--- title: Met Gala: Beyonce's Sheer Givenchy Dress Turns Heads description: Other celebrities may try, but no one does the red carpet like Beyonce canonical: https://time.com/3846771/beyonce-sheer-dress-met-gala/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-05T11:55:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:34.814Z og:title: See Beyonce Prove She's the Queen of Sheer at the 2015 Met Gala og:description: Bow down og:url: https://time.com/3846771/beyonce-sheer-dress-met-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ce7ba132e4c576c/6987ee5ea988ca3f6d6b083f/beyonce-met-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Beyonce attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Beyonce Prove She's the Queen of Sheer at the 2015 Met Gala twitter:description: Bow down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ce7ba132e4c576c/6987ee5ea988ca3f6d6b083f/beyonce-met-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Beyonce Prove She's the Queen of Sheer at the 2015 Met Gala ## Video: See Celebrities Arrive at the Met Gala Red Carpet [Watch (HLS stream): See Celebrities Arrive at the Met Gala Red Carpet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vC6ZdOGy.m3u8) (2:56)  _Published 2015-05-05. See Celebrities Arrive at the Met Gala Red Carpet_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 5, 2015 11:55 AM UTC  Beyonce attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. Beyonce attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.George Pimentel—WireImage/Getty by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 5, 2015 11:55 AM UTC Beyonce proved once again that she knows how to both make an entrance and capture the headlines. While her appearance at last year’s Costume Institute Gala at the Met was dominated by [Elevator-gate](http://time.com/96962/solange-jay-z-beyonce-elevator-fight-guide/) , the superstar has this year ensured that everyone is talking about her on her own terms. Showing up late to the annual event, Beyonce walked the red carpet in a shockingly sheer Givenchy gown that all but guaranteed every eye would be on her. _Read next:_ [_Solange Knowles Dazzles in Unique Giles Dress at Met Gala 2015_](http://time.com/3846433/met-gala-2015-solange-knowles-giles/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ### See Celebrities on the Red Carpet at the 2015 Met Gala  Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York. Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images  Rihanna attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York. 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