2008

She would have been 17 or 18 in this photo. And even then, she knew to accessorize.

2016

This photo was credited to "Prince Williams," but I love the idea that it was actually Prince William on his iPhone. (Actually, I feel like he's totally an Android dude, even if it's just in secret.) This will not be the last sheer outfit you see today, unfortunately.

Teyana Taylor

That's... swimwear with lounge pants, right?

2016

She looks quite cool here. All those belt buckles! Is this a public service? Like, if you need one and you walk by, can you tear one off?

2016

This would've been better if she'd waited for all her scales to come in, but patience is a challenging virtue.

2016

She REALLY liked her outer thighs, huh? I can see why.

2016

I believe that sparkly camera is, in fact, her purse.

2018

I cannot imagine the horrors of trying to don OR remove those pants, but she looks groovy.

2018

Why does her left foot look like it was run over with a steamroller?

2018

She's either a dancer OR she's into Sexy Fishing.

2018

This is hypnotic. It's Dr. Seuss for Michael Kors.

2018

THIS, though. This is perfect and a great harbinger of what would come... eventually.

2018

But first we have to get through this era of Satan's Ugg boots.

2018

This is objectively terrible and I might love it on her.

2019

She looks slick and comfortable. And we KNOW it's true because there's no underwire in sight.

2019

We need to see more creative tailcoats. This is sharp.

2020

That hat looks like one of those helmets they put on babies to de-flatten their skulls. But make it fashion.

2020

Listen, she DOES like to avoid pants. This is the last time we saw her before Covid...

2021

... and this is the first time we saw her AFTER Covid. She lost a lot more than pants during this break.

2021

It's almost like she's making up for lost time.

2021 Met Gala

This was the "America: A Lexicon of Fashion" Met Gala, and I am assuming the dictionary she used was open to the Princess Leia at Jabba's Lair.

I'll just leave this here. She did, after all.

2022

As catsuits go, she pretty much slammed this one.

2022

AND she made headgear look beautiful.

2022

Well THANK GOD she brought that padlock for her knee. The whole outfit would fall apart without it.

2023

All ready to go skiing!

2023

All ready to ski on day two!

2023

This whole outfit would be great wrapping paper.

2023

I DO need to know if it's hard to eat with all those lip rings.

2023

This really feels like an extension of the Leia Metal Bikini brand she tapped into earlier.

2023

All of this on which to feast, and all I can see if the raggedy hem on the coat.

2023

She REALLY loves complex mouth and face appliances.

2023

I mean, did I lie?!? The outfit is fun, though.

2023

She also really does like the high-cut briefs, and letting everyone know it.

2023

This is the most incredible beekeeper's ensemble I have EVER seen.

2023

I need all the logistics on how she gets everything to stick to her face. Also, her ab regimen.

2023

She cannot quit sheers.

Like REALLY REALLY cannot. This was sheer in the back, also, and yes, it IS a thong.

2023

I don't know if this counts as sheer, given that we aren't seeing THROUGH things so much as... seeing things, straight up.

2023

Trash bags are so sturdy these days.

2023

"We have a REALLY long chain for you to wear, and we thought... oh, well, yeah, okay, that's another way to go."

2023

So gorgeous, and so, so obsessed with face gold.

2023

It's a great dress, but she always, always serves major face.

2023

You cannot tell me her pelvic eggs didn't thwap thwap thwap against her legs all night.

2024

This is VERY arresting.

2024

That is a GOOD jacket, and... kind of an unwieldy choker.

2024

The Met Gala is hard to judge, really, in terms of her style, but I do like the workmanship on this.

2024

This feels designer for her. It's perfect for when you want to be warm and it's windy, but also, people need to see your six pack.

2024

It just really looks like fancy nasal cannula, doesn't it?

2024

I laughed out loud that they printed jeans onto a skirt.

2024

If she spun around three times quickly, you'd be hypnotized.

2024

The CONFIDENCE this takes.

2025

Honestly the thing I appreciate the most is the dark red backdrop, because it makes the suit look even better.

2025

She makes beige less boring, that's for sure.

2025

WHAT DID I SAY about the high-cut bodysuits. And the sheers.

2025

That has to be Schiaparelli. Because I thought it was a donut on her chest for a second until I zoomed in and saw lips on one end an an eye on the other.

2025

She looks RICH in this. It's great.

This was the Superfine Met Gala, and the whole outfit is perfect for the theme.

I wish they'd worried less about re-using the Schiaparelli chain and more about shortening her pants.

