Shailene Woodley divided the internet at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards with her wardrobe choice.During her first appearance at the Emmys in nearly a decade, The Fault in Our Stars actress wore a Pierpaolo Piccioli Balenciaga Haute Couture F/W 26 ensemble, including a blue halter top paired with wide-leg gold pants covered in sequins. She styled it with burgundy opera sleeves and a statement necklace. She wore her hair in a low ponytail.Critics and fans took to social media platforms like Threads and X to comment on her Emmy outfit. A user noted Shailene Woodley’s minimal styling at the 2026 Emmys and quipped:“Minimal fashion, maximum effortless energy.....Shailene Woodley makes simplicity look timeless.”Woodley and Rodgers started dating during the Covid-19 pandemic and eventually got engaged. They surprised their fans when they decided to call it off in February 2022. Reports stated that their breakup was amicable, citing busy careers and obstacles they couldn't overcome.Continue reading for more details.Internet reacts to Shailene Woodley’s Emmy outfitShailene Woodley’s Balenciaga couture look at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards stunned fans during her red carpet appearance.Woodley’s sartorial choices drew polarized opinions from users online. Outlets like Who What Wear noted the rare appearance of a pair of trousers on the red carpet and called her sequinned trousers a stylish “change of pace” and “undeniably chic.” A segment of Woodley’s fans rallied behind her, praising her look for being “fun” and experimental.Others joked that her fit looked like a random game of dress-up. They compared her burgundy gloves to kitchen gloves.A person wrote:“My uncle Gary divorced his third wife, Tina, for dressing like this.”Another netizen commented:“Everybody has there own fashion sense. I don't think she looks bad as people are saying.”A third user joked that her stylist must have been a mole paid by her ex-fiancé Aaron Rodgers and wrote:“Shailene Woodley, I fear your stylist is a mole hired by Aaron Rodgers himself. Because girl what the actual f..”Another commented on whether the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback picked up the strange ensemble himself and wrote:“Did Aaron Rodger’s style her?”Someone else noted:“Shailene fell into her closet and wore what got stuck.”78th Primetime Emmy Awards - Show - Source: GettyThe Divergent star won her first Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for starring as Annie in season two of Hulu series Paradise. This marks her second Emmy nomination following a previous nomination in 2017 for Big Little Lies.Shailene Woodley has previously faced criticism and mixed reviews for her unconventional red carpet choices in the past. She has been open about how she doesn’t care about fashion and prefers an all-natural lifestyle. She told Yahoo! Lifestyle UK:“I don't care about fashion. I have a stylist that does care about fashion and tells me what to wear. [Theo and I] don't own many clothes in our personal lives. I own three t-shirts.”However, she emphasized veering towards more flexibility for the sake of her career, and said:“You have to turn the wheels slowly. It would be disrespectful to turn up at a premiere in clothes from a thrift shop.”During her first Oscar appearance in 2012, Woodley wore a white Valentino gown which was criticized by fashion commentators for being too covered-up and conservative for a young actress. At the time, The Descendants breakout star was only 20 years old.In 2018, she wore a metallic structured dress from Ralph Lauren that many called one of the night’s worst looks and compared to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz.Woodley has several projects lined up, including Ultra, Paradise Season 2, Unabom, Count My Lies and a Janis Joplin biopic. She is also scheduled to star along with Alan Ritchson in an action-thriller called Motor City.