Topping her glittering gown with a newly cropped ‘do, “We’re paying homage to another great African American beautiful actress,” her longtime stylist Law Roach (in Givenchy, himself) explained to E!.
And she’s not the only star using the carpet to demonstrate the greatest love of all.
Ahead of her Dancing With the Stars debut, Ciara Miller shimmied into the ceremony wearing a dress that once belonged to Whitney Houston.
“She wore this in 1993, 1994,” Miller shared during the Live From E!: Countdown to the 2026 Emmys. “This is a Marc Bouwer. “It was a gift to me, and it’s so special because in a couple days on Dancing With the Stars, my first dance is to Whitney Houston’s ‘Exhale.'”
Also feeling the heat with somebody…
“The ventilation is good,” Your Friends & Neighbors star Aimee Carrero joked to E! of her two-piece David Koma ‘fit. “And we’re glad we got a wax.”