Overview
- Beyoncé, serving as a co‑chair, returned to the Met Gala on Monday with Jay‑Z and 14‑year‑old Blue Ivy, who made her debut in a cream Balenciaga gown with a matching bomber jacket.
- Post‑event videos show Blue Ivy keeping her sunglasses on despite repeated requests from Beyoncé’s publicist Yvette Noel‑Schure, stylist Ty Hunter, and Jay‑Z to remove them.
- A separate clip of Beyoncé thanking red‑carpet helpers drew wide praise for her polite tone, with online commenters contrasting it with footage of Blake Lively appearing to snap at assistants.
- Tina Knowles said on the Today show Tuesday that watching Beyoncé and Blue Ivy on the carpet made her emotional, calling the moment “déjà vu” of Beyoncé’s own teenage red‑carpet start.
- The Met Gala in recent years has used an 18‑and‑over guideline, and outlets note exceptions are made for minors with parents or co‑chairs, which likely cleared Blue Ivy to attend.