Jessica Alba cut through a rainy New York afternoon on Wednesday in 3.1 Phillip Lim’s Alexa Moto Boots, a hardware-loaded silhouette that added a utilitarian edge to her tonal look.

The ankle-high style was crafted in a warm red-brown leather, featuring silver O-ring hardware at the sides. A buckled strap wrapped the ankle, secured over a stacked flat heel and round toe. Pull tabs completed the boot, set on a rubber sole for grip on slick sidewalks. The Alexa has been a recurring piece in Phillip Lim’s accessories lineup, known for its functional build accented with polished hardware.

Alba’s boots grounded an outfit built on layered textures in similar tones. She styled the boots with pink-brown leopard pants that fell loosely over the shaft, adding a ribbed knit and an oversized leather jacket in matching brown tones. A suede handbag, aviator frames and a folded umbrella rounded out the look.

The layered mix — suede, leather, knit and print — echoed the textural tonal palette Alba leaned into at Tory Burch’s spring 2026 show the day before, when she matched fishnets and russet peep-toe pumps with a metallic blouse. In August, she opted for Manolo Blahnik’s Carolyne kitten-heel slingbacks in russet suede, followed by the designer’s ruched Pelagalo slingbacks at the U.S. Open. Weeks earlier, she attended the London press night of Evita in Loewe’s crystal-studded gold sandals with daughter Honor Warren.

Alba’s pivot to moto boots also places her within a wider return to biker silhouettes. This summer, Dua Lipa built her Sunny Hill Festival look around Miu Miu’s seven-buckle biker boots, while Selena Gomez laced into Paul Andrew’s Biker Boot while filming “Only Murders in the Building” back in June.