Naomi Watts Owns the Front Row at Ralph Lauren's Fall 2025 Presentation in Knotted Platform Sandals
Naomi Watts sat front row at Ralph Lauren's fall 2025 presentation held today in New York. Beyond Watts, notable show attendees included Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ariana Debose, Sadie Sink, Kacey Musgraves, Andra Day and Eiza Gonzalez, among others.
The 'Mulholland Drive' actress opted for a height-boosting pair of platform sandals for the star-studded occasion, likely from Ralph Lauren. The chosen style featured lush, dark brown leather uppers accompanied by open almond-shaped toes and cage-like straps culminating in knotted detailing atop each foot. Lofty platform soles offered Watts' a boost, creating length and dimension.
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Although they weren't visible, it's likely Watts' platforms feature block heels, a pretty common accompaniment of platform sandals. Similar styles to the thespian's own can be shopped via brands like Jimmy Choo, Ferragamo, Aquazzura, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Schutz and Michael Kors.
Partnered with her knotted footwear, the 'Infinite Storm' star was styled in a neutral ensemble featuring closet staples. Watts' look included a leather, clay-colored coat worn over a crisp white button-down and a tan baggy trousers. Her outerwear featured wide lapels, button accents and structural shoulders. As for accessories, the star toted a brown leather bag featuring structural straps. Bohemian-esque jewelry was added to offer her look a whimsical, earthy vibe. The earth-toned color scheme was perfect for Watts, given neutral hues are often right up her alley.
When it comes to fashion, Watts is always dressed to impress on and off the red carpet. She has a perpetually chic and classic style. She knows how to merge super-glam designers with laidback, attainable separates.
Countering her wardrobe's high opulence are wearable pieces designed by Zimmerman, Loewe, Gianvito Rossi, Miu Miu, Magda Butrym and The Vampire's Wife. As for footwear, Watts tends to gravitate towards loafers, block-heeled sandals, sneakers and a variety of pumps.
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For me, having the piece on my wall feels like a bargain, but it raises a fundamental question about how we value art in the age of mass reproduction. If I took this piece to an auction house tomorrow, it'd be worth precisely $0. The real piece, which most collectors couldn't distinguish from mine, would sell for a tiny fortune. They're the same blocks, the same patterns, identical to the pixel, yet the valuation varies so radically. This is also my strongest legal defense for why this copy was fair use. Weinberg says: "Is anyone in the market for an Ai Weiwei Lego portrait going to buy yours instead? I think the answer is pretty clearly not. They are buying the piece because Ai Weiwei made it." It wasn't until I hung my impostor piece in my home office that I realized how it echoed so many of the same questions that Ai has raised in his work about the valuation of art. 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The knockoff purse that's a crime to sell online is an indispensable teaching tool in a fashion design course. The person I was most eager to ask this question to was the artist himself, and I was shocked when Ai Weiwei was generous enough to respond. To him, "all copying and imitation are neither beneficial nor harmful; they are simply one person's response to another," he tells me over email. "If an imitation does not add new meaning — whether by challenging or advancing the original concept of the artwork — then such imitation is, in effect, no imitation at all." Authenticity isn't just at the heart of art world valuation; it's become increasingly inescapable in much of the consumer goods landscape. It's everything from the dupe Birkin bag you see on the subway to the store-brand toothpaste we buy at the pharmacy. As it becomes easier and faster to copy more and more of the physical items that build multibillion-dollar brands, how much will those brands be worth? 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At the end of the day, when asked whether it's worth paying more for the "real" version, the "original" version, more consumers are resoundingly saying no. Maybe none of you reading this piece will ever end up hanging a forged artwork on your walls, but more and more of you will likely wear clothes, carry accessories, and buy home goods that aren't exactly the real thing. And as ever more forms of copying become quicker, easier, and cheaper, the army of dupes will only grow. But whether you value those items any less than the originals, that's up to you. My final question to Ai was what he thought of this whole enterprise, the copied art and this article. Sadly, my first review as an artist was hardly stellar. "On the surface, this stunt appears to be an act of non-action," he told me. "It is simply a personal journey undertaken in search of someone truly worth imitating. For me, this work holds little meaning."
