She's had to choose outfits for her fair share of red carpet events over the years.
But as Adele picked an ensemble to collect her MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, she decided to play it safe and stick to her signature style in a Stella McCartney long-sleeved tea dress.
However, Adele did add a quirky twist to her look by wearing her strawberry blonde hair up in a beehive, accessorized with a Philip Treacy veiled headband.
The 25-year-old looked stylish but safe in her long-sleeved black dress, which featured green metallic accents, which nipped her in at the waist before going into a full skirt.
Adele teamed the dress with black sheer tights and heels, and kept her make-up simple with a smoky eye and nude lip.
Her hair added to her ladylike look, with Adele using Beauty Works GOLD Weft extensions to create the voluminous updo.
Clearly delighted with the honour, Adele beamed from ear to ear as Prince Charles pinned the medal to her chest, before shaking hands with the royal.
Charles was then seen chatting to Adele for several minutes, presumably congratulating her on her immense musical success.
The Someone Like You singer, who found fame after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006, already has a bulging trophy cabinet, from Brit Awards to Grammys, and was honoured for services to the music industry.
Also honoured was Christian Horner, the team principal of the Red Bull Formula One team which has won four consecutive constructors' and drivers' world championships. He was awarded an OBE for services to motorsport.
Margaret Thatcher's former private secretary Edward Leigh followed in his father's footsteps when he was knighted by the prince.
Paralympians Josie Pearson and Aled Davies, who both won gold in the discus during London 2012, were also awarded MBEs.
Adele - whose full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins - was born when her mother was 18, to a father she says she never knew.
From an early age she wanted to sing and her mother regularly arranged the lamps in her house to form a spotlight so Adele could perform to family and friends.
She was offered a recording contract with XL Recordings after her friend posted the demos on MySpace soon after she graduated from the performing arts Brits School in Croydon in 2006.
Her debut album 19, also inspired by heartache, went straight in at number one following its release in 2008.
She had already been tipped for success after becoming the first winner of the new Critics' Choice Award at the Brits.
Her success went stratospheric after a spine-tingling performance of her single Someone Like You at the 2011 Brit Awards, which became the launchpad for 21.
Adele also enjoyed the longest run ever by a woman at the top of the UK album charts, surpassing Madonna, and she became the first woman to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five at the same time.
She appears to have bounced back from her medical woes in late 2011 when her throat problems - which had threatened to wreck her singing voice permanently - forced her to cancel a string of concerts.
Adele - who won a record six Grammy Awards in the US last year - has said she will never write another break-up record as she is 'done being a bitter witch'.
She has largely kept out of the limelight since becoming a mother, with appearances at awards events seemingly her chief reason for heading out after-hours these days.
Source: dailymail
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