By admin :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(720x124:722x126)/SZA-at-the-2025-American-Music-Awards-052725-0dfdbb3f66d8444cbd149ca7564bac57.jpg?ssl=1 "SZA Nearly Has Wardrobe Malfunction Whereas Struggling Up Stairs at 2025 AMAs")
NEED TO KNOW
- SZA struggled to rise up the steps on the 2025 American Music Awards on Might 26 because of her skintight Ellie Misner set
- The singer nearly had a wardrobe mishap after leaping to rise up the steps, however prevented it because of the sparkly pasties she accessorized with
- SZA took residence two awards on the AMAs: Favourite Feminine R&B Artist and Favourite R&B Music for her observe “Saturn”
SZA struggled to take the stage at the 2025 American Music Awards — and nearly had a wardrobe mishap due to it!
On the Might 26 awards present, the “Snooze” hitmaker, 35, wore simply probably the greatest seems of the evening: a horny, lace-up corset high and skintight matching skirt. Mobility-wise, nonetheless, she floundered a bit within the set — which was Ellie Misner couture — notably whereas strolling as much as settle for the AMA for Favourite Feminine R&B Artist.
Whereas taking the stage to simply accept the fan-voted award — she beat out Kehlani, Muni Lengthy, Summer time Walker and Tyla within the class — SZA appeared to appreciate in actual time that because of her ultra-tight mermaid skirt, she couldn’t trek the steps at Fontainebleau Las Vegas by herself.
As an alternative, two folks helped her as much as the stage, flanking her on both facet. The “Damaged Clocks” singer grabbed onto the helpers’ arms and, after slowly strolling up two stairs, tried a unique strategy: leaping.
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The star hopped to achieve the following step, seemingly in an try to expedite her journey to the stage, however nearly had a wardrobe malfunction as an alternative. Fortunately, nonetheless, she teamed a pair of sparkly pasties together with her black, lace-up high, so nothing however extra rhinestones had been revealed.
She then took a second to chortle off the almost-mishap, and dropped one of many helpers’ palms to readjust her high earlier than climbing the remainder of the steps.
And as soon as she reached the stage, she appeared nearly totally unfazed, continuing to thank her mother and father and followers, ask her mother if she has lipstick in her tooth and shout-out one of many award presenters, streamer Kai Cenat.
The “Kill Invoice” songstress additionally laughed in the meanwhile on social media after the awards present, the place she additionally snagged the AMA for Favourite R&B Music for her observe “Saturn.”
She reposted a video of herself struggling — and her high nearly slipping — on Instagram Tales and, alongside it, wrote, “Lmaooo a slippery slope.”
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SZA’s modern AMAs look, styled by Dunsin Wright, consisted of the superbly tailor-made Ellie Misner set and her immediately iconic glitter pasties, which she later revealed on Instagram had been from an grownup leisure membership in Houston referred to as Space 29.
“Enjoyable reality I bought these rhinestone pasties from a beautiful unique dancer at a random strip membership in Houston,” the star wrote alongside a photograph of her awards present ensemble. She additionally added a shoutout to the dancer, who she mentioned was “variety sufficient to offer me 3 contemporary packs.”
As for her horny set, she rocked the U.Okay. trend label’s made-to-order pleated lamp skirt and hoop corset, which retail for £1,125 and £725 (about $1,520 and $980) respectively.