15 Fashion Fails Spotted At The 2025 Golden Globes
Not all Golden Globes 2025 red carpet outfits were hits. Here’s a comprehensive list of the worst outfits according to reactions from fans of the awards show.
Celebs usually have teams of specialists, preparing months in advance to pull off a memorable red-carpet look. The Golden Globes is one such glamorous occasion that has become the epitome of high fashion with its star-studded guest list. It's a high-stakes situation for the best designers to create outfits that the whole world will likely see and judge. Occasionally though, even the industry's best designers end up creating disastrous looks that can look awkward, unfortunate or downright ugly. Below we've compiled a list of these attempts to make fashion statements that ended up being a fashion fail instead spotted at this year's Golden Globes.
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The Wicked star appeared on the red carpet wearing an extravagant black dress with a white flower pattern.
Viewers, however, couldn't get past the strange rectangle-shaped accessory that began at her waist and flowed into her skirt, interrupting her silhouette in a strange manner.
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Scott’s choice to wear a unitone cyan three-piece-suit put off viewers who joked that he looked as if had dipped his clothes into a bucket of paint before attending the event.
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While viewers praised the comedian’s outfit for its light purple color and flowing cape, others were put off by the details around the dress’ waist, with frills they found reminiscent of “loose skin.”
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The Succession star wore a teal velour suit paired with a white turtle neck, a bucket hat, and oversized, orange-colored sunglasses.
Viewers felt the outfit was out of place for an event like the Golden Globes, feeling the actor stood out but not in a good way.
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Grande wore a modest, cream-colored skirt coupled with long white gloves. According to some viewers, who likened it to a “sleeping bag” due to its somewhat uniform shape, the outfit did the actress no favors.
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Fanning’s fans were disappointed by her dress, mainly because they felt the leopard-patterned bodice she wore ruined what would’ve otherwise been a gorgeous light-gold dress.
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Watts donned one of the most peculiar dresses of the night, with an understated and elegant black-velvet, strapless dress inexplicably ending in what some described as a “mushroom-shaped" pink segment at the knees.
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The filmmaker’s Valentino dress was labeled as “ill fitting” by some outlets who believed it to be too simple for the occasion.
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Benesch’s Chanel dress left some viewers disappointed, as they felt the dress took away from the German actress’ figure.
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Some viewers slammed the actress and producer for wrapping herself in a bright pink fabric, saying the outfit lacked cohesion and looked “improvised.”
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Redmayne wore a two-piece suit with a striking black-and-white checkerboard pattern that elicited mixed reactions from the audience.
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The stand-up comedian wore a glamorous satin, champagne-colored, strapless dress coupled with a corset and a flowing skirt decorated with a single flower of the same fabric.
While many viewers praised the dress for its intricate design and beautiful color, others couldn’t get past what seemed like nipple-shaped details on the outfit’s top.
Image source: Earl Gibson III/GG2025/Penske Media
Some congratulated Edebiri for “channeling” Julia Roberts’ iconic 1990 Golden Globes' look by wearing an oversized gray business suit from Loewe.
On the other hard, others felt she didn’t pull off the look with the same effortlessness as the Pretty Woman star did all those years ago.
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The stand-up comedian wore a red gown with a feathered texture that some viewers considered too distracting, wishing she would’ve worn a more conventional dress of the same color instead.
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The three-time Golden Globe winner wore a long-sleeve, black velvet dress with black gloves and heels.
The outfit featured French words stitched in a manuscript style, with the “scribbles” getting more erratic around the gown’s midsection.
#1 Cynthia Erivo
Image source: John Nacion/GG2025/Penske Media
The Wicked star appeared on the red carpet wearing an extravagant black dress with a white flower pattern.
Viewers, however, couldn't get past the strange rectangle-shaped accessory that began at her waist and flowed into her skirt, interrupting her silhouette in a strange manner.
#2 Andrew Scott
Image source: Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media
Scott’s choice to wear a unitone cyan three-piece-suit put off viewers who joked that he looked as if had dipped his clothes into a bucket of paint before attending the event.
#3 Heather McMahan
Image source: Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media
While viewers praised the comedian’s outfit for its light purple color and flowing cape, others were put off by the details around the dress’ waist, with frills they found reminiscent of “loose skin.”
#4 Jeremy Strong
Image source: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
The Succession star wore a teal velour suit paired with a white turtle neck, a bucket hat, and oversized, orange-colored sunglasses.
Viewers felt the outfit was out of place for an event like the Golden Globes, feeling the actor stood out but not in a good way.
#5 Ariana Grande
Image source: Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media
Grande wore a modest, cream-colored skirt coupled with long white gloves. According to some viewers, who likened it to a “sleeping bag” due to its somewhat uniform shape, the outfit did the actress no favors.
#6 Elle Fanning
Image source: Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Fanning’s fans were disappointed by her dress, mainly because they felt the leopard-patterned bodice she wore ruined what would’ve otherwise been a gorgeous light-gold dress.
#7 Naomi Watts
Image source: John Nacion/GG2025/Penske Media
Watts donned one of the most peculiar dresses of the night, with an understated and elegant black-velvet, strapless dress inexplicably ending in what some described as a “mushroom-shaped" pink segment at the knees.
#8 Gia Coppola
Image source: Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media
The filmmaker’s Valentino dress was labeled as “ill fitting” by some outlets who believed it to be too simple for the occasion.
#9 Leonie Benesch
Image source: JC Olivera/GG2025/Penske Media
Benesch’s Chanel dress left some viewers disappointed, as they felt the dress took away from the German actress’ figure.
#10 Kerry Washington
Image source: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Some viewers slammed the actress and producer for wrapping herself in a bright pink fabric, saying the outfit lacked cohesion and looked “improvised.”
#11 Eddie Redmayne
Image source: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Redmayne wore a two-piece suit with a striking black-and-white checkerboard pattern that elicited mixed reactions from the audience.
#12 Nikki Glaser
Image source: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
The stand-up comedian wore a glamorous satin, champagne-colored, strapless dress coupled with a corset and a flowing skirt decorated with a single flower of the same fabric.
While many viewers praised the dress for its intricate design and beautiful color, others couldn’t get past what seemed like nipple-shaped details on the outfit’s top.
#13 Ayo Edebiri
Image source: Earl Gibson III/GG2025/Penske Media
Some congratulated Edebiri for “channeling” Julia Roberts’ iconic 1990 Golden Globes' look by wearing an oversized gray business suit from Loewe.
On the other hard, others felt she didn’t pull off the look with the same effortlessness as the Pretty Woman star did all those years ago.
#14 Ali Wong
Image source: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
The stand-up comedian wore a red gown with a feathered texture that some viewers considered too distracting, wishing she would’ve worn a more conventional dress of the same color instead.
#15 Glenn Close
Image source: Michael Kovac/Getty Images
The three-time Golden Globe winner wore a long-sleeve, black velvet dress with black gloves and heels.
The outfit featured French words stitched in a manuscript style, with the “scribbles” getting more erratic around the gown’s midsection.DE
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