Blue Ivy Carter and Tina Knowles Make a Stylish Duo at the 2025 Angel Ball

28 October 2025

Blue Ivy poses with Tina Knowles. Credit : Beyonce/Instagram

On October 27, 2025, 13-year-old Blue Ivy Carter accompanied her grandmother, Tina Knowles, to the 27th Annual Angel Ball in New York City, where Knowles was honoured with a philanthropy award for her work in cancer research. Blue Ivy opted out of the red carpet but still turned heads in a stunning pink satin gown with a corset-style bodice, feather-trimmed shawl and layered diamond necklace, her blonde curls styled in a high ponytail. Meanwhile, Tina moved through the evening in a sleek black gown with opera gloves and sizable diamond studs brilliantly matching the black-tie occasion and the prestige of her award.

The pair shared a touching selfie posted by Tina on Instagram, the caption reading “With my Beautiful Blue at the Angel Ball tonight❤️❤️❤️,” and the sentiment mirrored by Blue Ivy’s mother Beyoncé, who congratulated her mother on the award in her own post. The event marked not just a splash on the social calendar but a visible moment of family legacy in motion Blue Ivy’s first major gala appearance alongside her grandmother and a milestone in Tina’s ongoing philanthropic work.

While this was Blue Ivy’s first major gala in such a high-profile context, those familiar with the Carter-Knowles family note that she has increasingly taken centre stage in creative and public endeavours on her mother’s tours, in media appearances and now in a significant social-philanthropic moment. Tina, in interviews earlier this year, praised her granddaughter’s work ethic and humility reminding viewers that success isn’t handed down, it’s earned.

The duo’s appearance also underscores how fashion and legacy converge in the Knowles-Carter orbit. Blue Ivy’s look, channeling a mix of youthful glamour and grown-up polish, drew comparisons to her mother’s style earlier in her career an intentional nod perhaps, or simply an indication of how much the young teen is absorbing the visual language of her iconic mother. Tina’s role in the evening being honoured for charity work places the fashion in service of something larger: purpose, impact, family.

For fans of the family, the image of Tina and Blue Ivy together offered a quiet snapshot of progression. Tina has long been a guiding figure in fashion, beauty and business and now, at the Angel Ball, she stood centre stage. Blue Ivy, while not in the spotlight in quite the same way, demonstrated presence, poise and style that hint at future chapters.

Ultimately, this gala outing was about more than dresses and cameras. It was about recognition of philanthropic labour, generational continuity and the subtle public education of a young star learning not just how to walk the red carpet, but how to carry legacy. For Tina, the evening spotlights years of work. For Blue Ivy, it may mark one of many such nights ahead a merging of heritage, personal branding and social significance.