Tracee Ellis Ross' Best Shoes Through the Years [Photos]
Tracee Ellis Ross always rules the red carpet in the sleekest outfits. As a self proclaimed fashion girl, Ross has been turning heads with her sartorial choices since the start of her career. From her character on “Girlfriends” to her role on “Black-ish,” even her TV appearances have borrowed from the star’s timeless yet edgy style. She has been open about being a lover of shoes, making a pair of Vivienne Westwood boots her first big fashion purchase and she planned to wear Christian Louboutin’s So Kate heels to her wedding.
While she said heels are getting increasingly more difficult for her to wear due to injuries, her love for fashion and footwear has long been documented over the years thanks to her many public appearances wearing the best of the best designers and styles. Here, we look at some of the actress’s best fashion and shoe statements over the years.
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Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a green print jumpsuit with silver pumps at the Essence Awards in Universal City, CA on May 31, 2002.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a ruched crop top, jeans and caged heels at the “2 Fast 2 Furious” premiere in Hollywood, CA on March 3, 2003.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a nude suede dress adn metallic heels at the BET Comedy Awards in Pasadena, CA on Septembre 25, 2005.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a nude ruched dress with silver sandals at the 36th Annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, CA on March 19, 2005.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a sheer blouse and white wide leg pants at the CW’s TCA Summer Party in Pasadena, CA on July 17, 2006.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in an orange ruched dress with gold sandals at the HBO Post-Emmy Awards Party in West Hollywood, CA on August 27, 2006.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a black gown with satin stripes at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, CA on March 2, 2007.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Ross pulled out a Prada dress and patent leather Christian Louboutin pumps at the Chanel New Concept Boutique Opening, May, 2008.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a red dress and purple suede platforms at the ELLEments of Personal Style launch with White House Black Market in NYC on October 26, 2010.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a metallic gold dress with black and white print platforms at Essence’s ’40th Anniversary Fierce & Fabulous Awards Luncheon’ in New York City on September 13, 2010.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a black asymmetrical dress with sandals at the 14th Annual DesignCare Event in Malibu, California on July 21, 2007.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in Jovani and Christian Louboutin platforms at the 43rd Annual NAACP Awards in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2012.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Well suited: Ross wore an Escada suit with black heels at “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” film premiere, November, 2014.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Her white pumps paired seamlessly with her asymmetrical dress at BET’s ‘Black Girls Rock!’ event in March, 2015.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Her printed bardot dress was paired with nude pumps at Variety’s Power of Women event, October, 2015.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Ross wore a daring, plunging leather jumpsuit with black stilettos at the Billboard Music Awards, May, 2015.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Never one to shy away from prints, the actress wore a mixed print dress with red pumps at the AFI Awards Luncheon, January, 2016.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
White heels were the best choice for this asymmetrical Ralph Lauren dress at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, September, 2016.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Ross wore had fun in a skintight Python print dress by pairing it with neon green pumps at the BET Awards, June, 2016.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Her strappy black sandals were the finishing touch for this slit dress at the 47th NAACP Image Awards, February 2016.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
A bold purple sequin dress was paired with silver pumps at “The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special,” October, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
She wore a chic Ulyana Sergeenko dress with white pumps at the BAFTA Tea Party in September, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
This strapless Zuhair Murad dress fit Ross like a charm and her embellished pumps were a perfect match at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards, January, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Fringe benefits: Ross wears a Yanina Couture dress which hid her shoes at the Mercedes-Benz Annual Viewing Party with ICON MANN, February, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
This plunging embellished Zuhair Murad dress grazed the floor at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, February, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Gold heels paired well with this color blocked Rosie Assoulin dress at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, May, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
An avant-garde Comme des Gar?ons dress with silver sandals was a fitting choice for the 2017 Met Gala whose them was Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, May, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Ross ha fun on the red carpet in a leopard print Michael Kors dress with fringes which she paired with black sandals at the Variety and Women in Film Emmy Nominee Celebration, September, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross paired velvet pumps with a trendy choker dress at PaleyFest NY, October, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
These pink Adam Lippes boots were an unexpected choice with the star’s orange dress at a Vestiaire Collective event in July, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Red Chanel pumps and a red lip popped against Ross’ all-white ensemble at front row at the Fall 2017 Chanel Show at Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, July, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
A Chanel footwear moment was paired with denim at the Beautycon Festival in Los Angeles, August, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
These edgy black boots balanced out the colorful floral number Ross wore at the Pat McGrath Labs Mothership Ball, September, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross was red-hot in a Prabal Gurung dress and Jimmy Choo pumps at the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross sparkled in a sequined Stella McCartney dress and Tamara Mellon sandals at the American Music Awards, November, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
She was a shining star in a Balmain jumpsuit and Christian Louboutin heels at W Magazine’s Best Performances Party, November, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in Chanel and satin heels at the 69th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, CA on September 17, 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross wearing Giambattista Valli Couture with Irene Neuwirth jewelry at the InStyle Awards in Los Angeles, CA on October 22, 2018.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross sporting a bright pink poofy dress at the 2018 Emmys.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross wearing a bright green suit with Louboutin heels at the 2019 Grammys.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in a bold Marc Jacobs gown with black pumps at the 50th Annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, March 2019.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in custom Moschino at the 2019 Met Gala in NYC.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross wearing a gold Zuhair Murad gown, Gianvito Rossi heels and Jennifer Meyer jewelry at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills, CA on February 9, 2020.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Elliss Ross in Schiaparelli and rihnestone heels at the 51st NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, CA on February 22, 2020.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in Balenciaga at the MET Gala in NYC on September 13, 2021.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in heeled red loafers arrives at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit Presented by City National Bank at 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Sept. 15, 2022, in West Hollywood.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in Gia Borghini mules poses with a guest at the Pattern Beauty Meet & Greet at Sephora at the Grove in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2022.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in Prada slingback heels attends the premiere of “Poker Face” held at Hollywood Legion Theater on Jan. 17, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in yellow Christian Louboutin pumps attends the Fashion Trust U.S. Awards at Goya Studios on March 21, 2023 in Los Angeles.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in black Dior pumps attends the Brooklyn Artists Ball made possible by Dior at Brooklyn Museum on April 25, 2023, in New York.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in sharp Ferragamo black pumps attends Tiffany & Co.’s reopening of the NYC Flagship store, The Landmark on April 27, 2023, in New York.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in black floral pumps attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ 14th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on Jan. 09, 2024, in Hollywood.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in metallic gold sandals at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on Jan. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Tracee Ellis Ross’ Best Red Carpet Looks
Tracee Ellis Ross in gold pumps attends the 17th Annual Harlem’s Fashion Row Fashion Show & Style Awards on Sept. 3, 2024 in New York.
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