For years, if you weren’t a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, stick-sized starlet, you’d have trouble getting the VIP relations manager at most fashion houses to even pretend to know who you were. These days, Lizzo has some of the world’s top designers and brands at her beck and call, waiting to dress her for events—so much so that often, she wears two or three custom looks for a single awards ceremony. After spending years on the indie music circuit, Lizzo broke through in a big way with her smash hit “Truth Hurts” in 2019, and has continued to bend the music industry and show business rules in her favor since then. The Detroit-born, Houston-raised musician has a penchant for bright colors, bold ruffles, and attention-grabbing accessories. And though her looks typically send a larger-than-life message, it was the tiny Valentino purse she carried on the red carpet at the 2019 American Music Awards that remains an iconic statement to this day. Here, take a peek back at Lizzo’s style evolution, from working indie musician to singular red carpet star.
Lizzo wore a red, tulle Giambattista Valli haute couture gown when she picked up her first Emmy for Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
2022: MTV Video Music Awards
We didn’t get as many red carpet moments from Glenn Martens’ Jean Paul Gaultier spring 2022 haute couture collection as many would have liked, but likely Lizzo did provide us with at least one showstopper at the MTV VMAs.
Va va voom! That’s all that can be said about Lizzo’s custom Gucci gown made of navy blue lurex and a black feather trim.
2022: In America: An Anthology of Fashion Met Gala
Lizzo attended the 2022 Met Gala with the Thom Browne contingent and looked like absolute royalty in a black and gold embroidered coat, a corset, and chaps-style skirt. Of course, she brought her signature flute along with her to entertain other attendees on the red carpet.
For her second trip down the Grammys red carpet, Lizzo opted for a pink ruffled gown from Balmain with an emphasis on oversized, statement-making hairclips.
A refined take on her preference for party girl ruffles, Lizzo wore this graphic Mônot gown to the virtual 2020 BET Awards.
Wearing a fun print dress from Greek designer Mary Katrantzou, Lizzo picked up an NAACP Image award in 2020.
Lizzo looked like a complete snack in a Moschino fall 2014 dress resembling a Hershey’s wrapper at the BRIT awards in 2020.
Versace is always known for its va-va-voom effects, and Lizzo proved that supermodels aren’t the only ones who deserve a high-glam moment while walking the red carpet.
2019: American Music Awards
Ah, yes, perhaps one of Lizzo’s most iconic red carpet moments. She wore a ruffled Valentino mini dress to walk the red carpet and paired it with the world’s tiniest purse.
2019: MTV Video Music Awards
Wearing Moschino, Lizzo made the statement that she’s a red carpet siren…literally.
2019: Camp: Notes on Fashion Met Gala
For the Camp-themed Met Gala, Lizzo enlisted Marc Jacobs, who came up with an all-pink outfit that paid homage to the costumes Shirley MacLaine wore in the classic film What A Way To Go!
2017: MTV Video Music Awards
Lizzo looked ready to walk down a very nonconventional aisle in this all-white bridal-inspired Seth Pratt dress at the VMAs in 2017.
2016: MTV Video Music Awards
For one of Lizzo’s first major award shows appearances, she showed up to the 2016 VMAs in a glittery mini dress.
2016: Barbershop: The Next Cut Premiere
In 2016, Lizzo released her first major-label EP. It would be a few years until those songs became hits, but she started working the publicity circuit afforded to major label artists nonetheless.
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