At the 2019 Met Gala in New York City on May 6, 2019, Miley Cyrus leaned into the evening’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme with exaggerated proportions from head to toe. Arriving with then-husband Liam Hemsworth, she wore a sharply structured Saint Laurent mini dress with towering platform sandals that added nearly six inches.
Both Cyrus and Hemsworth dressed in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, but Cyrus’s shoes were particularly well suited to the theme. Her Saint Laurent Paige platform sandals paired an oversized block heel with a substantial front platform, creating dramatic height without the steep foot angle of a comparably tall heel without a platform.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth coordinate in Saint Laurent at the 2019 Met Gala, with Cyrus towering in Paige platform sandals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2019 (Credit: WENN / Andres Otero)
Miley Cyrus Pairs Saint Laurent’s Angular Mini Dress With Diamond Jewelry
Cyrus’s Saint Laurent Fall 2019 mini dress used sharp geometry to create much of its impact. The sparkling black-and-green design featured diagonal stripes and an asymmetric extended shoulder, while sheer black polka-dot tights added another pattern without obscuring the shoes.
She finished the look with Loree Rodkin diamond jewelry, including drop earrings, rings, and ear cuffs, keeping the accessories in the same high-impact spirit as the dress and platforms.
Loree Rodkin diamond drop earrings and ear cuffs complement Miley Cyrus’s sharply lined Met Gala beauty look
Miley Cyrus shows the sculptural construction of her green-and-black sequined Saint Laurent Fall 2019 mini dress
Why Miley Cyrus’s Saint Laurent Paige Platforms Worked With the Camp Theme
At her feet were Saint Laurent’s Paige platform sandals, built around a roughly 145mm heel, a substantial front platform, knotted crossover straps at the toes, and slim ankle ties. At 5’4½” (163.8 cm), with a US women’s shoe size 6, Cyrus has repeatedly used tall platforms to alter her proportions, and the Paige sandals are one of the clearest examples.
The chunky platform and oversized block heel also suited the Met Gala’s emphasis on excess. Rather than relying on a delicate stiletto, the shoe used exaggerated scale and a noticeably substantial sole, giving the look a stronger visual base beneath the short, sharply angled dress.
A close-up reveals the knotted toe straps, thick platforms, block heels, and ankle ties of Miley Cyrus’s Saint Laurent Paige sandals
Saint Laurent Platforms Were Already Part of Miley Cyrus’s Shoe Wardrobe
The Paige sandals were not Cyrus’s first experiment with exaggerated Saint Laurent footwear. In 2013, she repeatedly wore the house’s white Janis platform pumps, returning to the pointed-toe heels for several appearances as they became one of the defining shoes of her early-2010s wardrobe.
She also chose a very different Saint Laurent silhouette for the 2013 Maxim Hot 100 Party, wearing the label’s Paloma striped ankle-cuff sandals. Together, the Janis pumps, Paloma sandals, and later Paige platforms show how often Saint Laurent footwear has appeared during different stages of Cyrus’s red-carpet style.
Miley Cyrus Has Long Favored Extreme Platform Shoes
Saint Laurent is only part of that pattern. At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Cyrus arrived in Giuseppe Zanotti platform sandals with an approximately 18cm heel and 7cm platform, an even more extreme interpretation of the thick-platform silhouette.
She later wore another exaggerated style from a very different price category: YRU Medusa lace-up platform sandals, which combined a 3.5-inch wedge with a 3-inch platform. Those earlier looks make the proportions of her Saint Laurent Paige sandals feel less like a one-off Met Gala decision and more like part of a recurring footwear preference.
Why Miley Cyrus Joked About Wearing Even Higher Heels With Liam Hemsworth
The extreme height of the Paige sandals also became part of Cyrus’s own commentary on the evening. During a red-carpet interview, she explained that it was her first Met Gala attending with Hemsworth as a married couple and joked, “I wore higher heels because I had someone to hold me this time.”
She then briefly stepped onto a platform while joking about how tall she really was. The exchange gave context to the footwear choice: the dramatic platforms weren’t merely hidden beneath the outfit; Cyrus drew attention to them during the event.
Why Saint Laurent Platform Heels Keep Returning to the Red Carpet
Miley Cyrus’s Paige sandals fit into a much longer Saint Laurent tradition of exaggerated platform heels. Styles such as the Tribute, Bianca, and Candy have repeatedly appeared on celebrities because they combine dramatic height with a substantial front platform, supportive straps, and a more grounded silhouette than a similarly tall stiletto.
That balance of height, structure, and visual impact helps explain why Saint Laurent platforms continue to work across very different looks, from cropped denim and mini dresses to formal red-carpet styling. The examples below show how other celebrities have worn the house’s statement platforms in their own way.
👠 Explore Saint Laurent’s Statement Platforms on Celebrities:
- ✨ Heidi Klum gives Saint Laurent’s Candy platforms an off-duty spin, pairing the chunky five-inch heels and knotted vamp with cropped distressed denim.
- 🎀 Jessica Alba repeatedly returned to Saint Laurent’s towering Candy sandals, styling the bow-detailed platforms with everything from a bohemian maxi dress to polished neutrals.
- 🖤 Lucy Liu steps into glossy Saint Laurent Tribute platforms, using the house’s iconic T-strap sandals to ground a playful black-and-white Patou look.
- 🤍 Ariana Grande makes white Saint Laurent Janis pumps part of her early pop-star style, pairing their towering platform silhouette with feminine mini-length separates.
- 🍊 Ariana Grande takes the Saint Laurent Janis platforms onto the orange carpet, contrasting the dramatic white pumps with a bright tangerine mini dress at the 2014 Kids’ Choice Awards.