Before the “Brat” era turned Charli XCX into a full-scale pop headline, her shoes were already entering pop icon territory. Across red carpets, fashion weeks and performance looks, Charli’s shoe style file keeps circling back to statement footwear: knee-high boots with dramatic folds, hardware-forward heels and runway pairs pulled straight from designers like Vivienne Westwood, Jonathan Anderson and more.
In 2025 alone, she rotated from custom thigh-high Ann Demeulemeester boots for the Met Gala to Fidan Novruzova’s Havva Chunky Heel boots on stage at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, then carried that boot streak into 2026 with Rodarte patchwork knee-highs and distressed leather boots by Ann Demeulemeester.
She’s also put her stamp on sneakers, having teamed up with with Converse in June 2025 on a customizable Chuck Taylor “By You” collaboration that leaned into her party-girl branding and fan-built styling.
Ahead, take a look at Charli XCX’s most memorable shoes over the years — from platform sneakers to sheer runway pumps.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2011
Image Credit: Marc Broussely/Redferns During a performance at The Roundhouse in London on March 3, Charli XCX paired black and white striped tightws with a pair of shimmering platform Pleasers with a white base and a shimmering siler vamp and ankle strap.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2013
Image Credit: Getty Images Charli XCX walked the red carpet of the 2013 NME Awards on Feb. 27 in a goth-tinged prep ensemble, complete with Buffalo London Tower high platform sneakers with a smooth wedge sole and glitter toe cap.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2014
Image Credit: C Flanigan/Getty Images Charli XCX matched her footwear to the graphic energy of her 2014 MTV VMAs look, pairing a Moschino tiger-stripe bodysuit with Christian Louboutin Rosa Z heels — complete with the style’s signature wavy lines.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2015
Image Credit: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for MTV At the 2015 MTV EMAs in Milan on Oct. 25, where she attended as a Best World Stage Performance nominee, Charli XCX paired a chartreuse dress with an iteration of Vivienne Westwood’s sky-high Ghillie heels from the label’s spring 2014 collection, combining a butter yellow leather platform front with a red leopard print block heel in contrasting texture.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2016
Image Credit: Don Arnold/WireImage Charli XCX arrived at the 2016 ARIA Awards in Sydney wearing Cinderella-blue Miu Miu pumps, shaped with a sharp pointed toe and finished with crystal-embellished block heels set on a silver metallic base. She paired the powder blue pumps with a white, open-neck style mini dress.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2017
Image Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage At the 2017 Brit Awards on Feb. 22, Charli XCX paired a fluttery purple Vivienne Westwood dress with Aquazzura’s Monaco rose embellished suede sandals, which featured a wrap ankle detail.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2018
Image Credit: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Flaunt Magazine Charli XCX gave her take on Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” at the Flaunt and Baccarat celebration for Flaunt’s 20th Anniversary on Dec. 1 in Los Angeles. She wore a black and white gingham mini dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline, white puff sleeves and a sweetheart bodice finished with a small keyhole cutout, pairing it with John Fluevog’s silver glitter-covered Mega Munster Original Baroque Platform heels.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2019
Image Credit: Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images, Sophia Webster Charli XCX paired a strapless black dress with a corset-style bodice and asymmetric, thigh-high slit with Sophia Webster Rosalind Crystal Bead High Heel Sandals at the 2019 GQ Men of the Year Awards on Nov. 21.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2021
Image Credit: Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS, Christian Louboutin At the 2021 MTV VMAs on Sept. 12, Charli XCX punctuated her custom Shawna Wu lingerie-inspired lace mini dress look with a pair of Christian Louboutin Hot Chick pumps.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2022
Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Spotify For Spotify’s Wrapped event on Dec. 1, Charli XCX paired an electric green-yellow asymmetric dress with Abra’s pink high belt boots.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2022
