15 Fashion Fails Spotted At The 2025 Golden Globes

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.

#1 Cynthia Erivo

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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.

#2 Andrew Scott

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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.

#3 Heather McMahan

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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.”

#4 Jeremy Strong

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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.

#5 Ariana Grande

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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.

#6 Elle Fanning

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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.

#7 Naomi Watts

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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.

#8 Gia Coppola

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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.

#9 Leonie Benesch

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Benesch’s Chanel dress left some viewers disappointed, as they felt the dress took away from the German actress’ figure.

#10 Kerry Washington

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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.”

#11 Eddie Redmayne

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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.

#12 Nikki Glaser

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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.

#13 Ayo Edebiri

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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

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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.

#15 Glenn Close

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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.