Sarah Jessica Parker arrived at the New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala on October 1 with a fishtail braid that reached her waist, woven through with a pale pink satin ribbon.

Parker attended the event at Lincoln Center with her husband, Matthew Broderick, who wore a classic tuxedo. Her own look skewed whimsical: a sheer, blush-pink Simone Rocha dress covered in embroidered flowers. The long-sleeve design adapted a version shown on the designer's Fall/Winter 2026 runway. Wide satin ribbons in the same pale pink were threaded loosely throughout the dress and finished in bows at the shoulders.

The ribbon motif carried into her hair. One matching ribbon ran through the full length of the braid — an enormous, layered fishtail that starts high on the back of her head with a bow. The ribbon's ends were interlaced intermittently with the thick folds of the plaits. The braid was tied off near her waist, and the hair flowed for at least another wavy foot beyond the tie.

The color work amplified the style. The braid itself mixed golden pieces, cooler beige and deeper brown, creating a variegated effect that added dimension to the plaits. The silver concentrated around the front and crown, where the hair was swept smoothly back from her face.

Parker has spent recent years making the case for letting gray hair coexist with non-gray hair rather than coloring it away, and each public appearance strengthens that argument. Here, the combination of highlights, lowlights and silver strands read as deliberate styling rather than compromise.

The Rapunzel comparison is unavoidable with hair this long, and Parker's presentation — bows, ribbons, embroidered florals — leans fully into the fairycore and coquette directions currently running through fashion. What keeps it modern is the color: a silver-forward blend at the crown that frames the face.

Expect the look to feed two conversations at once: the ongoing embrace of natural gray on red carpets, and the coquette ribbon trend that has moved from runway styling into celebrity hair.