Taylor Swift and Teyana Taylor Lead the VMAs Arrivals in See-Through Couture

At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, translucent fabric was the evening's clearest theme, and the arrivals line showed just how many ways it can be done. Taylor Swift and Teyana Taylor were among the names who chose see-through dressing, with Tamara Ralph and Zuhair Murad among the houses behind the looks. Both designers are known for couture-level construction, where fabric that shows the body has to be precisely cut to look intentional rather than exposed. For an archive that tracks who wore what, and when, this ceremony goes in the files as the year the VMAs arrivals were about what the fabric let through.

With reporting from WWD.