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Just as surely as the Met Gala 2024 is fashion\u2019s biggest night, Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> is one of the most talked-about people on the planet. And when the two intersect, there\u2019s plenty to discuss.<\/p>\n Swift first attended the legendary gala in 2008, then an 18-year-old songstress with a single self-titled country album under her belt. Earlier that year, she\u2019d had her first appearance in the top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100 list, when her single \u201cTeardrops on My Guitar\u201d reached No. 13. (In late 2022, she became the first artist to simultaneously claim<\/a> every single one of the same list\u2019s top 10 slots.) Swift was still months away from releasing her sophomore effort, Fearless<\/em>, and a year and a half from Kanye West<\/strong>\u2019s onstage invasion and declaration that \u201cImma let you finish\u201d while she accepted the Best Female Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards for \u201cYou Belong With Me,\u201d an incident that continues to reverberate through Swift\u2019s career to this day<\/a>.<\/p>\n Or maybe 2008 is best summed up in social media terms: MySpace was still alive and very much kicking at the time, and Instagram didn\u2019t even exist yet.<\/p>\n When the teenaged Swift stepped out at her first Met Gala in May 2008<\/a>, she sported a shimmery Badgley Mischka dress in a shade similar to her long, curly hair. When she dressed in sequins resembling mermaid scales for the year\u2019s \u201cSuperheroes: Fashion and Fantasy\u201d theme, Swift hadn\u2019t yet embraced her signature<\/a> \u201cred lip classic thing that you like\u201d lip color, opting instead for a demure petal pink shade.<\/p>\n Since that first Met Gala appearance, Swift has attended the party five more times, most recently in 2016, showcasing a range of looks that go all the way from 2014\u2019s romantic blush-tinged ballgown, complete with train and Old Hollywood-inspired waved hair, to her daringly dark custom Louis Vuitton mini in 2016, which she paired with her freshly bleached platinum blonde bob and gothic black lace-up sandals. On Reputation<\/em>\u2019s song \u201cDress\u201d the next year, she seems to reference that particular night, and potentially even meeting future boyfriend<\/a> (and future-future ex-boyfriend<\/a>) Joe Alwyn<\/strong><\/a> at the event, singing, \u201cFlashback when you met me \/ Your buzzcut and my hair bleached.\u201d<\/p>\n That last appearance wasn\u2019t just notable for the Alwyn of it all: In 2016, Swift was one of the event\u2019s co-chairs. She also made waves for dancing with another future (ex) beau Tom Hiddleston<\/strong><\/a> inside the party, shortly before her split from then-flame Calvin Harris<\/strong> became public. Hiddleston and Swift twirled to Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cCrazy in Love,\u201d with a Givenchy-clad Bey herself in attendance at the bash too.<\/p>\n Only time will tell when Swift will next grace the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Until then, check out her style evolution at the Met Gala through the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n