Teyana Taylor looked effortlessly cool in an all-black ensemble as she appeared on the red carpet at the King’s Trust Global Gala on Thursday in New York City.
The 33-year-old singer and actress showed off a bold update on classic elegance in a sleek black coat dress that fell to her knees.
He joined a group of famous faces, including surprise performer John Legend, to celebrate the charity set up by King Charles and originally called The Prince’s Trust.
The singer made a striking display on the red carpet by pretending to take photos with her Judith Leiber Camera Flash, a crystal-covered clutch made to look like a classic film camera, which the designer sells for just under $6,000 at her website.
Teyana, who was seen earlier this year filming Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, had unusual laces that reached to her shoulders and tightened her coat at midriff level.
Teyana Taylor looked effortlessly cool in an all-black ensemble as she appeared on the red carpet at the King’s Trust Global Gala on Thursday in New York City.
The 33-year-old singer and actress showed off a bold update on classic elegance in a sleek black dress that fell to her knees.
The laces emphasized Teyana’s tiny waist, while the dress flared out at her hips to create an exaggerated hourglass figure.
The buttoning was low enough to show off her cleavage and the black lace top she was wearing under the coat.
The 5-foot-5 singer stood out on the red carpet thanks to her sky-high black platform boots, which had small silver buckles that went all the way to the top.
She added some sparkle to her monochrome ensemble with a billowing diamond necklace and wore huge sparkling earrings.
The Gonna Love Me singer wore her raven tresses into her now-standard pixie cut.
The King’s Trust Global Gala was hosted by the organization’s director global ambassadors Lionel Richie and Edward Enninful OBE.
The charity was only renamed The King’s Trust in November, after Charles ascended the throne.
The King’s Trust helps educate young people aged 11 to 30, while working to find them employment and the necessary training.
Among its beneficiaries was The Wire star Idris Elba, who won a grant from the charity that helped put him on the path to stardom.
“The Prince’s Trust awarded me £1,500, which gave me my start and my career,” Elba said on Instagram in 2020 in a post celebrating the charity, for which he became a goodwill ambassador.
It had unusual laces that reached to his shoulders and adjusted the coat at the level of his abdomen. The buttoning was low enough to show off her cleavage and the black lace top she was wearing under the coat.
The singer pretended to take photos with her Judith Leiber Camera Flash, a crystal-covered clutch made to look like a classic film camera, which the designer sells for just under $6,000 on her website.
Teyana has lately been focusing on acting in addition to making music.
She earned rave reviews for her lead role in last year’s drama A Thousand And One, and is one of the stars of Boogie Nights’ upcoming film There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.
She’s been seen on the set of the as-yet-untitled film in recent months with co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, and the film also features Sean Penn, Regina Hall and Anderson’s Licorice Pizza leading lady Alana Haim of the band Haim .
Although no plot details have been released, the film is rumored to be a current adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s classic novel Vineland. Anderson previously adapted the famous reclusive writer’s latest novel Inherent Vice for the film of the same name starring Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin.
