--- title: Met Gala 2017: Jaden Smith Carries His Own Dreadlocks description: Jaden Smith carried an unexpected accessory when he walked the Met Gala red carpet on Monday: his own severed dreadlocks. canonical: https://time.com/4762681/jaden-smith-dreadlocks-met-gala-2017/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-02T01:43:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:15.310Z og:title: Jaden Smith Carried His Own Severed Dreadlocks at Met Gala og:description: As one does og:url: https://time.com/4762681/jaden-smith-dreadlocks-met-gala-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc3fa236bbfc3675/6988cb8586f68e5d9d6e4838/jaden-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2129 og:image:height: 1198 og:image:alt: "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jaden Smith Carried His Own Severed Dreadlocks at Met Gala twitter:description: As one does twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc3fa236bbfc3675/6988cb8586f68e5d9d6e4838/jaden-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jaden Smith Accessorized His Met Gala Look By Carrying His Own Severed Dreadlocks > Sponsored content. 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Jaden Smith attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, on May 1, 2017. Neilson Barnard—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 2, 2017 1:43 AM UTC While the outfits on the annual [Met Gala red carpet](http://time.com/4762326/met-gala-2017-red-carpet-photos/) ranged from the outlandish to the avant garde to pay homage to the theme of the night, [Rei Kawakubo and her radical clothing line, Comme des Garçons](http://time.com/4757973/met-gala-2017-rei-kawakubo-bio/), one accessory of the night was truly unique, carried by none other than [otherworldly youth Jaden Smith](http://time.com/4087095/jaden-smith-interview/). Jaden, who recently cut his hair, chose to accessorize his dapper, all-black Louis Vuitton ensemble with boots, gold jewelry, a grill, and his own shorn dreadlocks. While some may have found Jaden’s final accessory a bit unorthodox, he seemed perfectly at ease, carrying his hair with the kind of elegance that one might hold a clutch. Is carrying your own hair the next big trend in menswear? 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