The 20 Best- and Worst-Dressed Celebs at the 2026 Golden Globes
Tom + Lorenzo are here to unpack the highs (and lows) of 2026’s red carpet kickoff.
It’s the Golden Globe Awards! They may not have the prestige they once had, but it’s still a night where all of Hollywood comes out in some of their best finery to see where they stand on the awards track ratings. The looks tend to either be glitzy and tacky or subdued, depending on the wearer’s chances. This year, it felt like almost everyone was on their best style behavior. Here are some of our favorite looks of the night, along with the ones that didn’t quite hit the mark.
Tessa Thompson in Balenciaga
An awards season red carpet look doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to be trendy or outrageous. It just needs to deliver high impact and high-level professionalism. You need to reek of A-List and look like a winner. Mission accomplished, we’d say. A stunning color and some sparkle was all the star of Hedda and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama, Motion Picture nominee needed—plus a killer bracelet, of course.
Lisa in Jacquemus
We wanted to like this, because it’s dramatic and she looks pretty in it, but the longer we scrutinized The White Lotus star’s gown, the weirder the details looked to us. Those tassels certainly aren’t needed and the necklace doesn’t coordinate well with the neckline at all. Aside from the dramatic shape, it’s about as basic as a sheer dress can get, which is a disappointment coming from her.
Kate Hudson in Armani Privè
Kate Hudson still likes to tap into her wild child side when she’s on the red carpet, but the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy nominee has been promoting Song Sung Blue in a much savvier sort of classic Hollywood style that suits her perfectly. We like this dress for her, although we don’t think the beading works well with the pewter color and all of that fringe.
Teyana Taylor in Schiaparelli
Because if there’s one thing Teyana Taylor’s gonna do, it’s serve you body in a dress that looks like it requires a warmup routine before putting it on. The One Battle After Another star and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture winner served up hotness on a platter, with a cheeky (literal) butt brooch that seemed designed in confidence that she’d be walking up those steps to receive her award.
Elle Fanning in Gucci
The Sentimental Value star and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture nominee has always operated in two distinct style modes: old school haute couture glam and modern princess. This time, she opted for the latter in a dress that probably looked amazing in person, but you really have to zoom in on it when looking at pictures. The shape and style are fairly basic and unless you’re right up close to it, the color story looks muddy and the texture looks unpleasantly rough. It’s very pretty when you can see the details, but it loses all impact from ten feet away.
Hudson Williams in Giorgio Armani
Those Heated Rivalry boys have been enjoying a rapturous response to their hot (in every sense of the word) series, both from the public and from Hollywood, but we’re worried that they’re getting some dicey style advice. This sort of open-shirt style is kind of a default look for any young male star looking to impress, but it’s a little stale and it rarely looks right with a cummerbund.
Connor Storrie in Saint Laurent
Like his Heated Rivalry co-star, he’s working a look that isn’t awful, but doesn’t really do much for him. It’s generic and the only part that provides any interest is the hair, which makes him look like kid in a Disney Channel series circa 2003.
Amanda Seyfried in Versace
The Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy nominee for The Testament of Ann Lee has been promoting the film in mostly color-free looks that tend to have a modest, low-key style that suits the film. We’re happy to see her get back in touch with her glam side, which has always had an effortless quality to it.
Odessa A’zion in Dolce & Gabbana
The star of Marty Supreme brought a fun, youthful sort of glam to the red carpet with this look. We think we’re more in love with the styling—hair, makeup and jewelry—than we are with the outfit. The feathers and gloves are classic old school Hollywood and we like the idea of pairing them with pants. We just don’t love this pair of pants. The asymmetry is giving us eyelid twitches.
Wunmi Mosaku in Matthew Reisman Collection
The star of Sinners stunned in this simple but dramatic gown that proves the most basic of style adages: A great fit, a color that sings, and some dramatic draping is all anyone needs to look amazing. Having an amazing hairstyle also helps, of course.
Aimee Lou Wood in Vivienne Westwood
The star of The White Lotus and nominee for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Television has a quirky style that doesn’t always play well in formal red carpet settings, and we think she might have overcorrected in this instance. The result is dowdy, basic, and stale, a dress that does nothing to highlight the wearer’s personality. This lady needs color, exuberance, and a little bit of goofiness in her style.
Jessie Buckley in Dior
It’s been interesting watching Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama winner Jessie Buckley navigate awards season with the buzz of her Hamnet performance at her back. She’s always had a style that felt a little boho, with a punk undertone to it, so it felt like anything that smacked of classic formalwear was something of a challenge for her. This slightly offbeat style seems like an attempt to marry her own preferences to the formality that an awards-track actress is expected to maintain, but the textile looks dated, the shape is odd, and the shoes clash.
Chase Infiniti in Louis Vuitton
Because we love a dress with stalactites. The One Battle After Another star has been a jolt of youthful, offbeat style energy all year, and she continued her winning red carpet streak all the way to the Golden Globes as a nominee for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. What we love about her style is that she prefers to work at a high difficulty level, slaying looks that most others would find hard to wear.
Ariana Grande in Vivienne Westwood
The Wicked: For Good star and nominee for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture surprised us by ditching the Glinda-inspired looks she’s been wearing for two years and turning things in a more Elphaba direction. Sure, it’s another ball gown, but after all of those fluffy pink confections, it’s a pleasant change of pace to see her in something not just dark, but with some weight and texture to it. Still, she’s long overdue for a style rethink.
Jennifer Lawrence in Givenchy
Shouldn’t a sheer floral dress have some…we don’t know…life to it? The star of Die My Love and nominee for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama opted to (mostly) cover herself in flowers, but the result is kind of joyless and drab. It seems to us that this would look better if the sheer were black instead of nude illusion, which always has an unfortunate figure skater vibe to it.
Amy Madigan in Thom Browne
The Weapons star and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture nominee went the lady tux route instead of fussing with a dress, which she also did for the 1996 Golden Globes, so she’s apparently continuing a tradition. What we love about this version is the long coat, the short pants, and those shiny, pointy boots—all little touches that give it a unique feel and come off like true expressions of the wearer.
Jenna Ortega in Dilara Findikoglu
The Wednesday star has always been very good about finding ways to work a goth-adjacent style that has a high-fashion, high-glam feel to it. Unfortunately, this dress gives the impression that she’s lost that skill. This is a textbook example of a dress that’s trying do way too much, from the fringe to the beading to the high neck, open back and inexplicable belt. It’s got a frantic, overwrought quality that doesn’t suit her cool, unruffled persona.
Timothée Chalamet in Chrome Hearts
The Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture winner and star of Marty Supreme has been brashly attempting to redefine how an actor on the awards track dresses during awards season, opting for theme-dressing and stunt looks that generated as much buzz as backlash. He’s toned things down considerably here, but he still looks wildly underdressed for the venue. The vest is a nice touch, but the T-shirt and boots are awful.
Rose Byrne in Dior
The If I Had Legs I’d Kick You star and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy winner has been presenting a very polished, mainstream sort of style as awards season has ramped up, tamping down on some of her quirkier preferences. While she’s never looked so impeccable, she’s also never looked so boring. The color looks amazing on her, but we don’t love the sash or the politician hair.
Jennifer Lopez in Vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer
The star of Kiss of the Spiderwoman has had a rough couple of years on the career and personal fronts, which is why we would have advised her, if she’d bother asking us, to not pull an attention-seeking stunt tonight. We get that this style is kind of her whole thing, but it’s been her thing for a long time, and it’s not looking so fresh anymore.
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