Image Credit: Raymond Hall/GC Images Even before “Brat” green was a thing, Charli XCX embraced the hue, wearing Gianvito Rossi’s Spice Sandals in lime green while out in New York in March.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2022
Image Credit: SplashNews/Azalea Wang While out and about in New York City in March, Charli XCX paired a Chet Lo ensemble with Azalea Wang’s highlighter-hued Turn the Lights On knee-high Stiletto Boots, which were covered in rhinestones.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2023
Image Credit: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage At JW Anderson’s pre-fall 2023 show in Milan on Jan. 15, Charli XCX wore the brand’s knee-high black leather boots, finished with a pointed toe and a gold hain-link heel. The hardware-forward style tracked with the Northern Ireland designer’s design codes, who is known for his playful shoe concepts.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2023
Image Credit: Taylor Hill/WireImage At April’s H&M x Mugler launch in New York, Charli XCX wore black open-toe heels from the collaboration, finished with a transparent toe strap, wraparound ankle ties and a slim stiletto heel.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2024
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores for Variety/Jimmy Choo Just a month before she dropped “Brat,” Charli XCX attended the ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2024 in a plunging Mugler bodysuit and velvet wrap, paired with Jimmy Choo black calf leather Agathe knee-high boots.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2024
Image Credit: Aurora Rose/WWD After the 2024 Met Gala, Charli XCX hit the Après Met 2 Met Gala After Party wearing a Marni fall 2024 runway look, complete with the collection’s watercolor-like pointed pumps in a marbled finish, built with a softly gathered, ruched upper.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2024
Image Credit: Alberto Rodríguez for Variety Charli XCX kept the look in mesh from head to toe at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood in March, finishing a plunging Petar Petrov look with Piferi’s Ursula mesh net d’Orsay pumps.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2025
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores Charli XCX posed on the 2025 Grammys red carpet on Feb. 2 wearing a custom Jean Paul Gaultier powder blue gown. The look revealed black, knee-high boot-sandals with an open toe and a slim stiletto heel, finished with a vertical row of rounded cutouts up the shaft, each secured with small buttons that exposed the leg through the gown’s center split.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2025
Image Credit: Lexie Moreland/WWD At the 2025 Met Gala on May 5, Charli XCX wore custom thigh-high black leather boots from Ann Demeulemeester for “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” designed by the house’s creative director, Stefano Gallici.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2025
Image Credit: Maggie Mags Charli XCX opened Day 1 of Sziget Festival in Budapest on Aug. 6, in Fidan Novruzova boots that did not come to play. The Moldovan-made Havva Chunky Heel pair — part pant leg, part fetishwear — ran on silhouette, built in black leather with a tall, unbroken shaft and Novruzova’s signature square toe jutting forward.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2025
Image Credit: Courtesy of McQueen/Charli XCX Charli XCX wore McQueen’s Horn Heel boots from the brand’s spring 2026 collection in her “Chains of Love” music video, which was released in November. The white leather, knee-high McQueen Horn Heel boots from the spring/summer 2026 collection featured a folded upper cuff with dense corset lacing down the back, a softer slouched lower shaft, a rounded tapered toe and a curved horn heel.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2026
Image Credit: Anna Pocaro Charli XCX leaned into color at Sundance while discussing “The Moment,” wearing Rodarte spring 2017 patchwork knee-high boots at The Variety Studio Presented by Audible in Park City on Jan. 23. The pointed-toe style mixed black leather with brown, cream and yellow panels and a tall, slim stiletto heel.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2026
Image Credit: Tiffany Burke Charli XCX wore distressed Ann Demeulemeester leather boots from the label’s spring 2026 collection alongside her “The Moment” director Aidan Zamiri at the IndieWire Studio at Sundance on Jan. 24.
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Charli XCX’s Shoe Style Over the Years: 2026
Image Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images At the premiere of “The Gallerist” at Sundance on Jan. 25, Charli XCX kept it transparent in a Simon Carle PVC hooded dress and and Marni fall 2024 runway pumps with a sheer tan upper and a cleat-like lug sole.