Rei Ami Stacks Azalea Wang’s Snap Booties on the 2025 TikTok Awards Pink Carpet

Rei Ami brought a full leather-like moment to the 2025 TikTok Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Thursday, keeping the focus of her look on Azalea Wang’s Birdsong Snap open-toe bootie in black. The booties featured layered faux-leather panels snapped down the front, with silver snap-style hardware running down the sides and the back. The peep-toe style had a 4-inch slim stiletto heel, with the stacked overlays keeping them hidden from the front.

She paired the shoes with a matching minidress in the same inky black finish. The dress featured strong, extended shoulders, a high funnel neckline and curved seaming through the torso. Side panels pushed out at the hips and kept the hemline straight and boxy above mid-thigh. Silver earrings, rings and sharp metallic nails picked up the hardware on her booties, and she wore her hair in a high ponytail with blunt bangs.

The look landed in step with Rei Ami’s recent “KPop Demon Hunters” press wardrobe. Earlier this fall, she wore a red jacket by Duran Lantink with a voluminous black miniskirt and dramatic Rombaut boots for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” then changed into a custom Mary Witch and Yeha Leung corseted look with Thom Solo boots for a performance. Across those appearances, she has leaned into all-black, hardware-heavy pieces with Y2K and Gothic notes.

Her Azalea Wang pair also slotted into a wider slouch-boot run on stages and carpets this season. Paris Jackson wore slouchy brown suede boots on tour with Queens of the Stone Age last month, while Suki Waterhouse opted for chocolate leather slouch boots in New York and Winnie Harlow chose tall, relaxed-shaft leather boots courtside in Los Angeles.

Ami took on presenter duties during the show. She joined fellow creator Ashby onstage to help introduce the Breakthrough Artist of the Year category and participated in a giveaway segment that sent Labubu plush toys into the audience.