The 2010s began with a meat dress and ended with the world’s tiniest purse. Are you curious about which artists have owned the iconic red carpet looks of the past decade?
It has been a wild 10 years of red-carpet fashion. The decade saw Hollywood stars going bolder with their style as social media turned even more eyes on their showstopping looks.
Lady Gaga’s meat iconic red carpet looks
To start the decade, Lady Gaga stole to show at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards by wearing a dress made entirely of meat.
Claire Danes Met gala 2016
She had all eyes on her as wore a stunning LED dress that glowed in the dark.
It made the dress look truly magical as if Cinderella was on the red carpet.
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Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala wearing Guo Pei
Who else but Rihanna could carry this so effortlessly, despite it weighing 55 pounds?
This is a woman who turns it up on every major red carpet she treads, and yet this reached new levels of iconic even for her.
Beyonce’s nearly nude dress
At the same Met Gala, Beyonce came to steal Rihanna’s thunder with a naked dress. The dress was sheer and embellished with lots of jewels.
Jennifer Lawrence’s 2013 Oscars gown
The world took a collective gasp when Jennifer Lawrence tripped and fell as she went up on stage to collect her Leading Actress Oscar in 2013.
But while she might wish the moment had never happened, it did allow us the perfect shot of her stunning Dior couture gown splayed out across the steps.
Billy Porter at the 2019 Oscars
In a tuxedo gown by Christian Siriano, he was interested because it was the arrival of gender-blurring fashion on the red carpet in this really massive, explosive, very mainstream way.
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Angelina Jolie, 84th Academy Awards
Angelina Jolie literally put her best foot forward in the black Atelier Versace gown she wore to the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.
Her high-slit dress and telling pose were so iconic that they earned their own Twitter account @AngiesRightLeg.
Jennifer Lawrence at the 83rd Academy Awards 2011
Lawrence, who was just 20 years old at the time, instantly became one to watch on the red carpet with this simple but stunning gown.
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Lady Gaga’s 2010 Grammys look
At the turn of the decade, Lady Gaga was experimenting with a more futuristic aesthetic.
The singer arrived wearing a sculptural Giorgio Armani dress covered in glittering tubes, paired with towering crystal-encrusted platforms. She carried in her hand a spiked star, finishing off the galactic look.
Cardi B at 2019 Grammy
At the Grammy’s, Cardi B took us back in time rocking the Thierry Mugler haute couture dress from 1995.
This look was iconic because of its beautifully unique style and shape and of course, everyone loves a vintage dress moment.
Jared Leto Met Gala 2019
Jared Leto certainly didn’t turn up to the Met Gala empty-handed…he was carrying his own head.
A few runways before the event, Gucci had shocked the world as the models carried replicas of their own heads and Leto’s take on this look certainly didn’t disappoint.