Don’t call it a comeback. Since giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy, Beyoncé’s style has been more relaxed and casual than what we were used to seeing from her pre-baby. At this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, aka the MET Gala, Sasha Fierce was in full diva effect.
Beyoncé walked the red carpet in a Givenchy Haute Couture feather hemmed gown. The highly detailed dress featured a sheer beaded lace overlay, and the aforementioned feather hemline that transitioned in color from an inky black to a deep violet.
As intricate and dramatic Beyoncé’s MET Gala look was, little sis Solange opted for a far more minimal look that was equally as stunning. The singer/actress/DJ, who’s always at the forefront of what’s hot in fashion, donned a yellow strapless Rachel Roy dress that was as simple as it was statement making.
Her gown featured a small train and a very on trend peplum. Solange accessorized with Sergio Rossi heels, a gold-beaded Edie Parker ‘Flavia’ clutch, and a head full of curls…
Pastels and florals were a hot red carpet trend for the night. Rapper M.I.A. rocked a pastel colored, floral-print silk skirt from Stella McCartney. Platform pumps, a printed clutch, a pink lip to match the pink flowers in her suit, and long flowing locks completed her look.
Paula Patton got in on the pastel trend, wearing a strapless gown from Vera Wang. The strapless rose-colored dress featured an interesting neckline that had a pleated detailing that went throughout the entire bodice. She kept her accessories to a minimum carrying only a small clutch, and wearing a pair of statement earrings.
Actress Rashida Jones also went the floral/pastel route. She wore a one-shouldered silk chiffon Tory Burch gown. The black-belted dress featured hand-painted and hand-beaded flowers. Rashida added a bit of fun to her romantic look with a fringed clutch. Teardrop earrings, and a single diamond bracelet finished her look.
It was couples night at the MET, with both Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, and La La and Carmelo Anthony walking the red carpet. Alicia and Swizz opted for all black everything, the husband and wife duo both wore black-suited looks courtesy of Givenchy.
Carmelo also donned the requisite black tuxedo and bow tie combo, in a custom look from Rag & Bone. He finished off his look with a pair of Stubbs & Wootton velvet skull embroidered slippers. Wife La La stood out from the red carpet crowd in a boldly hued bright blue Zac Posen gown.
It’s not always easy for the fellas to show a little fashion forwardness at black tie events. If you’ve seen one black tux, you’ve seen them all. But sometimes a single accessory can make a big style difference. Singer Bruno Mars walked the MET Gala red carpet wearing a Prada tux, but added just the necessary bit of something extra with a pair of aviator framed sunglasses.
Swizz Beatz wasn’t the only guy to rock a Givenchy tux on the red carpet; Kanye West also wore a black tux from the French fashion house. ‘Ye was his usual dapper self, adding a bit of visual interest to his otherwise standard tux, in the form of a few gold bracelets.
Leather was a surprisingly popular choice on the red carpet, with both Rihanna and actress Rosario Dawson wearing black leather gowns. Rihanna wore an open backed Tom Ford crocodile dress, while Rosario wore a high-necked Calvin Klein Collection gown.
Black patent leather Christian Louboutin pumps, black nails, and a chic updo completed Rihanna’s look. Rosario accessorized with a cream clutch, royal blue teardrop earrings, and kept her hair simple in a side parted, low ponytail.
What’s a fashion event without models? The MET Gala is considered to be the fashion industry’s Academy Awards, so of course the industry’s top models and designers had to provide an extra dose of glamour. Model Joan Smalls attended the event as the guest of Balmain head designer, 26-year-old Olivier Rousteing. Joan of course wore custom Balmain.
Liya Kebede dazzled in a hunter green sequined Tory Burch dress. Her knee-length dress featured that now ubiquitous, and definitely on trend, peplum detailing, and she completed her look with black strappy heels and a simple black clutch.
British model Jourdan Dunn was a guest of Burberry and walked the red carpet with fellow Burberry spokesmodel Cara Delevingne. Jourdan wore a cream lace Burberry gown that featured a black satin bow around the waist. She accessorized with a matching black clutch, and styled her hair in long, flowing locks.
Model Chanel Iman brought the drama and full on glamour as the guest of designer Tom Ford. Chanel wore Tom Ford (of course), donning a black and white sheer overlay detailed gown. Smokey eye makeup, red nails, a simple updo, and several diamond jewels completed her look.
Both look amazing! Solonage when she is ready to dress up she dresses the hell up!
RIGHT… Stunning. Love her look!
Everyone is looks great. Really love Beyoncé’s dress. Solange looks divine in yellow!
