It has been a while since we last featured bizarre shoes on Your Next Shoes. So, it was about time.
In November 2017, Erykah Badu not only gave us our much-missed “crazy lady” look at the 2017 Soul Train Awards but fully committed to it head-to-toe.
Erykah Badu commands attention in an ethereal Thom Browne ensemble featuring dramatic cloud-like tulle, a gold geometric hat, and avant-garde details
Before we get to the footwear, let’s start with the ridiculous gold pyramid on Erykah’s head. The awards show host layered the metal structure on top of a tall hat and a white head wrap.
Erykah Badu stuns in a surreal ensemble featuring a towering gold pyramid hat, dramatic white fur accents, and bold metallic accessories
She donned a tissue-like white blazer with gold rope ties and poofy white tulle clouds erupting from the wrists and hemline.
Erykah Badu’s outfit featured a white suit-dress hybrid covered in voluminous, frayed fabric reminiscent of cotton candy, exuding avant-garde drama
The 46-year-old singer finished her avant-garde ensemble from Thom Browne’s Spring 2018 collection with a metal chain dangling from her mouth and odd gold-and-rust paint stains on her fingertips.
Erykah Badu wore a towering oversized top hat, enhanced with a geometric triangular metallic structure for added impact at the 2017 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 5, 2017 (Credit: DJDM / Judy Eddy / WENN)
Now, on to the shoes. Erykah was generous enough to flash some leg for us and show us the white cowboy boots with extra-tall wooden platforms on her feet below.
Erykah Badu playfully shows off her striking white cowboy boots with towering wooden platform heels
Earlier in the year, Erykah Badu turned heads in a breathtaking outfit by Ashi Studio at the 8th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Music event.
Erykah Badu’s white platform cowboy boots with wooden gun heels
As high as Erykah Badu’s cowboy boots are, they’re nowhere near Lady Gaga levels or the exaggerated platforms we’ve documented here on Your Next Shoes.
If you want to see really high shoes, check out our list of the five highest heels ever made. Would you wear them?