The Worst-Dressed Celebrities At The 2024 ACM Awards

To quote Lainey Wilson, “Those boots will never go out of style,” but sometimes country music’s finest love to kick them off and get all gussied up for glitzy events like the 2024 ACM Awards. Unfortunately, for some singers, trading denim and leather for diamonds and lace isn’t always an upgrade.

While every red carpet outfit can’t be as revered as those boots that Wilson’s deddy wore, the list of ACM nominees promised a night of unforgettable fashion moments. Country music’s bell-bottom beauty queen herself was among them, and Wilson had the honor of being the only female singer nominated in the entertainer of the year category. Other style stars up for awards included Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, and Megan Moroney. 

Reba McEntire also never goes out of style, and with the “Fancy” singer hosting her 17th ACM Awards show, the audience at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, could look forward to seeing some stunning looks as she swapped outfits throughout the night. (Ahead of the event, she told Billboard her aesthetic would be “tough, sexy cowgirl.”) It’s just a crying shame she didn’t get to critique every other attendee’s look before the show so that she could warn some of them that “going out like that” might not be the best idea.

Reyna Roberts wrote the “Bad Girl Bible” and got to play a role in the launch of Mrs. Carter’s country music career, so a sartorial serve was expected of her at the ACM Awards. But instead of giving us something daring and edgy like Beyoncé’s X-rated “Texas Hold ‘Em” single cover look, it seems that she looked to Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, and Lil’ Kim’s 2001 “Lady Marmalade” music video for style inspiration. Her outfit looked like a saloon girl costume, and the peach fabric draped around her hips also clashed with her red hair.

Kassi Ashton has covered the Christina Aguilera classic “Genie in a Bottle,” and it looks like she’s entered her “Dirrty” era now. But instead of rocking low-rise undies and chaps with her brown suede bralette, she sported a layered skirt with ruffles and lace-up details; it’s what you would get if you chopped up some brown chaps and petticoats and sewed them together. Her outfit also included some pretty shiny things: studs on the waist and a necklace with a concho medallion. Her outfit was more suitable for dancing the flamenco on the bar at Coyote Ugly than celebrating her first ACM nomination.

Bunnie Xo’s been known to wear some wild outfits, but the issue with her ACM dress wasn’t that it was too revealing or flamboyant for the occasion. Unfortunately, the royal-blue hue of her figure-hugging gown clashed terribly with the light brown jacket that her husband Jelly Roll decided to wear. (Speaking of which, it looked like it was crafted from the skin of a cheap recliner.) Maybe she thought the copper-colored rhinestones her gown was embellished with would tie their looks together, but they just made it look like she’d been dusted with rusty glitter.

If there’s anything we know about Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, it’s that they are going to show up to events wearing fishnets, heels, blue jeans, boots, and a button-down shirt. (We’ll let you sort out who wears what.) However, it seems that Stefani made Shelton throw on a blazer to dress up his regular red carpet uniform, while she wore a coat covered with fabric scraps shaped like feathers. Maybe she got bored down on the farm and chopped up some of her hubby’s work rags to make it.