Jenna Ortega gives tailored dressing a gothic, effortless twist at Wednesday event

Jenna Ortega keeps proving that dark dressing can look precise, not precious. At Netflix’s Wednesday Emmys FYSEE event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Friday, May 22, 2026, she wore a gray Alexander McQueen pre-fall 2026 suit by Seán McGirr that sharpened her signature gothic register into something far more wearable.

The look worked because the tailoring stayed disciplined. Ortega’s suit paired a cropped double-breasted jacket with matching trousers, and the jacket was cut with strong shoulders, wide peak lapels, a high waist, and a raw, frayed hem. Corseted white lacing threaded through the piece and gave the suit its edge, but McQueen kept the silhouette clean and controlled, which is what made the whole thing feel effortless rather than costume-y. It was a smart reminder that gothic dressing lands best when the drama sits in the construction, not in oversized volume.

Ortega’s styling followed the same logic. Enrique Melendez, with assistance from Alyssa Rabie, finished the look with center-parted soft waves, a smoky eye, and a muted lip, all of it staying in the same moody palette as the suit. Nothing competed with the tailoring. The beauty look simply reinforced the mood: polished, a little severe, and unmistakably modern.

The event itself doubled as a cast moment, bringing Ortega together with Catherine Zeta-Jones as Wednesday continued its Emmy push. Netflix’s FYSEE LA 2026 was framed as a citywide festival for the streamer’s 2025 to 2026 scripted and documentary series, and Wednesday was one of the featured titles. That makes Ortega’s appearance feel less like a one-off promotional look and more like part of the show’s visual language, which has long extended Wednesday Addams’ darkness into the real world.

That language has clear stakes this season. Netflix’s materials say Season 2 sends Morticia, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gomez, played by Luis Guzmán, onto the grounds of Nevermore Academy, turning family life into yet another thorn in Wednesday’s side. Season 2 arrived in two parts on August 6, 2025 and September 3, 2025, and the series has already collected 12 Emmy nominations and 4 wins, including Ortega’s Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series win at the 2023 Emmys. On a night built around awards-season momentum, Ortega’s McQueen suit felt like the clearest expression of the show’s appeal: dark, directional, and stripped down to exactly the right amount of attitude.