The 2024 Golden Globes officially brought back red carpet fashion, and with it a slew of looks to digest.
While the show — which kicks off awards season — certainly helps to predict forthcoming celebrity red carpet moments, the evening’s best dressed also help to drive the trends that will influence the evening and formal wear market, from wedding guest and bridal party looks to proms and parties around the world.
From gown silhouettes to key color trends, red carpet awards shows such as the Golden Globes offer viewers and fans both inspiration and a sneak peek at what designers will be offering in stores and on the runways for the rest of the year.
Here, seven of the best fashion and shoe trends that cropped up from this year’s Golden Globe Awards.
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1. Red from head to toe
Many, many Golden Globes attendees chose red as their statement-making color for the evening. From Florence Pugh in Valentino and Ayo Edebiri in Prada to Julianne Moore in Bottega Veneta and Rachel Brosnahan in Sergio Hudson, there was no shortage of red looks, done in a distinctive vintage lipstick red hue (cool, blue undertones are key here — forget the orangey, Mediterranean aesthetics of last year’s “tomato girl summer”). Attendees all matched their red frocks with red heels, from classic satin pumps to peep-toe sandals. While both fall ’23 and spring ’24 runways focused on red, we can expect this footwear trend to take a stronger hold in the real world of retail and consumers this year.
2. Tea length hemlines
Plenty of stars swapped the typical floor-sweeping grand gowns of years past and opted for a vintage tea-length hemline. There’s no question that Prada’s runway collections — particularly its fall ’23 line, with its retro A-line skirts — have something to do with it, and we saw a key tea length look by the Italian brand on actress Brie Larson. We can expect formal wear and even bridal designers to incorporate more of these silhouettes into their 2024 and 2025 collections.
3. Palette-cleansing white looks
A key spring ’24 runway trend, the evening winter white look first migrated to stars at the Academy Gala last month, then onto last night’s Golden Globes red carpet. Keri Russell chose a Jil Sander fringed tank dress, while Natasha Lyonne also highlighted textured white in a Schiaparelli number. Hunter Schafer’s pale, pale pink-to-white Prada dress was an organza extravaganza. This trend may also be picking up steam with the comeback of Phoebe Philo, whose new eponymous line had plenty of textured white.
4. Matchy-matchy footwear
Red wasn’t the only color on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes. There was also green on Taylor Swift, whose Gucci dress and Christian Louboutin pumps equaled one of the best looks of the night. Lavender frocks and matching footwear came from Brie Larson and Helen Mirren. The matchy look recalls the dyed-to-match trend that used to dominate bridal and bridal party wear back in the mid-to-late 20th century. We could be seeing a comeback in 2024.
5. Classic pumps
There were some strappy sandals here and there, but classic, pointed toe pumps ruled the red carpet on Sunday night. From Larson’s Prada pumps (a key brand for the fall ’23 trend) to plenty of Christian Louboutin, the pump had the power.
6. Black velvet
Maybe it’s just the winter season, or a holdover from all of that holiday party dressing. But black velvet was all over the red carpet at the Globes. From Angela Bassett’s off-the-shoulder, long-sleeved mermaid gown, custom made by Dolce & Gabbana, to Jennifer Lawrence’s gathered velvet dress by Dior, and Amanda Seyfried’s Armani Privé, everyone was swaddled in the sumptuous fabric (still more: Annette Bening also in Dolce & Gabbana; Cillian Murphy in Saint Laurent; Timothée Chalamet in Celine). While we didn’t see much of this on the spring ’24 runways, the year’s fashion focus on texture could push black velvet to be the new black.
7. Black-on-black tuxedos — with a shoe twist
Save for a few who braved the all-white trend, guys at the Golden Globes stuck with black this year, and not just your basic black tuxedo and white shirt; instead, all-black looks ruled. That went all the way down to the toes, where versions of the black patent leather tuxedo shoe were remixed, from Colman Domingo’s Louis Vuitton look to Jon Batiste’s Jimmy Choo monkstraps, to Timothée Chalamet’s patent leather Chelsea boot — a favorite of Celine designer Hedi Slimane, dressed up for evening.
