Accessories Ruled the 2026 Golden Globes Red Carpet
Hollywood’s finest have cracked the code when it comes to dressing for a red carpet as a guy. (Mostly) gone are the days of ill-fitting suits, poor proportions, and cheap materials. Thanks to a collection of stylists who are tapped into what menswear should look like in 2026, your favourite actors, directors, and musicians tend to have the whole thing down pat. Under the guidance of stylists like Warren Alfie Baker, Ilaria Urbinati, Chloe Takayanagi, and Jason Bolden, most dudes hitting a red carpet do so in a well-tailored suit with medium to wide-length lapels and proportions to match. They aren’t afraid of colour or a little bit of tasteful drape, flowy dress shirts are in, and tuxes are often anything but boring.
While we certainly don’t miss the days of bad suits spoiling an otherwise-excellent awards season moment, there’s a certain homogeneity to the way suiting looks on red carpets these days. When everyone looks at minimum pretty good, it’s harder to stand out, to make your red carpet moment your own. Fortunately, the Golden Globes 2026 red carpet provided a reminder that it’s never just about the suit or the tux–it’s about how you wear it, and more specifically how you wear your accessories with it. Accessories ruled the Globes this year, with a bevy of exciting looks gracing our TV and phone screens alike elevated by beautiful brooches, some drool-worthy watches, and some killer shades.
It’s been hard not to notice the ascendance of brooches on red carpets over the last year or so. What started as something only those as sartorially daring as Colman Domingo dabbled in has become something of a staple for black-tie events like the Globes. Actors like Michael B. Jordan, Oscar Isaac, and the aforementioned Domingo took the carpet in sumptuous suits adorned with flashy jewelry pinned to the lapels of their coats. Jordan’s skewed subtle while White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger went all-out with an elaborate gold floral piece that felt like the centerpiece of his outfit rather than the cherry on top. Even Snoop Dogg pinned one to his incredibly out-there look, proving that even for those experimenting with non-traditional formalwear can’t resist a brooch.
When it comes to watches, it’s no longer as simple as strapping on the old Rolex. Come awards season we see menswear looks cranked up with killer timepieces, often elegant dress watches from some of the most exciting brands in the horological space. Best Supporting Actor nominee Jacob Elordi pulled up in a unique skeleton Cartier Tank Normale, capping off a press run for Frankenstein that’s been full of interesting Cartier pieces. Marty Supreme himself Timothee Chalamet flexed an uber-rare Urban Jürgensen UJ-2, a six-figure timepiece particularly hard to come by. Monster’s Charlie Hunnam kept his classic black tux fairly free of jewelry or accessories but tied the look together with a spectacular gold and black-faced Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso, while Omega ambassador Glen Powell finished his blue velvet Brunello Cucinelli tux with a stunning gold Seamaster Aqua Terra. Then there was Tramell Tilman, who ever so elegantly hit us with the watch and brooch combo; the latter of which being an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin Openworked. Watches on the red carpet are nothing new but these days they allow everyone — even the brooch-averse — a chance to liven up a good suit.
While watches and brooches are nothing new, one accessory trend stood out as being particularly specific to this Golden Globes: sunglasses. It’s easy to forget if you’re on the East Coast but the Globes red carpet begins in the middle of the afternoon here in (usually) sunny Los Angeles, which means sunnies are as functional an accessory as they are a fashionable one. This year’s crop of attendees leaned into the look with kitschy, retro-style frames and semi-transparent lenses, often in soft shades of blue. Powell and Elordi both brought pairs out on the red carpet and their looks were all the better for them.
Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie had all in all one of our favorite looks of the night (brooch included) but the star piece of his ensemble was a pair of circular wire-frame aviators with dark, opaque lenses. It screamed mid-aughts indie sleaze without feeling like a full-on throwback to that era. And Schwarzenegger may have gone for the boldest frames of the night (though admittedly optical, not sunglasses). His featured thick, squared-off sixties-style lenses, oversized and impossible to miss. A look like this done wrong can land you in the Austin Powers territory. Schwarzenegger managed to keep it in the realm of Michael Caine at the height of his sartorial powers instead.
A bad suit will always be a bad suit. Nothing can cover up bad tailoring or mismatched proportions. What’s becoming evident is that the difference between a good suit and a great suit is how everything else around it is worn. The best-dressed men on a red carpet aren’t just recycling the same louche tailoring styles and double-breasted jackets every time they step out. They’re elevating good looks with great accessories.
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