Anya Taylor-Joy Is Dripping in Fringe in Her Sparkly Bob Mackie Minidress
The actor attends Miley Cyrus’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
When the occasion calls for a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, you show up in sequins — or you don't show up at all. Anya Taylor-Joy clearly understood the assignment. At Miley Cyrus's star ceremony in Los Angeles, the Dune actress arrived in a look that matched the weight of the moment: a sleeveless, halter-neck minidress dripping in silver sequins, crystals, and embroidery, finished with cascading rows of beaded fringe that swung with every step.
The dress wasn't just a red carpet flex — it was a piece of fashion history. According to Harper's Bazaar, the gown is an original Bob Mackie design from his Resort 1990 collection. The flapper-inspired hem and showgirl shimmer are quintessential Mackie: theatrical without being costume-y, luxurious without trying too hard. Taylor-Joy wore it like it was made for this exact afternoon, which, in a way, it sort of was.
The Speech Was as Good as the Dress
Taylor-Joy didn't just show up to look good (though she did). She took the mic and delivered what might be the most quotable tribute of the year. She told the crowd she first discovered Miley at ten years old, clutching a J-14 magazine and staring at a girl in a wig "that would become the blueprint for every pop star's hair since." The instinct that Miley was going to be massive? Correct. "Huge would barely begin to cover it," she said.
From there, she went full poet: "Miley didn't just grow up in front of the world, she outran every expectation it set for her. She challenged the rules, rewrote them and, every once in a while, set them on fire in a teddy bear costume." She closed by framing the ceremony not as a career milestone but as a tribute to "a woman who taught an entire generation how to own their story — even when it's messy, even when it changes, and especially when it doesn't fit neatly into a box."
Two women, one afternoon, zero apologies — the dress and the speech both said exactly what they needed to.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
