Cara Delevingne at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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Cara Delevingne's Style Evolution, From Hippie Headbands To Couture

She's always been willing to try out a trend.

by Erika Harwood
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Cara Delevingne has been serving looks on the runway for a decade now, but what about her style when she's off-duty? Turns out, that's also good. While some of her choices may not make sense to us now (black tights under a mini dress, we're looking at you), they were certainly on-point at the time. Here, a look back at Delevingne's always-styling fashion evolution.

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2010, Remember Me premiere

Tights under your strapless dress was, in fact, an acceptable look in the year 2010.

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2011, Serpentine Gallery Summer Party

And a headband around your forehead was the move in 2011.

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2011, Harper's Bazaar Women Of the Year Awards

She cinched her gold dress with a chunky black belt at the 2011 Harper's Bazaar Women Of the Year Awards.

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2012, amfAR gala

She wore an emerald green gown to the 2012 amfAR Gala.

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2013, Met Gala

She wore custom Burberry to the 2013 Met Gala.

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2013, Cannes Film Festival

A less punk Burberry gown at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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2014, Met Gala

She wore a black-and-white pantsuit to the 2014 Met Gala.

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2014, GQ Men Of The Year Awards

Wearing black lace gown to the 2014 GQ Men Of The Year Awards.

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2015, Met Gala

Sporting fake tattoos and a Stella McCartney jumpsuit.

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2015, Paper Towns premiere

She wore a sparkling silver Saint Laurent dress to the premiere of Paper Towns in 2015.

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2015, VMAs

Another sparkling Saint Laurent dress, this time covered in stars at the 2015 VMAs.

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2016, MTV Movie Awards

She wore a sleek Balmain look to the 2016 MTV Movie Awards.

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2016, Suicide Squad premiere

In thigh-high boots and a ruffled dress by Anthony Vaccarello at the Suicide Squad premiere in 2016.

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2017, Met Gala

In literal head-to-toe silver at the 2017 Met Gala.

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2017, MTV Movie Awards

More Saint Laurent but less hair at the 2017 MTV Movie Awards.

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2017, Valerian Premiere

Wearing a silver halter gown at the 2017 premiere of Valerian.

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2018, Met Gala

She wore a black Dior gown and Marianna Harutunian crown to the 2018 Met Gala.

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2019, Met Gala

For the 2019 Met Gala she wore Dior couture with a headpiece by Machine Dazzle.

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2020, Boss Fashion Show

Wearing a lavender Hugo Boss suit in 2020.

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