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Not Beyonce’s biggest fan, but Holy Mother of Blue she slayed me in that dress!
Look at Bruno’s Hair! Is so cute.
Love Solo dress
Love Paula Patton entire look
Love RiRi dress, but not the hair
Didn’t bey make the worse dress list for the MET gala? Anyway her dress is hideous. Way too much going on with it and she looks plastic.
I like Solo’s dress
And Rhianna would have slayed had she did something better with her hair.
The rest…ehhh
EXACTLY! CL didn’t want to comment on how Beyonce’s dress was NOT one the highlights at the Gala and how she was actually on the WORSE dress list. CL tried to sugar coat their commentary. Y’all tried it. Smh
Where are you guys getting your information? Beyonce was named BEST DRESSED by InStyle and Vogue….
I guess haters gon hate.
No. They are actually right. Has nothing to do with hate. Geeez. I saw on E! and Entertainment Tonight where they showed her on the worse dress list. I guess some media outlets liked it and others didn’t.
I don’t know what you guys were looking at but every where I seen said Beyonce stole the show she looks great!
Ok upon a quick yahoo search of the best and worse dressed at the gala, the first link has beyonce on the WORSE list. Regardless of who did or didn’t like it, I don’t find it flattering at all. It may have come off better had she used a black spandex instead of a nude colored one that doesn’t match her complexion
i can see it being the worst for some and the best for others. Just depends on your taste.
I agree her dress is too much!! Sorry it’s border line tacky/ trying too hard. Maybe if I was there I would think differently…nahhh!
SOLO won the best dressed hands down !!! It just tick all the box for me.
RiRi… Sorry luv but you look boring..all round.
totally agree, Solange best dress for me.
Beyonce’s dress isn’t for EVERYONE! This is the COSTUME GALA and she wore a Givenchy Haute COUTORUE gown. Haute Couture is more dramatic and definitely questionable to some critiques. From what I have read, Beyonce had received a lot of praise for her choice.
Both ladies looked amazing and rock two totally different and complimenting looks for the evening. Come on ppl, this is VOGUE MAGAZINE! Anything goes.
Bey’s dress received mixed reviews. Some loved it and some hated it. I thought her dress went with the theme of the party “costume”. She looks good in the dress, it has major detail and she made a statement. You either love it or you hate it.
LIES: Vogue named Beyonce BEST DRESSED, People Magazine named Beyonce BEST DRESSEED, US Weekly named Beyonce BEST DRESSED, VH1, Huffington Post. Only the pseudo blogs are the people saying Beyonce looked bad. And further more Andre Talley from Vogue announce Beyonce was the best dressed on ET yesterday. So all ya’ll have several seats!
And she was on the cover of the New York post the following day!
Let them know what it is ^^^^
In the end of the day VOGUE it’s self said Beyonce was BEST DRESSED. Anything involving little blogs that no one cares about is a non-factor in this situation.
Chanel Iman – Absolutley gorgeous in that dress!
Beyonce’ – dress is nice, but I think a different hair do would have looked better.
Solange – be klilling em.
Rosario – This is the best I’ve seen her in awhile.
M I A – OMG she would have looked cute had she done something to her hair geesh.
Alicia Keys – Not feelingher look, Swizz actually looks better than her.
Khadida – Always a hot mess, all that money her dad has, I know she can get hooked up.
LaLa – Always looking cute
OMG I LOVE ROSARIO’S LEATHER DRESS. I NEED THAT DRESS IN MY LIFE. LOVE RHIANN’S TOO. THOSE LEATHER LOOKS ARE FAB. Solo’s is lovely in yellow. The rest could have stayed home
with Beyonce’s dress all I see are the spanks underneath. Idk…not really feeling the look. But its probably not my taste. Not a haute coutouuuuure kinda girl lol. But Solange looks cute. Rihanna’s hair runined the entire look. The models wore their outfits well….good job
Rhianna only messed up with her hair. Love Solo’s dress and that clutch and I’m sorry but Beyonce’s dress is ugly and the nude colored spanks makes it even worst
Solange is the best dressed hands down.
AGREE! You Go Solange:)
I have to say “IT” but Solange looks better than Beyonce… Sorry that dress looks half finished. The FEATHERS kill the dress. I would have opted for more of the bedazzled at the bottom.
I like Bey’s dress, but I wish the hair was in a bun and she had on jewelry.
Love Solo’s entire look!
Rihanna did well with the dress, but the hair was terrible.
I like Paula’s entire look.
But Chanel Iman STOLE THE SHOW!! From hair to makeup to dress to accessories. YAASSSS!!! Gave me LIFE!!!!
