Who Wears David Koma? Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and the Documented List
Who Wears David Koma? Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and the Documented List
Celebrity dressing is not a side business for David Koma; it is where the house was born. The first dress anyone noticed was on Beyonce in 2009, before the label had a second collection, and the list since then reads like a red-carpet seating plan. This page records the appearances that can be checked against a published source, with the date and the piece, and then points to the closest thing in stock at Luxury Shoes , because that is the question the search actually asks.
Key facts
- Beyonce: a graduate-collection dress at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2009, custom David Koma for the “Be Alive” performance at the 2022 Academy Awards, and looks for the Renaissance World Tour in 2023 (Wikipedia; WWD).
- Taylor Swift: a black velvet David Koma minidress with a crystal-set halter collar, listed at $1,875, on The Graham Norton Show on 3 October 2025 (People, via AOL).
- Dua Lipa: look sixteen from Resort 2022, a tangerine virgin-wool suit with an appliqued bralette, in July 2021, and look three, an embellished black minidress with metallic floral chest embroidery, in October 2021 (British Vogue).
- Blackpink: all four members in David Koma at Coachella in April 2023, including a sheer resort 2023 dress with a silver floral applique on Rose and a chainmail halter from pre-fall 2023 on Jisoo (WWD).
- Also on record: Kendall Jenner (British Vogue, December 2019), Cara Delevingne (Harper’s Bazaar, August 2019), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Harper’s Bazaar, October 2019), Florence Pugh (WWD, July 2024), Scarlett Johansson and Michelle Obama (British Vogue, 2020), Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez (Billboard).
Beyonce, the first and the longest
The house’s own About page and Wikipedia agree on the origin: Beyonce wore a dress from Koma’s Central Saint Martins graduate collection to the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, the first celebrity to support the label. She has stayed. At the 2022 Academy Awards she performed “Be Alive” in custom David Koma, and in the summer of 2023 the house made looks for the Renaissance World Tour; WWD reported both when it covered the Blumarine appointment in 2024. The through-line is the sculpted, single-colour column with light on it, which in the current range is the Fitted Sequin Gown at $4,000 and the Sequin Gown With 3D Flowers at $5,320.
Taylor Swift, October 2025
The most-searched Koma appearance of the last year is a talk show, not a red carpet. On 3 October 2025, the day her twelfth album was released, Taylor Swift appeared on The Graham Norton Show in a black velvet David Koma minidress with a halter neckline whose collar was set with large crystal “stones”, a look People read as a nod to her engagement ring. The listed price was $1,875. The house’s velvet is in stock at Luxury Handbags in two midi versions, the Velvet Trimmed Off-the-shoulder Midi Dress at $3,270 and the Structured Sleeve Midi Dress at $3,850, and the crystal-collar idea lives on in the Sculptured Sleeve And Pendant Mini Dress.
Dua Lipa and the Koma Girl
British Vogue titled its October 2021 story “Dua Joins The Koma Girl Club” and listed the pieces: look sixteen from Resort 2022, a tangerine virgin-wool suit with a midriff bralette, worn in July, and look three, an embellished black minidress with metallic floral embellishment at the chest, worn for a night out in London that October. The same story quoted Koma on the tenth anniversary of the brand: “I’ve always been fascinated by women. Their beauty and power has always inspired me to create.” The floral-chest LBD has a direct descendant in stock, the Crystal Flower On Shoulder Mini Dress at $5,175, and the tangerine suit’s colour lives in the Tailored Trousers In Peach.
Blackpink at Coachella, 2023
WWD’s Coachella report of 23 April 2023 has the whole group in a mix of Mugler and David Koma for the reunion after Lisa’s solo set: Rose in a sheer black resort 2023 dress with a large silver floral applique over a belted bra, Jisoo in a chainmail halter top from pre-fall 2023, Lisa in a crystal-embellished geometric skirt and halter from spring 2023, and Jennie in a white Koma belted bra and midi skirt under a Mugler bodysuit. It is the clearest public statement of what the house does outside the gown: separates that read as stagewear. The current equivalents are the Star Rhinestone Shirt, the 3D Lace Flower Bra and the 3D Lace Flower Midi Skirt.
The naked dresses of 2019
Three appearances in the last months of 2019 fixed the sheer, cut-out Koma dress in the public mind. Harper’s Bazaar covered Cara Delevingne’s sequined sheer dress at the Carnival Row premiere in August and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s cut-out gown in October; British Vogue ran Kendall Jenner’s sheer dress in Miami in December under the headline that she “just might wear a naked dress better than Carrie Bradshaw”. The house still cuts that idea, with a lining: the Strapless Curved Hem Gown With Mesh Skirt, the Cutout Detail Long Sleeve Mesh Gown and the Leather Leaf And Side Cut-Out Gown. The cut-out page explains how much is actually showing.
Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson and the rest
WWD noted Florence Pugh at Comic-Con in July 2024 in a resort 2025 David Koma T-shirt minidress with a “bedazzled buckle and floor-length train”, the ancestor of this season’s Supergirl X David Koma Crystal Logo Mini Dress. British Vogue’s 2020 Fashion Fund profile called the house “a favourite of red-carpet stars from Scarlett Johansson to Michelle Obama”; Wikipedia records Johansson’s Koma jumpsuit at Comic-Con in 2019 and Adele in the label for Vogue’s 73 Questions in 2021. Billboard, in the Mugler years, added Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez. The house’s own list also names Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway.
“The brand aesthetic is best described in 3 words: seductive, feminine and timeless,” the house writes on davidkoma.com. “David Koma DNA is based on sculptural and sensual pieces created to instill confidence and empower.”
Frequently asked questions
Which celebrities wear David Koma?
On the published record: Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Blackpink, Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson, Michelle Obama, Adele, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway.
What did Taylor Swift wear from David Koma?
A black velvet minidress with a halter neckline and a crystal-set collar, listed at $1,875, on The Graham Norton Show on 3 October 2025, the release day of The Life of a Showgirl.
What did Beyonce wear from David Koma?
A dress from his 2009 graduate collection at the MTV EMAs, custom David Koma for “Be Alive” at the 2022 Oscars, and looks on the Renaissance World Tour in 2023.
Did Dua Lipa wear David Koma?
Yes, twice in 2021: the tangerine wool suit and bralette (look sixteen) and the embellished black minidress (look three), both from Resort 2022, per British Vogue.
Did Blackpink wear David Koma at Coachella?
Yes. WWD reported all four members in David Koma and Mugler for the group’s reunion on stage in April 2023, including a sheer resort 2023 dress with a silver floral applique.
Can I buy the dresses celebrities wore?
Most red-carpet pieces are custom and never sold. Luxury Handbags stocks the runway ready-to-wear the looks come from, so the closest match is usually the same season’s sculpted dress in the same fabric.
Read next
Read who is David Koma, the gown guide and the black dress guide. Shop the David Koma collection at Luxury Shoes .
More David Koma guides
Every David Koma page by Luxury Shoes ’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Is it a luxury brand?, Brands like David Koma, How to wear, Which dress to buy, Who is David Koma?, History timeline, Size guide, Price guide, Where to buy, Sale, Review, Real vs fake, Materials and care, Glossary, Mugler and Blumarine, Pre-fall 2026 Supergirl edit, Spring-summer 2026 edit, Resort 2026 edit, vs Alexander McQueen, vs Safiyaa, Gowns, Mini dresses, Midi dresses, Tops, Jackets and tailoring, Jeans and denim, Trousers, Skirts, Wedding dresses, Wedding-guest dresses, Crystal dresses, 3D flower and lace, Sequins, Feathers, Cut-outs, Satin and velvet, Corsets, Black, White and ivory, Red and pink, Yellow, blue and green.
Sources and method
Checked on 18 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Luxury Shoes . Product facts, the compositions, linings, embroidery fibres, care lines and country of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Luxury Shoes ’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the designer’s biography and the house history come from the brand’s own About page and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above; the size chart is the brand’s own. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.
- davidkoma.com, About us: the brand story, the brand vision and the designer biography in the house’s own words
- davidkoma.com, Size guide: the UK, Italy, US, France and Japan conversion chart and the body measurements by UK size
- davidkoma.com, Delivery and returns: dispatch, delivery windows, duties and the 14-day returns window on the brand’s own store
- David Koma product pages: the description, composition, lining, embroidery, care and made-in lines of every style (306 pages saved 18 September 2026)
- David Koma on Wikipedia and its cited articles
- Wikidata Q5236101
- London Fashion Week, designer profile: David Koma
- People, via AOL, 3 October 2025: Taylor Swift in a black velvet David Koma minidress with a crystal collar on The Graham Norton Show
- British Vogue, 12 October 2021: “Dua Joins The Koma Girl Club” (the Resort 2022 looks and the tenth-anniversary quote)
- British Vogue, 9 December 2019: Kendall Jenner in a sheer David Koma dress in Miami
- WWD, 23 April 2023: Blackpink’s Coachella outfits, with the David Koma pieces on each member
- WWD, 31 July 2024: Blumarine names David Koma creative director (Marco Marchi and Koma quoted; Florence Pugh at Comic-Con; the Renaissance tour looks; the 2009 founding)
- Harper’s Bazaar, 26 August 2019: Cara Delevingne in a sequined sheer David Koma dress
- Harper’s Bazaar, 30 October 2019: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in a cut-out David Koma gown
- British Vogue, 11 May 2020: the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund winner profile (“a favourite of red-carpet stars from Scarlett Johansson to Michelle Obama”, the “21st-century femme fatale” quote)
- Billboard: David Koma on dressing Beyonce and his plans for Mugler (Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez as fans, the tailoring)
- Luxury Handbags live catalogue, 18 September 2026: prices, sizes and stock
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