
You'd be hard-pressed to find better shoes than on a red carpet. But when celebrities ditch their pumps and flats for statement-making boots and booties, the effect can be breathtaking. Whether A-listers are (somehow) walking in the most towering platforms we've ever seen—think eight inches, minimum—or a bold patterned boot, it's a perfect expression of "wrong shoe theory" (an unusual shoe elevating and completing a look). Ahead, the coolest boots seen on red carpets.