Hudson Williams pairs chain-forward jewelry with Dolce & Gabbana tux at the Canadian Screen Awards

Hudson Williams made the case for men’s jewelry as finish, not excess, at the Canadian Screen Awards. In a chocolate Dolce & Gabbana tux with a partially unbuttoned white shirt, the 25-year-old actor added just three moves that changed the whole read of the look: a FOPE lariat necklace, chunky hoop earrings and stacked David Yurman rings.

The effect was not bare-minimum dressing. It was controlled, chain-forward polish. The open collar gave the lariat room to sit against the shirt placket, turning the necklace into a vertical line rather than an afterthought. The hoops brought a sharper note near the face, while the rings kept the hand story aligned with the rest of the styling. Together, the pieces softened the formality of the tux without blunting it, which is exactly where men’s red-carpet jewelry is heading now: fewer pieces, stronger intent.

That shift mattered on a big night for Williams. He won Best Lead Performer, Drama Series for his role as Shane Hollander in Heated Rivalry, and the series went on to set a Canadian Screen Awards record with 16 wins. Heated Rivalry also took Best Drama Series and the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award, making Williams’s appearance one of the ceremony’s most visible style moments as well as one of its biggest winners.

The jewelry choice suited the tailoring because the brands themselves live in this quieter register. FOPE’s necklaces are built in 18-carat gold and use the house’s Novecento mesh, a construction that gives a lariat more fluidity than a rigid chain. David Yurman’s Streamline collection is positioned around clean lines and smooth metal surfaces, which makes stacked rings feel deliberate rather than decorative. In other words, Williams wore pieces with enough structure to read from a distance, but enough restraint to stay in dialogue with the tux.

He later thanked his longtime girlfriend, Katelyn Larson, in his acceptance speech and posed with her and his parents on the red carpet. He also presented Sophie Nélisse with the Radius Award during the ceremony at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, where the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards were broadcast and streamed live on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global and STACKTV for the first time. Hosted by Andrew Phung and presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the night spotlighted Canadian screen storytelling, and Williams’s jewelry proved how minimalism has moved well past “barely there” into something more exacting: selective statement dressing for men.