Beyoncé has officially kicked off her Cowboy Carter tour, and she's not the only one with look changes aplenty. Enter: Blue Ivy Carter.
This week, Beyoncé hosted the first show on the long-anticipated tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. If the Renaissance tour had taught us anything, it was to expect opulence and family cameos aplenty. However, the first show of the Cowboy Carter tour far exceeded our expectations, especially when it came to Blue Ivy's involvement.
During the Renaissance tour, Beyoncé's eldest daughter stole the spotlight during a portion of the show, joining her mother and an army of dancers on stage to perform My Power and Black Parade.
Since those early Renaissance shows, Blue Ivy's confidence on stage has grown tremendously, and we've since seen the 13-year-old accompanying Beyoncé on stage regularly, whether it's on tour, at the NFL Christmas Halftime Show, or in Dubai — and she always gives us style inspo to boot.
The Cowboy Carter tour takes it to the next level, with Blue Ivy becoming a star in her own right on stage with a whooping five look changes complementing Beyoncé’s — including a very ‘00s-inspired set featuring a collage of newspaper clippings.
Blue Ivy first joins Beyoncé on stage for Act I in an all-white cowboy look, complete with silver tassels, chaps and a white hat with an Off-White tank under her vest. (Bey's look is a custom Mugler design.) For Act II, the mother-daughter duo and all the dancers change into newspaper attires reminiscent of John Galliano's iconic design for Dior's fall 2000 collection, which Carrie Bradshaw famously wore in Sex and The City.
While Beyoncé sheds a trench coat and baseball cap to reveal a skin-tight catsuit, complete with matching opera gloves, Blue Ivy dons a version of the 'fit featuring wide-leg pants and a strappy top with the same gloves and glittery sneakers in lieu of white heels — needed for her dance break during AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM.
During Act III, Rumi Carter also joins Beyoncé and Blue Ivy on stage during PROTECTOR, and the duo has now changed into matching olive green sequinned looks by Burberry. While Queen B wears another cowboy-inspired look — complete with chaps, tassels and a custom Cowboy Carter belt — Blue Ivy wears a sparkly bodysuit paired with trousers and a maxi skirt overlay featuring the brand's custom check. In contrast, Rumi wore an Oscar de la Renta dress made of gold feathers and matching mini cowboy boots.
Before the end of the show, when she changes into a more casual look featuring tour merchandise with jeans and cowboy boots, Blue Ivy gives us another custom look, wearing a maroon cowboy 'fit to perform another dance break set to 2006's Deja Vu.
For the throwback moment, the 13-year-old strutted across the stage platform like it's her runway, rocking black boots, maroon leather pants with chaps with side tassels featuring intricate gold designs and star-shaped accents. She also wore a matching corset-style vest top with seashell embellishments.
The whole look seemed like a nod to a deep-cut 'fit Beyoncé wore while performing with Destiny's Child in 2000, with a cowboy twist for the occasion. Regardless of the inspo, how iconic is it to have a co-ordinating mother-daughter moment 25 years apart?!
With 31 more shows to go on Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour, there's still plenty of time for both Blue Ivy and Queen B to surprise us with even more custom looks and references galore. For the Renaissance tour, the star wore a custom dreamland featuring designs by Off-White, Givenchy, Ferragamo, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Balmain, Loewe, David Koma, Mugler, Iris van Herpen, Valentino, Roksanda, Courrèges and many more.
This article was originally published on Teen Vogue.
