She's not even a teenager, but Blue Ivy Carter has already pulled off quite the eye-catching style transformation as she joins her superstar parents on the world stage.
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00:00She's not even a teenager, but Blue Ivy Carter has already pulled off quite the
00:05eye-catching style transformation as she joins her superstar parents on the world stage.
00:11Blue Ivy was just four years old when she confidently walked the 2016 MTV Video Music
00:16Awards white carpet alongside her mother. Even though she probably didn't pick her own outfit,
00:21this was a key moment in her style journey, as it was the first time that she graced an
00:26awards show carpet. She wore a rose-gold metallic Mishka Aoki dress adorned with sequins and topped
00:32off with a bold tulle high-low skirt in the same sandy pink tone. The silver headpiece cemented
00:38this look as fit for junior music royalty. But the real star of the show was Blue Ivy's footwear,
00:44creamy pink kicks by Giuseppe Gianatti. Beyoncé, meanwhile, donned a Francesco
00:50Scogno Emilio couture naked gown with icy blue tones. Mother and daughter were synchronized
00:55with their bold, armor-inspired metallics, owning the carpet like partners in crime.
01:01The following year, at the 2017 Grammys, Blue Ivy kept the same palette going with a child-sized
01:06Gucci power suit in Barbie pink. The look was in honor of Prince's purple reindeers following his
01:12death in 2016. By 2018, Blue Ivy had seemingly grown out of her pink comfort zone as she started
01:19to sport more neutral shades. Accordingly, her overall aesthetic shifted from girly to
01:25sophisticated, even though she was only six years old. The transformation was clear at that year's
01:30Grammys in January, where she wore a crisp, pleated white suit by Valerie Kowalska, along
01:36with silver sparkly shoes and a Valentino purse reportedly worth $2,675. The whole sophisticated
01:45look was topped off with a sleek ballerina bun. It hardly came as a surprise that year when
01:50Beyoncé's rep confirmed that Blue had her own personal stylist and shopper, Manuel Mendes.
01:56There weren't many other public Blue Ivy appearances that year, though she did make
02:00a splash in 2019 at the premiere of the live-action version of The Lion King.
02:04Once again twinning with her mom, she wore a black, white, and silver blazer,
02:09shirt, and sheer skirt combo, blending together structured power dressing with a fun and breezy
02:14bottom. Both Blue and Beyoncé's blazers were Alexander McQueen, and while Beyoncé's was the
02:20more dramatic of the two, Blue sported her own bling with sparkling silver accessories in her
02:25hair.
02:26I just want to make sure that she can have a healthy, safe, normal life."
02:33Between 2020 and 2022, as the COVID-19 pandemic was its most disruptive,
02:39Blue Ivy was naturally photographed in public much less frequently.
02:43But eventually during this period, she was able to attend some basketball games along with her
02:47dad Jay-Z. She started favoring a grungier aesthetic as she opted for oversized outerwear,
02:53black jeans, and boots. In March 2020, just before much of the world shut down,
02:58she was spotted at a Los Angeles Lakers game wearing fendy ankle boots, black skinny jeans,
03:03and an oversized custom denim jacket with the words,
03:06Blue is my name, written on the back.
03:09Blue graduated to a more grown-up version of grunge in 2022
03:12when she attended the NBA Finals with a punk-inspired trendy leather biker jacket
03:17over an all-black outfit comprised of joggers and a t-shirt reading,
03:21Brown Skin Girl, a clear nod to her mom's 2019 song of the same name.
03:26Though this moment seemed to cement Blue's exploration of edgier styles,
03:30it actually wasn't the first time we saw her wearing leather. Back in 2014, when she was
03:35just a toddler, she was seen in Beyoncé's arms in New York City dressed head-to-toe in black,
03:40leather jacket included. Blue Ivy's first credited work in the music business happened
03:45when she was just a few days old, but in 2023, she took it a step further when she joined her
03:50mom on stage that January to headline the opening of Dubai's Atlantis Luxury Hotel.
03:56At the tender age of 11, Blue helped Beyoncé perform a special rendition of Brown Skin Girl
04:01in a crimson, glittery jumpsuit. But this was just a mere taste of what was to come,
04:06as Blue then joined her mom's Renaissance World Tour that May. A few months earlier,
04:10her grandma Tina Knowles had taken to Instagram to declare,
04:14"'You can sing, dance, play basketball, play volleyball, paint, draw, sculpt, sew,
04:18write poetry, write songs, create, act, play the piano. I could go on and on.'"
04:24Besides her killer dance moves, the best part about Blue's foray into arena performing is
04:29obviously her concert style. It's not clear how much say she gets in her costumes,
04:34but her tour outfits have offered a peek into her potential future as a superstar in her own right.
04:39She's frequently worn Beyoncé's Ivy Park brand on stage, opting for comfortable jumpsuits and
04:44matching long-sleeved sets. Red seems to be her go-to color, though she's also taken the stage
04:50in camo and chrome. In 2024, after seven months on the Renaissance World Tour, Blue Ivy displayed a
04:56newfound grace and confidence in public. As she prepares to make her debut as a voice actor in
05:01the Disney prequel Mufasa, The Lion King, she's also been unlocking her personal style away from
05:07the stage. This has included some more unique takes with blended aesthetics. Blue attended
05:12Super Bowl 58 in February along with her dad and little sister Rumi, while wearing an off-white
05:17leather-trim bomber jacket, baggy jeans, and Nike Dunk Low sneakers. The bold presence of orange in
05:23the graphic designs on her jacket hinted at a boundary-pushing style, as did her appearance at
05:28the Grammys that same month, where she donned a Vivienne Westwood mid-length gown. Though the
05:33off-white dress was a throwback to her old princess style, this was a decidedly more elegant version
05:39with an A-line hem and corset. What really took this look from merely sophisticated to simply
05:44eye-catching were the leather La Rue des Boots, which were possibly a tribute to her mom's cowgirl
05:49chic aesthetic following the release of Cowboy Carter. With all the looks she's already pulled
05:54off at such a young age, we have no doubt that Blue will keep surprising us as she dives into
06:00her teenage years.