Teyana Taylor already had our consideration when she hit the 2026 Golden Globes purple carpet in ultra-sexy customized black Schiaparelli. Then she circled, and lo: “The crack is roofed in diamonds,” she mentioned on the E! purple carpet. Certainly, Taylor’s LBD was full with a rhinestone-encrusted whale tail—topped off with a ladylike bow.
On the 2025 Met Gala, Vogue declared that boobs are again—a fact that will resonate all year long, as heaving bosoms (each pure and man-made) appeared on purple carpets all over the place. Now, 2026 is shaping as much as prioritize a special sort of cleavage.
After Alexander McQueen’s spring 1995 assortment launched the bumster, the derrière-baring look has loved a number of resurgences—most lately in McQueen’s spring 2026 assortment by Seán McGirr. Alex Consani sauntered down the runway in a pair of ruffled purple lace trousers, her backside pushed excessive of the leather-based waistband like a pair of breasts in a pushup bra.
Celebrities have been experimenting with the look too. On the 2024 Met Gala, Kendall Jenner opted for a never-worn archival Givenchy gown by Alexander McQueen (who else?), a sliver of mesh slung low throughout Jenner’s hips providing simply the slightest glimpse of her bottom.
Others took it additional in 2025. On the Vainness Truthful Oscars celebration, Zoë Kravitz hit the carpet in a customized black Saint Laurent gown full with a sheer rhinestone-dotted again panel that confirmed off her rear finish. Kravitz’s pal Hailey Bieber adopted swimsuit on the 2025 GQ Man of the 12 months Awards, choosing a noughties-inspired whale tail rising from her sheer beaded gown.
Between the revival of bumsters at McQueen and fashion-forward celebrities taking a stab on the daring reveal, we will solely marvel: Will 2026 be the yr of the crack?