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Vera Wang debuted a bold new look as she hit the red carpet at the 2026 BAFTA Awards on Sunday, Feb. 22
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The fashion designer, 76, stepped out with a new platinum blonde hairstyle at the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London
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She also rocked a floor-length white ruched dress for the occasion
Vera Wang debuted a bold new look as she hit the red carpet at the 2026 BAFTA Awards.
On Sunday, Feb. 22, the fashion designer, 76, stepped out with a new hairstyle at the star-studded ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Wang could be seen rocking a platinum blonde look with dark roots — a major departure from her look on Saturday, Feb. 21, when she could be seen sporting long brown locks at the BAFTA Film Awards Nominees’ Party.
The designer’s outfit — by her eponymous brand — included a white floor-length ruched dress, accented with long black puffed sleeves. She paired the gown with black cat-eye sunglasses.
Vera Wang attends the 2026 BAFTA Awards in London on Feb. 22
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As for the BAFTA Nominees’ Party, Wang also made a statement in a black skin-baring bandeau top along with elbow-length black leather gloves and a fitted skirt. She accessorized with a black oversized hat and a fur wrap.
The mother of two is no stranger to making a bold statement with her style on the red carpet.
At last year’s BAFTA Awards, she wore a black upside-down bandeau top and a high-waisted black-and-white color block skirt with a structured peplum detail at the waist. The skirt cascaded into delicate pleats and featured a short train.
Vera Wang attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards Nominees’ Party on Feb. 21
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She also debuted a new hairstyle at the time — a blunt brunette lob that just barely grazed her shoulders.
“B is for BAFTA THE BIG DAY… Here we go… good luck and congratulations to all the talented NOMINEES. XXV,” Wang wrote in the caption of an Instagram post showing off the look.
She added black sunglasses and an oversized leather jacket. In another Instagram post, she wrote, “WHEN ITS LITERALLY 30 degrees farenheit………. OUTERWEAR is a REQUIREMENT! So….……..a HEAVY LEATHER MOMENT!”
Vera Wang attends the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards
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The bridal designer told PEOPLE ahead of her milestone 75th birthday in June 2024 that it was “a lot of pressure.”
“Birthday plans are up in the air. I mean 75 is a lot of pressure,” Wang shared backstage at the Fashion Scholarship Fund Gala on April 8.
She continued, “I think maybe a little bit like Warren Buffett or Queen Elizabeth. I’m just going to keep prodding on because I feel as though I’m able to do my best work more and more. I’m really trying to respect that in me, that voice in me, that I feel very happy to be creating. That’s what it’s all about, really.”
Speaking with PEOPLE again in July 2025, Wang shared that she felt unsure about throwing a birthday party after such a milestone year (though she eventually hosted a stylish evening at the restaurant Le Relais Plaza in Paris, pictures of which she posted on Instagram).
“After my 75th last year, I said, ‘Maybe, you don’t have to celebrate after 75,’ ” she told PEOPLE.
“A lot of my friends don’t want to. They say, ‘I’m too old.’ I said, ‘It’s not about being old. It’s about being here and living, and we should celebrate that,’ ” she continued, adding: “But you have to celebrate every year that you’re alive. That’s just how I feel.”
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