From archival Mugler to now-iconic “Lemonade” dress, we put together the best Beyoncé looks in honor of the superstar‘s birthday
Beyoncé will always deliver a performance with fashion. And when she’s not onstage, she will still serve. Whether that’s on the way out of a hotel or on the Met Gala red carpet, Queen Bey is guaranteed to look good in a custom dress or an archival piece from a revered designer.
To mark the Grammy Award-winning artist’s 43rd birthday, we list down some of our favorites, from that showstopping metallic archival Mugler body suit she wore on “Sweet Dreams” to the flouncy Roberto Cavalli dress she had on the music video of “Hold Up.”
“Crazy in Love” music video
This is a quintessential Beyoncé outfit—body-hugging tank top and frayed denim shorts—and one she would revisit in 2013 for “XO” albeit more stylized.
Versace dress at the 2003 BET Awards
Even Zendaya is a fan of this look, so much so that she wore a long dress version of it 18 years later to attend the same award show.
“Sweet Dreams” archival Mugler look
Beyoncé was there before all the girls started knocking on the doors of the Mugler archive.
Tom Ford’s shining shimmering pieces
Did you know Beyoncé once walked a Tom Ford show? She also wore a variety of his designs onstage including the iconic sequined football dress and a mosaic body suit she wore to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci era
The artist famously sang “I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress.” And she is. A long-time collaborator, Tisci designed several of Beyoncé’s Met Gala looks, specifically her 2012 ostrich feather-trimmed nude illusion dress, 2013 punk gloved look, 2014 haute couture deep decolletage dress she famously wore the year Solange attacked Jay Z on the elevator, 2015 sheet Swarovski-encrusted dress, and 2016 latex and pearl dress.
“Hold Up” Roberto Cavalli dress
No Beyoncé dress in recent history comes close to the chatter that came with her wearing this badass dress by Roberto Cavalli while swinging a bat in the music video for her 2016 song “Hold Up.”
2017 Grammys gold dress by Peter Dundas
Beyoncé reaches peak religious status with this intricately embellished gold dress by Peter Dundas that bore her face.
Renaissance Loewe body suit
Jonathan Anderson famously made a custom body suit version of Look 43 from Loewe’s Fall 2022 collection for Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour.
Renaissance bee look from Mugler by Casey Cadwallader
Another banger and sure archival material from Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader is Beyoncé’s bee-inspired molded body suit with a headpiece that caused all that conversation.
2024 Paris Olympics promotional look by Thom Browne
T-E-A-M U-S-A. Beyoncé introduced the American athletes representing America at the 2024 Summer Olympics in a varsity opera coat in red, white, and navy silk taffeta from Thom Browne’s Spring 2023 collection.