculptural territory. Lainey Wilson's combination of Saiid Kobeisy, Anabela Chan, and Le Vian jewelry suggested someone thinking carefully about how each piece communicated, rather than stacking logos.
What struck throughout, according to Harper's Bazaar, was the consistency of taste across very different aesthetics. Whether you're talking about Kali Uchis or Brandi Carlile, Mariah the Scientist in LaQuan Smith or Bebe Rexha, the through-line wasn't a unified trend but a shared understanding that the red carpet is still a place where clothing choices mean something—where a designer, a silhouette, a color, the decision to go vintage or avant-garde, all register as deliberate statements rather than accidents.
The night proved what we already knew: that women in music dress for themselves first and the camera second, and that distinction makes all the difference.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