Solange is “Flawless” Just Breath Taking; I just love it not over dress just perfect:)
The Best Dress;
Solange
RiRi
Rosario
Bey, skin look flawless, The dress had to much going on,..
Well I’m not sorry. Beyonces dress is ugly indeed and why would she show her spanks? It cheapens the look imo. Its funny how she obviously wanted to be the most flashy and still ended up on several “worst dressed” list. She tried.
I believe it is part of te dress.
Anyone saying Beyonce’s dress is “nice” is Lying. Its ugly and tacky looking. I really wish she wasn’t always trying so hard to be the center of attention. She clearly showed up and thought she would hog the spot light in that dress. I saw coverage of this event last night and they didn’t even mention bey or her ratchet dress but I can see why she is on several worst lists. Her sister clearly snatched her wig in her yellow number and I don’t even like Solange but werked that dress. The leather dresses are very flattering and Rihanna would have easily slayed had she had a better hair do
I TOTALLY agree with you.
@WIGSNATCHED you’re evidently a Rihanna fan, the fact that you wrote all of this about Beyonce then mentioned Rihanna at the end,LMFAO …..Rihanna’s dress was basic, Beyonce’s dress is Haute Couture it’s meant to be exaggerated. Vogue named her best dressed & Andrè Leon Tally couldn’t stop talking about it so the rest doesn’t really matter.
@RED I’m sorry to disappoint you but I am not anymore a “fan” of Rihanna than I am Beyonce. I come from an era of REAL music so both those chicks can kick rock to be honest. My comment was based off personal opinion and the fact that she is on several of the worst dress list. The dress is ugly and idk what Vogue or Andre Tally got to say, they just kissing ass anyway but I don’t have to do that. I truly like the leather dresses better. It could have been anybody wearing them, it makes me doesn’t make me like them any less. Had Beyonce wore that leather dress Rihanna had on, I would have given her props I’m sure. To think I had to be a Rihanna fan in order to not like Beyonce’s dress and comment about her craving the spot light, is absurd. I swear the Beyonce fans are a little “touched” in the head
Can everyone see now, just from looking at the others and how they are dressed, that beyonce craves attention? That dress was too much, unnecessary and she should have stayed home.
Beyonce is a mother now, why does she have her ass checks hanging out?
^^ass cheeks
CL Beyonce can hang Sasha Fierce up honey. Its old and played…so 2006ish.
Rihanna: My gurl Rih slays once again! I love the dress and those killer black nails. Lovin’ the Loubs too. I loved her hairdo…its just CL got a bad angle pic of her hair.
Beyonce: I actually liked her dress…I just don’t like the leotard underneath. It takes away from the black lace and the dress..entirely.
Solange: Yellow is mos def her color and I love when she wears it!!! This dress is bomb and I LOVE her HAIRRRR! She looks absolutely flawless and tbh, she looked better than Beyonce at this event.
Kanye: Yeezy looks handsome and the tux suits him well.
Carmelo + LaLa Anthony: Love them as a couple!! They both look great! I love LaLa’s dress..it’s sucha pretty color.
Beyonce looked AMAZING…that couture Givenchy was everything.
Solo looks GREAT…she be killing em
All the models look great…espcially Miss Joan Smalls…luv her
BEYONCE DRESS IS A HOT ASS MESS!! CAN SOMEBODY SAY TACKY, RAGGEDY!! NOT A GOOD LOOK!! SOME TIMES IT JUST DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO TRY SO HARD,BCSE THEN U END UP A BIG ASS FLOP!! AND BEYONCE IN THAT DRESS IS A COMPLETE FLOP!!
Beyonce and Nicki Manaj look like they are both made out of the same plastic material. A robot in an ugly dress
Beyonce’s dress is very SASHA FIERCE and we all know how tacky she was in that era. I love the jewels on the dress, but everything else is a hot mess, especially that ugly a– purple on that random ostrich feather looking material! Plus…. Bey you’re a mother and still showing your a–?! That has to be the worst part of the dress, the a– cheeks showing. It looks nasty and embarrassing.
Rihanna is a crack wh–e and those drugs are really catching up to her. Her face is scary looking. The dress is HOT though!
Lala looks nice.
Paula Patton is so beautiful and looks classy.
M.I.A. wtf?
Chanel Iman looks so glamorous!
Most of those dresses look so uncomfortable…My favorite is Joan smalls’one. Love me some Bruno Mars too!
