The show must go on was the theme on the red carpet this year at the 2025 Grammy Awards. After Los Angeles experienced one of the most damaging fires in the city’s history, the artists on the red carpet embodied optimism, resilience, and a hopeful nod to brighter days ahead.
Here are 16 artists whose statement-making looks caught our eye with their bold red-carpet appearances.
Hip-hop hero Sir The Baptist wearing the best accessory of the night: a Los Angeles County Fire Department hat.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Grammy winner Doechii wears a shirt and suit ensemble by Thom Brown that echoes Madonna during her Erotica era.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Janelle Monae channels Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation in a menswear-inspired suit from New York-based fashion house, Area, and completes the look with a stunning obsidian chain necklace by Maison H Jewels.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Sabrina Carpenter arrives in Chopard diamonds and a powder blue silk evening gown with a feather bustle by JW Anderson (who is rumored to take the helm at Dior).Jordan Strauss/The Associated Press
Billie Eilish takes norm-core to the next level, channeling a 90s Lisa Bonet-look (complete with Chrome Hearts sunglasses) in a look an outfit from Prada featuring a relaxed black jacket, navy pants and a sartorially classic black sailor hat.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Taylor Swift added to her eras closet in Vivienne Westwood, wearing a short Kansas City Chief-hued red dress and a gold chain grazing her thigh carrying a hers and his charm with the letter “T”.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Presenter Jaden Smith is in the house on the red carpet in Louis Vuitton, wearing a castle-like head piece by Transylvianian artist Dora Abodi.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Pop supernova Chappell Roan in a 2003 Jean Paul Gaultier spring couture look with a print of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas’s stunning corps de ballet artwork.DANIEL COLE/Reuters
Columbian reggaeton singer J Balvin —one of the most formal-looking stars on the red carpet—sports a suit, bow tie and opera coat by Dior.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Shaboozey stuns on the red carpet wearing a Prince of Wales check jacket with a metallic sheen and a tailored finish.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Lady Gaga in Vivienne Westwood couture looking like a gothic queen in a ballgown reflecting a modern merging of costumes seen in Dune and Nosferatu.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Charli XCX opted to trade in her Brat persona club gear for a couture masterpiece in a grey-blue hue by John Paul Gaultier. The dress was executed with 200 metres of chiffon.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Sheer was a headlining trend at the Grammys but Gracie Abrams’s look—a custom Chanel ivory column dress with a veiled hood— topped the charts. She’s one of the newest faces for the French fashion house.Jordan Strauss/The Associated Press
A silver bodice under Cynthia Erivo’s navy Louis Vuitton Atelier gown creates a look that is equally wicked and chic to match her over-the-top manicure.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Country queen Kelsea Ballerini shimmers and shines in a sculptural beaded Tamara Ralph dress and a white opera coat.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Cardi B goes bold and gold while re-inventing wearing a mermaid dress by Roberto Cavalli’s designer, Fausto Puglisi. (The look is a modern nod to Bob Mackie’s red carpet bravado).Frazer Harrison/Getty Images