WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Teyana Taylor attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
This would look better without the strap, I think, but it's also possible the dress's architecture needs it. The pelvic purse, however, is hilarious. Do you think it works?
Sheryl Lee Ralph, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Sheryl Lee Ralph attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
That bodice is beautiful.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Yes, you cracked the code, she's pregnant. (I tease. I know some people hate this, but honestly I think a lot of the time it's driven by excitement.) I don't love the dress? That sleeve style always feels droopy to me.
Lucy Liu, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Lucy Liu attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
If anyone loses an earring, go to Lucy.
Brandi Carlile (honoree) and Catherine Carlile
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: (L-R) Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile attend the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Brandi looks like every teacher's favorite slightly mischievous scamp at boarding school.
Mariska Hargitay, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Mariska Hargitay attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
I wish MORE of this were silver.
Jordan Chiles in Tony Ward 2024
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Jordan Chiles attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Jordan was honored last year. I want to like this, but it looks like a wound in her side that's starting to ooze.
Nneka Onuorah
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Nneka Onuorah attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
She's a documentarian. I want her to make a movie about how she developed this poncho.
Amy Sherald, honoree
Amy Sherald at the TIME 2026 Women of the Year Gala held at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
Amy painted Michelle Obama's 2018 portrait, and pulled a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian when they basically tried to boot one of her paintings of a transgender woman. It's now at the Baltimore Museum of Art, so go support that fine institution if you're in the area!
Isata Dumbuya, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Isata Dumbuya attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
She's a midwife working in Sierra Leone, and among many other things, secured funds for its first-ever NICU, which opened in February.
Reshma Kewalramani, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Reshma Kewalramani attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
She is a biotech CEO who's doing the work our country doesn't seem to want to fund anymore, including a non-opioid painkiller, and cystic fibrosis drugs that can be dispensed for free through a pilot program.
Safeena Husain, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Safeena Husain attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Her Mumbai-based Educate Girls helps get young Indian girls in small villages back into the classrooms, for which she won Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Reshma Saujani, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Reshma Saujani attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
She founded Girls Who Code, and Moms First, which aims to tackle affordable childcare.
Kecia Steelman, honoree
Kecia Steelman at the TIME 2026 Women of the Year Gala held at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
She runs Ulta Beauty, which has a 91 percent female workforce and which promotes a lot of woman-owned and BIPOC brands
Mahnoor Omer, honoree
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Mahnoor Omer attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Since age 14, she's been trying to teach young girls in Pakistan about menstruation; last year, she took the government to court for its "period tax," a.k.a., how much more expensive they make feminine hygiene products, rendering them unaffordable to many of the people who need them most. (The verdict is pending.)
Camila Alves
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Camila Alves McConaughey attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
I want to redo her entire glam and lop two feet off the skirt.
Queen Latifah
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Queen Latifah attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
This is a funky take on what is essentially a robe.
Liza Koshy in Yara Shoemaker
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Liza Koshy attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
That might look better as the back of the dress.
Ariana Madix
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Ariana Madix attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
I don't know if this is ENTIRELY the place to dress as Sexy Priestess.
Isla Fisher
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Isla Fisher attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
Her jewelry is the real star here.
Bozoma Saint John
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Bozoma Saint John attends the TIME Women of the Year Gala 2026 at The West Hollywood EDITION on March 10, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TIME)
I don't think this quite fits, and her makeup is calibrated to Clown, but her shoes have tiny silver neckties on them and I love that.