Tyla is on a roll—and so seems to be the ball of yarn that comprised her dress for Billboard’s Women in Music event yesterday evening.

The musician and recent British Vogue cover star rocked up to the star-studded evening in a Jean Paul Gaultier couture gown. The spidery string and mesh black dress had a high neckline and clung close to her body, graduated into a webbed train. Gathered string cupped at the chest, and she wore black underwear underneath, as well as stiletto pumps.

Tyla wore her light brown hair up in a messy updo, her scalp in tight cornrows with the rest of her hair falling forward in big, loose curls. Her stiletto nails were painted a neon yellow, and matched her pedicure.

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The dress hails from Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s Jean Paul Gaultier spring 2025 Couture collection, which was titled “Le Naufrage”—that translates as Shipwreck. The inspiration, he told Vogue at the time, originated in a music video duet between Seal and Mylène Farmer on a raft adrift at sea. The look on the runway was in step with the sensual and mythological feel, and on Tyla, it retains its sexy, confident, and playful tone.

Inside the venue, Tyla was photographed with fellow awardee Doechii (who wore archival Donna Karan and was similarly swathed in mesh). Tyla made a change for a silk blue shirt worn completely open to her bellybutton, low-rise denim short-shorts, and an oversized brown suede biker jacket. She accessorized with a heavily beaded, colorful necklace, and pink sparkly heels.