If there's one thing we love to see at the Met Gala – alongside some incredible fashion, of course – it's Beyoncé. And after a decade without that much-needed excitement, Queen Bey has finally graced the world's biggest red carpet once again – only this year she brought along her coolest plus one so far.
Making her Met Gala debut, 14-year-old Blue Ivy was every inch her mother's daughter as she nonchalantly made her way onto the carpet and prompted every single jaw drop in the vicinity. In fact, well beyond the vicinity, as I'm currently almost 3,500 miles away and I can assure you mine was on the floor and has yet to be picked up again.
Wearing a bubble hem Balenciaga gown, Blue's look was completed with a matching jacket with exaggerated collar and sunglasses, both designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Balenciaga, and pointed Jimmy Choo heels.
Posing alongside her mum, there was no denying the star power in the room as she showed no sign of nerves or discomfort. In fact, she looked more confident than some who have walked that carpet year after year. “She looks so beautiful”, Beyoncé said in an interview on the carpet. “It’s incredible to be able to share it with her. She was ready. She is ready!”
Of course, Beyoncé's look was a showstopper, too. The embellished skeleton served as the perfect nod to the theme of “Costume Art,” with the dress code described as “Fashion Is Art”, as the icon appeared to celebrate the human body as a canvas on which sartorial art is created in a beautiful creation by Olivier Rousteing.
But while her look was undoubtedly adhering to the event's chosen direction, it seems she did break one rule. By bringing Blue Ivy, it looks like the Met Gala's age restriction – reportedly implemented by Anna Wintour since 2018 that indicates only people over the age of 18 are allowed – just got thrown out.
But this is Beyoncé. And this is Blue Ivy. We like to think that if anyone can break the rules, it's this iconic duo.
