Over the years, Rihanna’s Met Gala appearances have become one of the event’s undeniable highlights. Rihanna has attended the gala as far back as 2007, skipping a few years in between, for a total of 11 appearances on the famous stairs.

Nineteen years ago, 19-year-old Rihanna hit the red carpet for her first-ever Met Gala in a Georges Chakra dress that was understated and simple, despite some embellishment on top. Her looks at the Met have been so perfect that some of her ‘fits have actually made it to a couple of exhibitions themselves.

Since her Met Gala debut, Rihanna has only risen further and further up the fashion-statement totem pole, consistently topping the best-dressed list and being one of the few celebrities on the red carpet to nail the theme and dress code almost every year. (Remember the time she co-hosted the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Image” gala in 2018 and made quite the entrance?)

Even when she skipped the 2022 Met Gala, she still managed to make her presence known, and that’s when you know you’ve made it. While Rihanna decided to skip the Met Gala 2024, all eyes were on the singer and beauty mogul to return for the Met Gala 2025. And she didn’t disappoint. We’ll have to patiently wait to see if she’ll be attending this year, but in the meantime, we can relive all of Rihanna’s Met Gala looks to date — from Chinese designer Guo Pei to a Comme des Garçons look that we’re still dreaming about — here.

See all of Rihanna’s Met Gala looks through the years: