The best red-carpet looks of 2025 so far

Business Insider

06-06-2025

Aside from a few misses, celebrity fashion has been strong in 2025.
Stars like Lauren Sánchez and Blake Lively have embraced glamour for dramatic red-carpet moments.
Billionaire athletes, including LeBron James, have also stood out in designer fashion.
Now that we're halfway through 2025, it's time to reflect on what celebrity fashion has looked like this year.
Aside from a few outfits that missed the mark, most celebrities have stunned at movie premieres, awards shows, and other red-carpet events.
Lauren Sánchez, LeBron James, and Miley Cyrus are just a few of those who have done the latter. Here's a look at their best ensembles and other standouts worn by celebrities this year.
Halle Berry was effortlessly chic at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.
She walked the red carpet in a cream-colored lace gown from Dior. It had a mock neckline, puffed short sleeves, and a thin black belt tied into a bow around her waist.
The dress was glamorous on its own, but Berry accessorized to perfection with Chopard diamonds.
Also in France, Lauren Sánchez stunned in black at the Global Gift Gala.
Dolce & Gabbana designed her strapless gown. It was covered in sparkles across its structured bodice and wrapped with a ruched fabric around the hips to enhance its floor-length skirt.
Sánchez also wore an updo hairstyle and a diamond necklace from Messika to complement the statement dress.
Elaine Zhong wore one of the best ball gowns of the year at the "Dossier 137" premiere.
The Elie Saab gown made her one of the best-dressed stars at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
It was strapless, with floral appliqués extending across its bodice and the top of its full skirt. Zhong wore the white gown with a thick diamond necklace, a matching bracelet, stud earrings, and a few sparkling rings.
LeBron and Savannah James subtly coordinated their looks for the 2025 Hammer Museum Gala, and it paid off.
The billionaire basketball star arrived at the event in black trousers, $1,690 Louis Vuitton sneakers, and the designer brand's $3,800 Damier jacket in tan, which is now sold out.
Savannah James, on the other hand, wore a dramatic pleated dress from Issey Miyake and $1,795 Giuseppe Zanotti heels with gold snake detailing.
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet matched in black ensembles at the 2025 David di Donatello Awards.
Jenner posed in a sleeveless Schiaparelli design that featured form-fitting textured fabric, a deeply scooped neckline, and a floor-length skirt.
Chalamet opted for a velvet Tom Ford suit in the same dark shade with a white rose pinned to his jacket.
Not only were the stars' outfits sharp on their own, but they also strongly suited each other.
Blake Lively had her best fashion moment of the year at the Time100 Gala.
She wore a red Zuhair Murad gown and an assortment of jade jewelry. The former had a corseted top with ruched off-the-shoulder sleeves, a form-fitted skirt, and extra fabric attached at the hips.
It was one of the best looks on the Time100 red carpet and one of the strongest outfits Lively has worn throughout her career.
Sergey Brin dazzled with crystals at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony.
As the billionaire cofounder of Google, you might not expect Brin to be overly fashionable.
However, he proved those assumptions wrong with straight-legged trousers, a satin button-down top, and a suit jacket encrusted with pearls, crystals, and beads in leaf patterns.
Miley Cyrus showed just how stylish she is at the 2025 Oscars.
She wore a custom Alexander McQueen gown made from a mix of sparkling fabric and semi-sheer mesh. It also had a halter neckline, a long skirt with a short train, and a row of velvet below her hips.
Her accessories and makeup were arguably even better than the standout dress. She wore lace gloves, a silver watch, diamond earrings, a wavy hairstyle, and bleached eyebrows.
The look was unique and true to Cyrus' style.
Selena Gomez brought the glamour to the EE BAFTA Film Awards.
She arrived on the red carpet in a custom Schiaparelli gown that was impossible to miss. Its top layer was sleeveless, sparkling, and decorated from top to bottom with thick crystals.
The latter piece also had a scooped neckline so deep that it sat below her chest and revealed a black velvet top with off-the-shoulder sleeves.
At the Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift made a fun nod to her 11th studio album and her boyfriend.
She wore a ruby-colored minidress designed by Vivienne Westwood. It had a corset top with a single shoulder strap, fabric that wrapped around her hips to create a miniskirt, and all-over sparkles.
Most fun, though, was her leg chain, which Swift co-designed with Lorraine Schwartz, People reported.
It had multiple rubies in a line that led to a charm of the letter T, seemingly referencing both her boyfriend Travis Kelce and a line Swift sings in her song "Guilty as Sin?" off her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department."
No one has pulled off theme dressing quite like Jennifer Lopez this year.
Lopez promoted her film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where she wore a dress with spider-inspired details from Valdrin Sahiti.
The long-sleeved design was made from lace and embellished with crystals in the shape of a web. It also had long sleeves, a mock neckline, and a slit in the back of its long skirt.
Shaboozey looked cool and comfortable on the Louis Vuitton carpet at Paris Fashion Week.
He wore a full ensemble from the designer brand that included light-wash blue jeans, a brown tweed coat, and a printed silk scarf over a white T-shirt.
Zendaya looked like a princess in January at the 2025 Golden Globes.
She was one of the best-dressed stars of the event thanks to her Louis Vuitton gown.
The strapless design fit Zendaya like a glove, though extra fabric was attached at the back to create the illusion of a full skirt.