At the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday, the music industry turned out for a night of surprises and awe-inspiring performances. Beyoncé took home trophies for Album of the Year in addition to Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter” — in a major surprise to her — while young performers like Benson Boone cut back flips off of stage equipment.
As it is with most major events, there were some fashion trends. Quite a number of celebrities wore some version of sheer while others opted for gold — Paris Hilton did double duty in a gold sheer dress from Chrome Hearts. And while footwear was varied, platform silhouettes did emerge as a standout. When broken down, this did seem to make sense: Lady Gaga, Cynthia Erivo and Beyoncé are all general fans of towering platform shoes. And at the 67th annual Grammy awards, they each chose to wear a platform at least for one point during the night.
Of course, it wasn’t just that group. Doechii also wore a pair of platform shoes. But, as she had decided on wearing Thom Browne, that was also not surprising as the designer has a penchant for dressing stars in his platform booties inspired by oxford shoes, often incorporating brogue detailing. And Sabrina Carpenter not only got the benefit of additional height (she’s about five feet tall) but roped in the ongoing mule trend.
The beauty of platform styles is they add height while managing difficulty and pain. Single-sole styles must increase the pitch of the foot in order to add height. This not only means that wearers often feel less stable wearing them, and can be uncomfortable, but that the possible height is limited by how long the foot is. Platform styles circumvent this. Take a look at the most standout platform shoe moments of the night.
Jennifer Lopez seen backstage at The 67th Annual Grammy Awards wearing a Stephane Rolland fall 2025 couture crop top and sheer, sequinned skirt featuring crushed velvet platform sandals in Los Angeles, California. The shoes featured a peep-toe. She was styled by Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn.
Willow Smith wore a McQueen coat, embellished lingerie and a pair of black Versace Medusa Aevitas platform pumps to the 67th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Smith was styled by Shiona Turini.
Cynthia Erivo wearing a black velvet Ashi Studio dress and black satin Christian Louboutin Cassia Alta platform heels at the 67th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Erivo was styled by Jason Bolden.
Doechii turned up on the Grammy’s 2025 red carpet in head to toe Thom Browne including a suit-inspired custom grey pinstripe dress and a pair of platform Thom Browne Longwing Booties. The platform includes the signature Thom Browne red white and blue stripe and the heel is sculpted. Doechii was styeld by Sam Woolf.
Sabrina Carpenter wore a baby blue satin JW Anderson gown with feathers in addition to a pair of slip on blue satin Kandee peep toe mule heels featuring a sizeable platform to the 2025 Grammy awards red carpet. She was styled by Jared Ellner. The shoes were a custom colorway.
Shakira wore a lace orange and black Etro dress with Aquazzura’s La Nuit Sandal Plateau in black velvet to attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Beyonce wearing a custom Schiaparelli couture dress with custom gold satin Schiparelli platform heels to accept the Best Country Album award for “Cowboy Carter” from Taylor Swift on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025. Beyonce was styled by Shiona Turini.
Lady Gaga wore a black off-the-shoulder Viviene Westwood corseted dress featuring a front slit and a pair of blakc leather platform Mugler fall 2011 cutout booties to accept the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for “Die With A Smile” onstage with Bruno Mars during the 67th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Gaga was styled by Sandra Amador.
Lady Gaga wore a custom, gothic-inspired black Sam Lewis leather jacket and dress with a pair of Vivienne Westwood Elevated Court pumps from 1983 to attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
