Jenna Ortega and her stylist Enrique Melendez have spent the last year going all-in on Ortega’s brand of gothic glam. Inspired first by her leading role in Netflix’s Wednesday, Ortega has delighted in dark, sexy style codes: a reptilian skin-like Ashi Studio gown, pirate cosplay in Vivienne Westwood, a shredded, ripped-up GapStudio jersey dress that’d make any mid aughts emo princess swoon, a ruffled suit that reflected Stefano Gallici’s avant grade gothic vision at Ann Demulemeester. From mall goth boots on an Australian beach to mussed-up, don’t-mess-with-me makeup and backcombed hair, Jenna Ortega has stayed committed.
Last night, at InStyle’s Imagemaker Awards, Ortega opted for something a little different. Don’t get me wrong, with those bleached eyebrows, it’s still very much giving ethereal creature of the night, but this veered more romantic. More Du Maurier than Poe. Ortega wore a sheer lilac gown from Amiri’s spring 2026 collection, which features delicate, leaf-like beading, a see-through bodice, and thigh-high slit. She paired it with a fluffy oxblood coat, platform sandals in metallic silver, and a mirrored silver, boxy clutch bag. Melendez posed with Ortega on the red carpet in a similarly toned red suit.
For glam, makeup artist Mélanie Inglessis and hairstylist Cesar Deleon Ramirez also kept in the rhythm of Ortega’s darkly femme image, but ever so slightly lightened things up. Inglessis leaned into Ortega’s bleached brows with lilac-accented eyes and a berry Dior lipstick, while Ramirez kept her cherry cola hair glossy and smooth, blown out and styled down to below her shoulders.
It’s a look that leans more on the romantic, feminine, and softer side of Jenna Ortega’s style spectrum. Still, form-fitting and sheer gowns—like what we just saw in a cherry red format at Sarah Burton’s spring 2026 Givenchy show, her bejewelled Death Becomes Her-esque gown, a Grace Ling breastplate—are of course still very much her vibe. Lilac and purple, too, are on her color wheel, having previously worn a purple Versace short suit set on the Wednesday press circuit.
Whether she’s suited up or going sheer, picking a color or going classic goth, you can trust Jenna Ortega and Melendez have got it.
