Performing at Toy Story 5 premiere | Los Angeles, CA | June 9, 2026
Oscar de la Renta ‘Porcelain Flower Embroidered Sleeveless Gown’ - $8,990.00 Alder Fine Jewelry ‘Pear Diamond Drop Earrings’ - $6,000.00 Anabela Chan ‘Daisy Earrings’ - $2,385.00 Ldezen ‘Pink Fifi Earrings’ - $4,000.00 Nadri Jewelry ‘Macaron Yellow Cushion Pendant’ - $80.00 Jimmy Choo ‘1998 Leo 65 Sandal’ - $925.00
Once inside the Dolby Theatre, Taylor had an outfit change for a touching performance with Toy Story soundscape legend: Randy Newman. Taylor to delivered the first live rendition of her original song for the film “I Knew It, I Knew You" then came together with Newman to duet “You’ve Got A Friend In Me."
Taylor swapped out her Erdem mini for a yellow gown by Oscar de la Renta. Where Taylor has never previously worn Erdem to a red carpet event, ODLR is a recognizable go-to designer for her. Besides greeeeeeeeeeeen, I’ve always fostered a secondary soft spot for Taylor in yellow. The yellow hue makes an obvious tie into the iconic typography of Toy Story, the flowers continue the evening’s soft and sweet vibe, and sparkles will always be an excellent choice to shine under a stage spotlight. Additional floral clips were entwined into her hair which was let down from the red carpet’s half updo style into a loose romantic plait. The styling choice had me thinking of Rapunzel - perhaps another nod within the animated Disney universe and to amplify the soft “princess” energy. Among her other jewels she swapped out from her red carpet look includes a high/low moment between a diamond drop pair of earrings by Alder Fine and an $80 yellow CZ pendant by Nadri Jewelry that played with the colour of her gown nicely.
Rounding out the last of Taylor’s performance accessories! For her hair, earrings were creatively repurposed to be used as clips pinned almost Rapunzel-style into her braid. I thought the styling choice completed the “Disney princess” effect of it all and also gave a subtle tie-in to her pink-toned lip.
Then, *just* spotted during her piano performance of “I Knew It, I Knew You” a gold pair of Jimmy Choo sandals. The year in the style name had me scurrying to check when the original Toy Story was released (1995). What a great nod that would have been! Instead, this collection was actually an homage to Sex and the City - a revival of select Carrie Bradshaw-approved styles from the famed series. Taylor’s style here is a lower version rendered in metallic gold of the leopard print pair Carrie wears during the iconic opening credits (picture that famous tutu and tank top caught in the spray of a passing bus!).
Taylor pointed out in the forthcoming 20/20 special “Toy Story 30 Years and Beyond”, how “blessed” she felt to have Randy Newman’s blessing to submit an original song for Toy Story as the entry of “I Knew It” in the film makes her the only other contributing songwriter to the 30 year history of the franchise outside of Newman. It had me thinking that her Oscars campaign for “Best Original Song” is off to a strong start.
