At the Mother Mary New York screening at Metrograph on April 13, 2026, Alba Baptista went for a pantsless tuxedo look with a tie and shorts, and it’s surprisingly cohesive.
A tuxedo jacket with bare legs is always a gamble. Alba Baptista showed up to A24 Mother Mary at Metrograph in New York on April 13, 2026 in a sharply tailored black tuxedo blazer and matching shorts, and the whole thing feels intentionally pared back.
The blazer is double-breasted with satin peak lapels and a strong shoulder line, worn over a crisp white button-up shirt and a straight black tie. It’s classic menswear language, but scaled to a mini silhouette. And because the hem hits high, you really notice the clean tailoring through the waist and hip—no extra bulk, no fussy layers.
But the styling keeps it from feeling like costume. Hair is up, makeup is simple, and the jewelry is minimal (a small ring moment, nothing flashy). The shoes are pointed-toe black pumps—sharp enough to match the lapels, and sleek enough that the leg line stays uninterrupted.
And I’ll admit, I might’ve expected this to look disjointed in photos, but it hangs together. That’s the trick: everything is one tight palette, one fabric story, one mood.
If you’ve been scrolling celebrity photos from this spring, you’ve probably noticed more women leaning into black-tie menswear pieces like this instead of another predictable dress.
So yeah. Tailoring wins.
Would you wear this tuxedo look with sheer tights, or keep the bare-leg styling?
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