Met Gala 2024 Top Men’s Shoes: From Bad Bunny’s Louboutin Tabi Boots to Alton Mason’s Thom Browne Platforms + More

Christian Louboutin, Maison Margiela and Thom Browne were the designers on the tips of everyone’s tongues at the 2024 Met Gala.

Certainly, these three fashion names were the ones to beat this year when it came to delivering statement-making footwear that were perfect for this year’s dress code, a “Garden of Time.”

While these labels are certainly now standard red-carpet staples in women’s fashion, many of Hollywood’s leading men and fashion plates donned the designers – often head to toe – as they walked the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s steps to celebrate this year’s Costume Institute exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

Indeed, 2024’s Met Gala saw more male attendees take footwear risks than ever before. Some opting for animal-like shoes, to more floral adorned options. Even some platform boots, sharply pointed toe silhouettes and a sneaker, or two, were seen on the feet of some of today’s top stars.

Here, we round up some of the top men’s shoes of the 2024 Met Gala.

Bad Bunny

One of this year’s Met Gala co-chairs, Bad Bunny stepped out in a full bespoke Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano look. For shoes, the singer wore black leather custom made Tabi boots worn with spats were created by Christian Louboutin for Maison Margiela. The Tibi shoes, featuring a sleek black design, are complemented by a side zipper and an embellishment of white and brown fur on the top.

Alton Mason

Male supermodel Alton Mason took to new heights on Monday night in a pair of platform astronaut boots in black and white patent leather. The almost cartoon-like style was a dressy take on a combat boot complete with brogue detailing. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the shoes: last year, Janelle Monae wore this exact style on the Met Gala red carpet. Mason, isn’t one to shy away from statement footwear. The model was seen at last year’s Met Gala in a pair of custom Sunni Sunni boots.

Josh O’Connor

Loewe global brand ambassador Josh O’Connor slipped into a pair of hand-beaded Campo Biker boots featuring colorful floral motifs—a nod to the natural world themes of this year’s dress code. The design incorporated a slightly elevated black sole and a round toe. To complement his footwear, the “Challengers” star wore a single-breasted elongated tailcoat in fine wool,  with pinstripe wool trousers, a caviar pearl beaded shirt, and bowed tie brooch from the Loewe x Lynda Benglis collection. The look was based on a womenswear design from Jonathan Anderson’s fall 2024 ready-to-wear collection.

Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope was one of the many stars to walk The Met steps on Monday in Christian Louboutin shoes. This year, the actor wore the Vatik black patent leather heeled dress shoe from the French luxury footwear brand. Pope’s Louboutins were worn with a full masculine-meets-feminine styled suit from Tanner Fletcher, complete with a robe fit for a sexy night out.

Alex Sharp

English actor Alex Sharp grabbed a look from Balmain’s fall/winter 2024 menswear collection for Monday’s event. Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing’s surrealist inspiration for the collection was evident in the look, with Sharp wearing a pair of squared-toe boots featuring gold teeth along the heel. Sharp paired the quirky footwear choice with a tux that creates the shape of a face – with large eyes sewn into the lapels of the jacket and a red cummerbund serveing as the face’s mouth.

Damiano David

Damiano David, frontman for the Italian rock band Måneski, wore a custom Diesel look by creative director Glenn Martens on Monday. David completed the look with a pair of Diesel leather boots with a Damiano David signature under the sole. As for the rest of the musician’s look, he sported a basic tuxedo reinterpreted with a disintegrating fabric using devoré, one of Diesel’s key techniques, recently shown in the brand’s spring/summer 2024 runway show.

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith wore his own sneaker collaboration with New Balance on the Met Gala red carpet on Monday. The former FN cover star donned black and white colorway of his recently dropped New Balance x MSFTSrep 0.01 sneaker. The silhouette features the “NB” and “MSFTSrep” logos printed on opposite sides of the upper, as well as a split midsole. Smith wore the sneakers with a custom Thom Browne all-in-one modular coat in white denim, black wool mohair and cavalry twill tipped in black grosgrain.

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum wore head-to-toe Prada at the 2024 Met Gala. The actor finished his look with a pair of black brushed leather shoes from the Italian luxury label that features a pronounced square toe. Goldblum was also seen in a black wool single breasted shawl collar tuxedo, white poplin shirt with bow detail and black double breasted wool coat from Prada.

Usher

Fresh off of his star-studded Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher took to the Met Gala steps in a full Alexander McQueen look by newly-installed creative director Seán McGirr. The singer was seen in a pair of black leather boots with a very sharp pointed toe. He wore the style with a custom-made cape in black wool twill with black dipped rose applique detail, a tuxedo jacket and trousers in black wool with all-over stone embroidery and red dipped rose appplique.

Nicholas Galitzine

British actor and Fendi men’s ambassador Nicholas Galitzine walked the steps on Monday in a full look from the Italian luxury brand. The “Mary & George” star wore a pair of Fendi’s black leather boots with a slight Cuban heel and pointed toe. Galitzine was also seen in a custom Fendi black wool fitted jacket with satin lapel and embroidered flower, a matchy embroidered tie, a white popeline shirt, black solid wool trousers.

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody got the Maison Margiela treatment on Monday night. The actor stepped out in a pair of black leather Tabi lace-up shoes – a house signature. “The Pianist” star was also seen in a Maison Margiela black wool double-breasted tuxedo with grosgrain lapels, worn over a white tuxedo shirt.

Law Roach

For both of his two looks on Monday night, stylist to the stars Law Roach sported a pair of Aiglon black and white patent leather loafers from Christian Louboutin. First seen in the French footwear designer’s fall/winter 2023 collection, the Aiglon is a patent leather loafer style characterized by a sharp pointed toe and a contrast white upper and black midsole and sole. Roach paired the shoes in his first look with an all-black double-breasted suit from Maison Margiela by John Galliano.