I did NOT realize I'd picked a photo where her feet are blurry, although at least it's distracting me from what might be an elaborately arranged tarp.

The coat is tremendous; the pants are like snakes chowing down on their prey.

How To Look Sexy When You've Had Your Wisdom Teeth Removed.

She did not need that overcoat.

This looks like her arms were photoshopped out. (They were not.)(OR WERE THEY.)(No.)

This is the photo where I thought she looked like Law Roach Jr., and I stand by that.

I truly would watch this Batgirl.

I'm torn. Are there too many different colors at play here, or is the fact that it's FOUR different colors exactly right and better than if it were just three? You feel me.

"I cannot attend the funeral. I am in seclusion and the Convent of Our Lady of Marital Homicide."

She makes the apocalypse look like it might be sexy fun.

"All's Fair" London - Arrivals

Outstanding drama. I saw it during the day, so maybe it deserves a Daytime Emmy.

She's very versatile, truly, and we're in that stretch where she had bigger projects, likely a bigger styling budget, and took more interesting swings.

THE SIDEWAYS PANTS SKIRT. What an assemblage of words.

That is the most hopeful string I have ever seen in my life.

2025

This is one of three outfits she wore to this year's CFDAs, and I would argue, the best one.

Thom Browne is never NOT Extra, but this one of his less bizarre efforts. The coat is the winner for me.

Um. Wimbledon in Space?

Gorgeous top.

She probably couldn't breathe, but it slaps.

I can't clutch my pearls; she looks too good in it. I trust her use of boob tape.

I WILL give thanks, Teyana. FOR YOU.

I liked this at the time, and I still mostly do, but I actually wish we could shear off a lot of the plain red and let the rest sing without it.

This almost overwhelms her. I don't think we've really ever seen that happen, have we?

DIVINE rebound.

And we end here, with one of her more creatively sexy options. It's odd, it's eye-catching, it's unique, she MIGHT be wearing a glamorous hammock, and it works. I can't wait for Q1 of 2026, because I think she's going to come in hot and stay there.

The Many Sheers and Big Swings of Teyana Taylor

As you may know, we're on a reduced holiday schedule for the next two weeks so that we can charge into awards season with a vengeance. We have a whole slew of fugtrospective slideshows planned on all kinds of rad women -- and one dude, sorry dudes, but also not sorry -- and we hope they'll give you something to ooh and ahh and chat about while we're all drinking hot toddies by the (emotional or actual) fireplace. We begin here: Teyana Taylor has had an interesting life. When she was only 15, she was credited as a choreographer on Beyonce's "Ring The Alarm," which got her a record deal, a spot on My Super Sweet 16, and a gig dancing in one of Jay-Z's videos. Her first single came out in 2008 and was ironically called "Google Me," which is exactly what I have done, so props to her for that. She sang for a while, memorably performed in a 2016 Kanye video that exclusively featured her doing complicated choreo with insane abs, acted in Stomp the Yard 2 and a Honey sequel and the new Coming 2 America, and married and had two kids with NBA player and Dancing With The Stars champ Iman Shumpert. Now she's single and heading into what might be a really stellar acting career. All that and she's only 35. So, it surely seemed inevitable that we'd do a slideshow about Teyana... and here it is. Some is great. Some is not. Let me tell you, she LOVES a catsuit and some sheers, but she also loves a big fashion statement and I think we're going to get more of them in 2026. [Photos: John Ricard, D Dipasupil, Taylor Hill, TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic, Prince Williams, Allen Berezovsky, Rich Fury, John Shearer, Cindy Ord, Dave Benett, Neil Mockford, Karwei Tang/WireImage, Brian Ach, Ethan Miller, Frederick M. Brown, Jamie McCarthy, Jason Mendez, Theo Wargo, Roy Rochlin, Joe Scarnici, Edward Berthelot, Amy Sussman, Kevin Mazur, Frazer Harrison, Mike Coppola, Arturo Holmes, JC Olivera, Rob Kim, Jon Kopaloff, Dimitrios Kambouris, Matt Winkelmeyer, Presley Ann, Rodin Eckenroth, Alberto E. Rodriguez, John Nacion, Neilson Barnard, River Callaway, Gilbert Flores, Kristina Bumphrey, Michael Buckner/Getty Images, Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images, Jacopo Raule, Gotham, James Devaney, Robert Kamau, MEGA, Raymond Hall/GC Images, River Callaway/WWD via Getty Images, XNY/Star Max/GC Images, Jose Perez, DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images, LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images]