What 20 celebrities wore for their first red-carpet appearances
- Kim Kardashian has had a substantial style change since she walked her first red carpet.
- Blake Lively dressed casually for her first red-carpet appearance in 2005.
- Stars like Rihanna, Drake, and Priyanka Chopra have changed their style a lot since they first walked the red carpet.
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Although these stars have walked many carpets since, it's fun to look back on their first time arriving at a big, photographed event.
From skinny jeans to couture, here's what 20 of your favorite celebrities wore to their first red-carpet appearances.
Jennifer Garner looked casual at Nickelodeon's 12th Annual Kids Choice Awards in 1999.
Although she technically walked the orange carpet, Jennifer Garner arrived at Nickelodeon's 12th Annual Kids Choice Awards with actor Scott Foley by her side.
The two met on the show "Felicity" in 1998 and got married in 2000, a year after this photo was taken. They later split in 2003.
Garner's casual look is completed with a suede beige jacket and wire-rimmed glasses.
Cardi B pulled off a colorful look at the 2016's VH1 Hip Hop Honors.
Though it would be a year before she released her breakout song "Bodak Yellow," the former "Love and Hip Hop: New York" star turned heads in this colorful number at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors awards show in 2016.
Blake Lively dressed casually for her first red-carpet appearance in 2005.
Blake Lively made her orange-carpet debut at the 2005 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award in support of "The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants."
Perhaps in honor of the film's theme, she opted for a pair of low-rise ripped jeans for the occasion.
Emily Blunt wore a cheery dress to the Sydney Film Festival in June 2005.
At the Sydney Film Festival in June 2005, Blunt wore a simple black dress and a matching scarf and handbag.
Years later she told W magazine that this look was "horrible" and also said she felt she was "far too tanned."
Chrissy Teigen was bronzed and glitzy at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
Teigen rocked a silver gown to the 2008 Grammy Awards with John Legend, whom she had just started dating. The couple is now married with children.
Emma Stone rocked skinny jeans to her first red carpet.
Stone showed up to the "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" premiere in 2007 in a fitted jacket, white tee, and skinny jeans for an overall business-casual look.
Michael B. Jordan suited up for an awards show in 2003.
Michael B. Jordan, who was starring on "All My Children" at the time, joined his soap-opera co-stars at the 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2003 in a striped suit and silver tie.
Jennifer Lopez rocked a simple black midi-length dress to a movie premiere in 1995.
Lopez made her red carpet debut in 1995 at the premiere of "My Family" which she attended with her high-school sweetheart, David Cruz.
Tiffany Haddish wore hot pink at an event in 2012.
Years before her breakout role in "Girls Trip," the comedian and actress rocked an off-the-shoulder pink party dress to a 2012 Nylon magazine event.
Bradley Cooper turned up at the 2002 Golden Globes with his castmates in a black-on-black ensemble.
Bradley Cooper attended the 2002 Golden Globes in a classy black suit and his signature messy mane.
Priyanka Chopra kept her look simple for a Bollywood premiere in 2004.
A few years after being named Miss World 2000, Priyanka Chopra looked effortlessly demure at a 2004 event for the Bollywood film "Temptation."
Ryan Reynolds sported a goatee in 1999.
Ryan Reynolds has grown up quite a bit since he attended the 1999 premiere of "Election" in a casual button-down, jeans, and a goatee.
Mindy Kaling kept the denim trend alive at this red carpet event in 2005.
Mindy Kaling first hit the red carpet at a "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" premiere in 2005 and, like a lot of people on this list, she also went with jeans and heels.
Rihanna was the epitome of Hollywood glamour in 2005.
Rihanna turned up to the 2005 Fashion Rocks Concert in a silver, sparkling gown and strappy heels.
Kim Kardashian wore all white in 2005.
Kim Kardashian and her sister Kourtney Kardashian opted for matching white dresses for an E! red-carpet event in 2005.
Almost a decade later she would meet Kanye West and her style would drastically change.
Drake made his red carpet debut in 2005 at the Teen Choice Awards.
2005 was a big year for celebrity arrivals. Back when he was a "Degrassi" regular, Drake walked the red carpet at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards in oversized jeans and a polo.
Nicki Minaj went for a casual and cool look at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2009.
Though she often turns up in couture gowns to red carpet events, back in 2009, Minaj went to the BET Hip Hop Awards in a casual all-black body-tight get up.
Lady Gaga's first red-carpet appearance was rather low-key.
It took a while for Lady Gaga to reach couture meat-dress status because in 2008 she attended an event at Kitson in a simple latex bodysuit and her signature blonde wig.
Donald Glover was fresh-faced in a casual pale yellow shirt in 2009.
Shortly after he made a splash on "Community," Glover stepped out at TV Guide Magazine's Fall Preview Party in 2009 in a casual-cool yellow button-down.
Timothée Chalamet was still in high school when he went to his first red-carpet event.
Years before his breakout role in "Call Me By Your Name," Timothée Chalamet was just a teen actor in a funky tie at the Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG Party in 2013.
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