Beyoncé's Office Siren Outfit Tops the No-Pants Trend With a Braided Micro-Bag

The star took the corporate aesthetic for a spin on a rare public date night.

Beyonce wears a light brown paisley dress and has long blonde hair as she holds a Grammy Award at the 2025 ceremony
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There's nothing casual about Beyoncé's storied life and career. So it makes perfect sense that she rarely, if ever, dresses casually in public. I'm sure behind the scenes there are several pairs of Ivy Park joggers in her closet for day-off relaxation. But generally speaking, most photos of the star tend to find her in full red carpet regalia.

This week, however, Beyoncé gave fans an unusually intimate look at her laidback approach to date-night dressing. On Mar. 16, she was snapped leaving dinner with Jay-Z in West Hollywood wearing an unusually sporty ensemble. In lieu of a dress, the "Texas Hold 'Em" singer wore an oversized black blazer that fell to the middle of her thighs. Underneath her suiting, she layered a form-fitting black bodysuit as her base layer. In a move reminiscent of Hailey Bieber, Queen B revived the no-pants trend by pairing her menswear with a simple set of opaque black tights. She kept the look monochromatic by topping her hosiery with black slingback heels for a seamless pantaboot-esque effect.

A photo of Beyoncé styling the no-pants trend with a black blazer and matching tights for a dinner date with Jay-Z.

Beyoncé styles the no-pants trend with a black blazer and matching tights for a dinner date with Jay-Z.

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Clearly, someone—like stylist Shiona Turini, perhaps—told Beyoncé about the rise of the office siren aesthetic. But she still found a way to put her stamp on the trend with an assortment of eye-catching accessories, first by tipping her black baseball cap to the return of geek-chic with a square set of black glasses. Whether they were prescription or purely decorative—much like Bella Hadid's sexy librarian frames—remains unclear.

The Cécred haircare mogul added some metallic sheen to her outfit with a large pair of gold hoop earrings, which caught the light as her platinum blonde blowout billowed in the wind. Bey rocked a similar shade of bleach at the 2025 Grammy Awards, but it definitely looks like she shaved a few inches off the ends in between then and now.

In yet another unexpected flourish, Beyoncé left Luar's oversized holographic Ana bag at home in favor of a tiny trapezoidal top-handle tote from Akris. The braided nude leather colorway she's wearing here is no longer available, but the same style and size is still floating around in several other hues.

The Grammy winner's forthcoming Cowboy Carter Tour kicks off in less than two months, so this surprise public sighting will likely be one of her last before she starts performing again. But Beyoncé definitely made it count with her sexy workwear and woven micro-bag. As for the dramatic shift away from recent affinity for ten-gallon hats, double-denim outfits, and cut-out archival chaps? The Beyhive will get plenty of rodeo queen styling when she finally hits the road.

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Hanna Lustig
Staff Writer

Hanna Lustig is a staff writer at Marie Claire, where she gets to gab every day about the topics she holds most dear: fashion, beauty, and celebrity. Hanna’s editorial journey began with formative internships at Elle and InStyle, where she was lucky enough to work for some of the smartest women in media while she was still in college at the University of Tennessee. Hanna then accepted a digital culture reporting fellowship at Insider, where she helped carve out a new beat dedicated to covering influencers. Those experiences later served her well as a staff writer at Glamour, where she developed a knack for spinning quick turnaround celebrity news and trend reporting into juicy feature stories. Some of her greatest hits include an earnest ode to the no-pants trend, this meticulously reported feature exploring the rise of endoscopic facelifts, this snappy take on the Chanel-designed fantasy of Sofia Richie’s wedding, this tribute to WAGs past and present, and this timeline of Katie Holmes’s life and career as told through her denim collection.

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