During her interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Alix Earle was all business in a gray, CEO-coded shift dress. She was promoting the launch of her skincare line, Reale Actives, after all. But before making her Tonight Show debut, Earle let loose in Gen Z's flirtiest style fixation: the babydoll dress trend.
Mere hours after the TikTok star's latest business venture dropped, she strolled into Rockefeller Plaza like she owned the place. She did—if only for a moment—in Look 43 from Gucci's Pre-Fall 2026 line: a micro-mini, little black dress. Sheer long-sleeves made quintessential babydoll features feel sultry, including a ruffle-trimmed, plunge neckline, a high empire waist, and a thigh-grazing hem. The sheen on her partially-transparent tights really drove the "babydoll, but make it mature" point home. To finish, Earle traded the model's knee-high boots for Gucci's $1,220 Donna Pump. Pairing each toe's elongated point and horsebit appliqués to the LBD was a noughties-inspired move Demna would approve.
