Why focus on the "peek-a-boo"? Yes, there's a slit, but nothing is revealed because there is boot leather hiding the entire leg.
What's exciting about this outfit is the outlandishly extensive coverage.
February 23, 2026
The most covered-up look possible is judged by the NYT to be "Most Peek-A-Boo."
Before I encountered this NYT article — "12 Unforgettable Looks at the BAFTAs
Swishy suits, mermaid skirts, skunk feet and more" (gift link) — I had looked at BAFTA fashion pictures and selected this Teyana Taylor dress as my favorite. I loved how extremely covered up it was:
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She was fantastic in One Battle After Another. I can't think of a female character that appeared instantly vile despicable loathsome disgusting in contrast her absolute beauty.
That’s how they’re going to get Western women into the burqa — by labeling it high fashion.
Full hunger games
It's peek a boo because you can barely see her head. Just like a burka. Peek a boo!
There must be something wrong with my monitor because that is not oxblood.
That oxblood color is gorgeous.
“Why focus on the "peek-a-boo"? Yes, there's a slit, but nothing is revealed because there is boot leather hiding the entire leg.“
Not the entire leg, look again. For the full peek-a-boo effect, one would need to see Teyana walking in the dress.
…at least she took out the curtain rod before she put it on. I cat…
Scarlett, that that that gown is gorgeous! Thank you, I saw it in the window and couldn’t resist…
It is cold in London. Almost cold enough to wear fur.
Is NYT shaming or exploiting women? #NoJudgment #NoLabels #MeToo
She looks like a Disney villain. Maleficent or that one who eats dalmatians.
Baftra is anothet joke awardshow
The Ferengi principle that covering women up just makes men more lustful for what they're hiding. CC, JSM
Ciso, I love the BAFTAs! It's Hollywood for homely actors. CC, JSM
The purpose of the dress is to get the wearer's picture in the papers. Success!
Like Chris said above, when I read Peek-a-Boo I thought first of her head poking out of her extravagant, frilled collar. I didn't even notice the boot and slit in the dress at first. But with the boot at the bottom and the head peaking out up top it does seem rather peek-a-boo. I think peek-a-boo, as opposed to say just revealing, needs both the revealing and the covering up. It is the juxtaposition of the two that gives the peek-a-boo effect.
Where is Tom Wolfe when we so desperately need him?
Just think, Gavin Newsom looks at that backdrop and reads BARFED 🤮 written 100 times.
The coverage of that dress wasn't extensive enough.
One of the KPop girls had this amazing mermaid dress. It didn't look real. Exquisite
I just learned a new color name--oxblood. I'm wearing a corduroy shirt of that color right now, that I got for Christmas. I thought it was wine or burgundy, but oxblood sounds much cooler.
Hey, NYT, misogynists, eyes up here.
We now must refer to burkas as adorable little peek-a-boo outfits.
I don't generally carry water for the NYT, but I am going to defend their use of "peek-a-boo" in this instance. The game of peek-a-boo, in its archetypal form, involves covering and then revealing the face. Not the legs, or some other body part. You never see a mother playing peek-a-boo with her infant by throwing her bathrobe open; it is always the face that is hidden and revealed.
Thus, in order to be "most peek-a-boo," a gown would have to be the one that most closely imitates this game. And the tall collar which partially covers Teyana's face very likely was the closest approximation worn that evening at that event.
Everybody here looks better.
How many oxen had to die to make that dress?
For some time now I've been wondering when we would reach the point where the fashionable would compete to see who could be the most covered up instead of the most nearly naked. We seem to have reached that point.
I don't know what a BAFTA is or why anyone should care, but I had to look because...what are skunk feet?!
Princess Kate always looking fabulous!
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