The 2025 CMAs: The Feathered, Fringed, Spangled, and Sparkly

Lainey Wilson

Lainey cannot WAIT for the new Wicked movie to get here.

Little Big Town

FINALLY these four look like they're going to the same party. The theme is Sparkly Hellfire and it's going to be a banger.

Morgan Evans and Laci Kaye Booth

Are those.....footless...thigh-high....tights? What a combination of words!

Alison Nichols

Honestly, this is really only in this post because it's SO much denim. I think this is very cute, to be real with you.

Karley Scott Collins

This is veering kinda Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Takes On The Old West.

Alexandra Kay

I wish this were lined all the way down, I think the effect would be more elegant.

Adam Mac and Lee Pfund

These two cuties were smooching on the red carpet and I hope they had a blast at this party. It can't be easy to be an openly gay person in country music, even now. I like their bolo ties and Adam's spangled denim is cool.

CeCe Frey

You KNOW she spent the whole night petting her vest. We've all been there.

Kasey Tyndall

I think this is jazzy and she also looks like a sexy Vegas illusionist, which must be pronounced "eeee-LOOOO-shawnist."

Cleto Cordero and Kaitlin Butts

These two look like the MOST fun couple at the local saloon, to be frank. They are always in some kind of scrape but they're a hoot to play darts with.

Jake Etheridge and MacKenzie Porter of Thelma & James

I think her dress would be more successful without the sash aspect. But I admire their commitment to couples coordination.

Nia Sioux

No one can really get mad about this!

Willow Avalon

This is like Slinky Nightgown Sorceress and I mean that as a compliment.

Mandelyn Monchick and Jon Decious

Her pantsuit is PERFECT for a certain kind of Christmas party and that party is FUN.

Asher Angel

Yeah, this is just legitimately good.

Ana Cristina Cash

Her husband is Johnny and June Carter Cash's son -- she is his third wife -- and she was on Sabado Gigante as a child and both of those facts make her the person at this event that I most want to sit next to at a wedding because I feel like she'd have some tales to tell.

Mickey Guyton

This fringe is very half-hearted, Mickey!!

Ben Johnson

This man is showing an admirable commitment to DENIM and also to PATCHES and I support him in this endeavor but mostly only very specifically here.

Krista Slaubaugh

This looks like very fancy aluminum foil and I like that about it.

Megan Moroney

This manages to be over AND underbaked for me. It sort of feels like a test costume for Dick Tracy.

HunterGirl

I might have done this with leather pants.

Jessica Capshaw

Helpfully reminding us that Grey's Anatomy is coming back soon!

Lauren Alaina

All things considered...this is pretty good. She has DEFINITELY looked worse.

Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter of The War and Treaty

I put them in this post -- and not the next one, which is more subdued looks -- because of her very dramatic skirt ruffle but all things considered, this is fairly low key for the CMAs. I think they both look great.

Roshumba Williams

And she looks FANTASTIC. Obviously that necklace is going to a post full of sparklers!