Cara Delevingne’s Best Red Carpet Looks Show a Supermodel Finding Herself

Since her runway debut with Burberry during London Fashion Week in 2011, Cara Delevingne has become one of the most sought-after figures in the fashion world—cultivating close ties with iconic designers like Christopher Bailey, Hedi Slimane, Stella McCartney, and the late Karl Lagerfeld. While she has always been a red carpet fixture thanks to early outings at the Met Gala and Cannes, she’s become an even more dynamic presence thanks to her acting career, which spans roles in American Horror Story and Only Murders in the Building. Over her many, many appearances, Delevingne has also used fashion to refine her sense of self. Early photos show a young model in standard starlet-appropriate dresses, but now, the openly queer multi-hyphenate explores all sides of herself. Here, a look back at Delevingne’s best red carpet fashion.

Delevingne leveled up the classic black column gown in this ruffled halter design with a plunging chest cutout by Haider Ackermann’s Tom Ford.

For this year’s “Costume Art” theme, Delevingne leaned into dark, gauzy layers in a form-fitting Ralph Lauren gown.

The star gave new meaning to naked dressing in this sheer, body-motif design from Thom Browne’s spring 2026 collection.

Sporting a slinky hood, a sharp cat-eye, and a satisfying hair swoop, Delevingne served sultry glamour with a touch of Grace Jones in this all-black Alaïa look.

Delevigne sparkled in a floor-length Tamara Ralph couture gown with a surrealist statement collar.

Delevingne paired her strapless Ashi Studio dress with sheer gloves during the Colours of Time Cannes premiere in 2025.

Delevingne shimmered in this halter-neck Gucci design when she stepped out on the Golden Globes red carpet.

In 2024, the star looked ready for battle in a bejeweled Stella McCartney look at the 2024 Met Gala.

Delevingne paid homage to her late friend, Karl Lagerfeld, in this black-and-white look from Lagerfeld’s eponymous line.

For her Oscars debut, the model and actor epitomized Hollywood glamour in a one-shoulder ball gown by Elie Saab, complete with a daring leg slit.

Delevingne put her spin on “Gilded Glamour” by sporting a gold-painted torso and matching nipple pasties at the 2022 Met Gala, themed “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.”

The model turned up the heat on this skirt suit by wearing no shirt whatsoever at the 2021 CFDA Awards.

Never one to mince her words, the model attended the 2021 Met Gala in a white Dior ensemble with the phrase “Peg the Patriarchy” strewn across her top.

Delevingne proved you can make a statement by keeping things simple when she opted to forgo a shirt under her Dior suit.

To celebrate DKNY’s 30th anniversary, the model channeled a bit of “Sporty Spice,” but made it fashion.

Delevingne wore a sharp bob and a liquid-esque David Koma gown for a special screening of her Amazon Prime Video fantasy series Carnival Row.

In New York City, the model mixed wet-look hair with a Rock ‘n’ Roll take on classic Chanel codes.

While Delevingne had gravitated to short hair and more tailored, darker looks, here she proved she could still rock a feminine pink frock. This one, of course, is Dior.

Bucking tradition, Delevingne wore a menswear-inspired suit to her friend Princess Eugenie’s royal wedding back in 2018.

Continuing her flair for a bit of goth now and then, Delevingne wore this graphic black Dior couture gown for the 2018 Catholic-themed Met Gala.

Strengthening her relationship with Dior under former creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Delevingne wore Dior separates, with some peek-a-boo underwear, to the brand’s fall 2018 show.

In Chanel, Delevingne attended “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art Of The In-Between” Met Gala.

In a daring move, Delevingne mixed classic Chanel with Supreme underwear at the French maison’s Paris Fashion Week fall 2017 show.

Delevingne joined the #BalmainArmy in 2016, wearing one of Olivier Rousteing’s body-con jumpsuits for the MTV Movie Awards.

Embodying her long-standing muse-ship with Karl Lagerfeld, she oozed Chanel couture at the house’s spring 2016 presentation.

Delevingne is a woman who wears many hats, moving fluidly between the fashion and film worlds (and, more than occasionally, mixing the two). She wore a feathered Burberry mini for the premiere of Pan in London.

British It girls, unite. Delevingne hasn’t cut ties with Burberry by any means; she and Kate Moss appeared at the house’s spring 2015 show together.

At the New York premiere of Paper Towns, Delevingne opted for a shimmery Saint Laurent look, sticking with the mini dresses that served her well throughout the press tour.

From model to movie star—Delevingne was spotted on the Paper Towns press circuit in a Dion Lee mini dress with Saint Laurent sandals, and a superhero-esque shade of eyeshadow (perhaps foreshadowing her Suicide Squad casting to come).