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The Fashion Trust Arabia Awards were as starry and glamorous as you’d expect. The theme of the evening, it seems? Pure gold, with Gisele Bündchen leading the way.
The supermodel wore look 56 from the Valentino spring 2026 collection: a shimmering gown with chest-long and high leg slits, softly structured shoulders, and a floral scene pattern across the dress in delicate greens, blues, and golds. Forgoing the runway styling—where the model wore a tulle neck covering and thickly stacked crystal drop earrings—Gisele wore a Valentino Devain Jacquard shoulder bag in bright gold, with matching Jimmy Choo Etana sandals, and a Chanel Coco Crush bracelet. Truly, going for gold, upon gold, upon gold.
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Look 56 Valentino spring 2026.
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Gisele followed her tried-and-true red carpet glam formula, wearing her blonde hair swept loosely to the side, soft brown smoky eyes, and a petal pink lip. The super was joined by fellow legendary models including Tyra Banks and Farida Khelfa, as well as Schiaparelli designer Daniel Roseberry, Alton Mason, Queen Latifah, Paloma Elsesser, Lindsay Lohan, Emma Roberts, and Adrien Brody. Other guests opted for similarly statement-making looks: Elsesser in a sheer black Alaïa gown with a face-framing headpiece, for one.
Two major awards were presented on the night in Doha, Qatar: the Lifetime Achievement Award to Miuccia Prada, recognizing her transformative impact on contemporary fashion, and the Trailblazer Award to Zuhair Murad, honoring his role in shaping and elevating Arab couture on the global stage.
Alessandro Michele’s most recent collection has found fans from newly minted ambassador Dakota Johnson (who debuted a sheer pink look at Vogue World Hollywood) to Hamnet star Jessie Buckley in a plunging, white and black gown, and Amanda Seyfried in a chocolate brown, pink-bowed, and fur cap-sleeved dress at the Governors Awards.
Gisele’s look marked a glamorous return to the red carpet. She welcomed a baby boy with partner Joaquim Valente back in February, and more often than not can be found in Brazil and Miami, where she’s the reigning queen of rich mom style: Think perfectly paired athleisure for morning pilates, precisely tailored suits and flowing trousers in a sandy palette, and boho white sets. But as Gisele proves once more, this Rich Mom is just as comfortable in loose white linen as she is a Gala-friendly gown.
