“I remember there was a time when I didn’t have these types of outlets to be able to design with some of my favorite designers,” Taylor says. “I’ve worked very, very, very hard for times like this.”
Taylor says she wants to make sure these moments are as special as possible, and that means making sure that it’s her vision that’s being realized, not someone else’s. “It’s something I see, I want to be direct to paper, direct to pen,” she says, “I like the discussions and conversations about what the designer and I want it to be. Not every bit of ink is going to stick to the paper, some can roll right off, but it’s going through it and putting it together. But it’s something that I don’t think anybody could come in and do for me.”
That was the spirit of her collaboration with Blazy and Chanel.
“I was a little girl who couldn’t secure invites, who couldn’t secure being able to be in these kinds of rooms, and it was very isolating,” she says. Not anymore. “Now being in this position, in the room with a designer and the squad, the whole Chanel team has been amazing,” Taylor says. “They say it takes a village, and that’s one village I really appreciate.”
Teyana Taylor in a white Chanel dress for the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Courtesy of Chanel
Courtesy of Chanel
Teyana Taylor and the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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