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Sleekness, Skin, and Comfort Amidst the Pomp: 5 Stars Embrace the New Formalwear

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THE SHOT-CALLER
Teyana Taylor, who stars with Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and a host of others in Paul Thomas Anderson’s blazing new action film, One Battle After Another, wears a Givenchy by Sarah Burton dress in duchesse silk satin (givenchy.com), Roger Vivier heels (rogervivier.com), and Swarovski earrings (swarovski.com). Fashion Editor: Law Roach.Photographed by Dan Jackson, Vogue, September 2025.
What does dressing for evening look like now? Here, a group of topflight actors raise a curtain on the new formalwear.
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PUMP UP THE VOLUME
Teyana Taylor wears a Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello crinoline dress; ysl.com. Audemars Piguet watch; audemarspiguet.com.


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PINK MATTER
Samara Weaving, fearless lead of the Hulu thriller Eenie Meanie, out this month, and next spring’s highly anticipated Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, with Kathryn Newton and Sarah Michelle Gellar, is all aglow in a densely embellished Fendi dress (fendi.com) and Bvlgari High Jewelry earrings bristling with pear-cut pink tourmalines, buff top amethysts, and diamonds (bulgari.com for inquiries).


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FRINGE BENEFITS
New York native Ilfenesh Hadera joins fellow hometown heroes Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, and A$AP Rocky in Lee’s rollicking crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest, which premiered at Cannes before opening in theaters this month. She complements a deeply dazzling Gucci dress (gucci.com) with a Cartier High Jewelry necklace of white gold, rubellites, onyx, and diamonds (select Cartier boutiques).


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HOLDING PATTERN
Sunita Mani, who appears alongside Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ncuti Gatwa, Andy Samberg, and Kate McKinnon in this summer’s smashing black comedy The Roses, takes a rather more romantic turn in a Giorgio Armani dress (select Giorgio Armani boutiques) and white gold Van Cleef Arpels earrings with sapphires and diamonds (vancleefarpels.com).


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BOTH SIDES NOW
Starring with the likes of Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee, and Gillian Anderson in Tron: Ares, out this October—and soon to reprise her role as Dr. Sami Zahir in season two of The Agency on Paramount+—Jodie Turner-Smith has as full a slate as ever. She cuts a layered (and utterly lovely) figure in a cashmere sweater and column skirt from Brandon Maxwell (brandonmaxwellonline.com) with a showstopping Cartier High Jewelry necklace (select Cartier boutiques).


In this story: hair, Sondrea “Dre” Demry-Sanders; makeup, Susie Sobol; tailor, Tae Yoshida at Carol Ai Studio Tailors; manicurist, Megumi Yamamoto. Produced by PRODn. Set Design: Montana Pugh.