Beyonce has the best dress hands down!… when you go to the Met Gala you gotta show off ,and what better way to say am back BITCHES then making a statement with this dress. That dress hugged every bit of her body and it’s a Master Piece if I ever saw a better creation.I do agree I wish she would of changed the hair up ,but other then that B you better WORK!
Chile Beyonce was not best dressed! The gown was ill fitting, she does not have the attitude/fashion sense to pull it off, her makeup was wack, her hair was wack and that undergarment was atrocious!!!!!!!
Had this been anyone else, the butt kissing media and “fashion gods” would have had plenty of bad things to say. But since most people tend to make money off of the “Beyonce Hype” they will say anything!
However, Old Anna Wintour or Andre Talley can not control what my eyes can see and I say she looked a mess!
Beyonce has the best dress hands down!… when you go to the Met Gala you gotta show off ,and what better way to say am back BITCHES then making a statement with this dress. That dress hugged every bit of her body and it’s a Master Piece if I ever saw a better creation.I do agree I wish she would of changed the hair up ,but other then that B you better WORK!
I really like Beyonce’s dress but the undergarment is so wrong that it makes the dress look unflattering to me. That dress is meant to be worn nude or look nude. Her undergarment should have been more sheer but I think she needed that one for tummy support. It is not totally bad but she does not look as polished as she usually does.
CHANEL IMAN HANDS DOWN!! WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING HAIR, MAKE-UP GOWN JUS BEAUTIFUL. SOLANGE, RIHANNA, ROSARIO HAD PRETTY GOWNS ON TOO. :>)
Beyonce – hate the dress, it looks like a rug.
Solange – don’t care for the wig or dress.
Alicia Keys – I kind of like her outfit.
Rashida – I would cut her dress to above the knees and wear it as a summer dress, I kind of like it.
Rihanna – I like the style of her dress but I don’t really like the leather or the crocodile print.
They’re not posted here but I also loved Hilary Swank’s dress, as well as Ginnifer Goodwin’s.
LMAO!!!!I like You!!! You are STUPid KYLA lol!!! Said the Dress looks like a rug!!! LOL her hair too!!! LOL!!!!
Solange, Paula, and Chanel Iman stole the show! Both leather dresses are great as well!
Haters fall back!!!!!! Just google beyonce best dressed att met and vh1, us magazine, Instyle magazine, huffington post, vogue, E! And Andre leon talley named bey on the best dressed list!!!!! That is a fact baby. Look that shit up. Beyonce showed up and showed out in that Haute Couture Givenchy! Its the Met Costume Gala. Expect the best. Look it up best dressed Haters! Fall the fyuck back. Ha!, bey had to live up to rhat
Solange SHITTED on everyone! she looks georgous!
Chanel Iman and Ginnifer Goodwin for the WIN!
They slayed!!! THAT IS ALL!
I think Beyonce was brave to show up in that dress, but it just doesn’t work – it looks inappropriate and it’s not styled well. A better way to show that she is back would be to release some music…
Too many excuses with this girl. The girl dress look like shit. Get over it.
Exactly. These fools tryna pull up some big names to justify that mess of a dress. Goodbye!
LOL. Exactly. Straight to the point.
Chanel showed the girls how to wear a sheer dress honey. Bey, boooo. And I LOVE her but, come on.
Love Solo’s dress Beyonce’s is hideous!!!!
The undergarment Beyonce is wearing underneath is to hide the girdle she is wearing underneath it to give her a false figure! She looks ridiculous!!!
Who the hell cares what vogue thinks about Beyz dress? that dress is a hot mess and it screams attention whoring!Solange killed it fo me and Rihanna was effortlessly elegant didn’t even need crazy make up coz she was rocking that leather dress, body to die for!
I am a HUGE Beyonce fan,…However, I AM NOT feeling this dress!!!! Its a fail to me!
Rashida Jones’ dress is the best one. It’ll make a great prom or bridesmaid dress too. Funny how Beyaki tried to be different but was outshine by her sister keeping it simple.
my picks: Solange, Rosario, Rihanna, Chanel Iman & Paula….that get up Beyonce is wearing his horrible….
Oh yeah I liked LaLa in the blue…
SOLANGE’S WHOLE THING SHE HAD GOING WAS THE BOMB…I THINK IT WAS BETTER THAN BEY’S SORRY B I DIDN’T LIKE THE HAIR AND NO JEWELRY
EVEN THOUGH SOLANGE DIDN’T HAVE ANY JEWELRY IT’S THE FACT THAT THE HAIRSTYLE FLAVORED AND COMPLIMENTED THE DRESS
the undergarment aint cute
The was not spanx or a undergarment goes to show you who know fashion it is the MET Gala where you are suppose to look costumey.