Teyana Taylor in Ottolinger at Essence Black Women in Music Luncheon

Teyana Taylor turned to Ottolinger for her sensual dark dress at Essence’s Women in Music Luncheon on Sunday in New Orleans.

The Oscar-nominated “One Battle After Another” star wore a look courtesy of Swiss designers Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection. The form-fitting dress was crafted with structure and sensuality in mind, with a sinuous plunging neckline, short sleeves with slight fabric ruching and detailed patterning.

Dark tones of olive green, black, dusted gold and more created the color palette for the look, and patterned motifs like eyes and skulls gave the dress a hypnotic quality. As for accessories, Taylor added a statement gold ring courtesy of Schiaparelli.

Ottolinger’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection made its runway debut as part of Paris Fashion Week in October 2025. Curated by Berlin-based co-creative directors Bösch and Gadient, the collection catered to reinvention.

The collection included “silky trousers punctuated by strategic black graphic inserts that read almost as trompe l’oeil hourglass silhouettes and further emphasized the models’ thin thighs,” Rhonda Richford wrote in WWD’s review of the collection.

Bösch and Gadient “maintained their devotion to subversive sensuality and the female form, particularly with a series of paneled and ruched gowns, while others were corseted with American football uniform-shaped shoulder pads that read like added protection for the woman doing daily battle.”

The collection, titled “Girlfriend,” also explored “femininity through reimagined vintage bridal gowns. Salvaged and upcycled into meringue-y pouf skirts topped with t-shirts or just sparkly pasties, they shed their traditional place in ladies’ lore. Less meet me at the altar than at an after party in the apocalypse.”

The 2026 Essence Festival of Culture kicked off on July 3 and concluded on Sunday. The conference featured concerts and performances by the likes of Cardi B along with special daytime events and panels.