Inappropriate Outfits Lauren Boebert Has Been Caught Wearing

Peppered among Lauren Boebert's most controversial moments are some poor fashion decisions — and they go far beyond tugging a MAGA hat down over her brunette waves. The Republican congresswoman from Colorado has apparently learned something from Donald Trump about the importance of brand recognition, as she's adopted a uniform that she often wears when meeting with constituents. It's a bit like a mullet, but it's business up top and party on the bottom: a blazer, skinny jeans, and high heels. If she wanted to hit the local bar with some gal pals after pandering to voters, the conservative firebrand could just whip off that blazer and fit right in with the other patrons.

Boebert's wardrobe also includes plenty of fitted dresses and skirts, a detail that did not escape the notice of her fellow Republican politician, Rep. Richard Holtorf. While running against Boebert in the GOP primary for Colorado's 4th Congressional District, Holtorf channeled the late Joan Rivers at her wickedest during a 710KNUS radio interview. "You know what I see about two blocks up from the state capitol? I see women dressed like Boebert. High heels, short skirt, low-cut blouse," he said (via the Toronto Sun). "And I won't tell you what they're doing but it's nothing you can talk to your grandmother about." Attacking Boebert's apparel was not a winning tactic for Holtorf, who got trounced by the "Beetlejuice" fan. While Holtorf's fashion policing was a bit too brutal, several of Boebert's outfits are deserving of scrutiny.

Lauren Boebert's favorite accessory is a gun holster strapped to her thigh, and you best believe that it's always occupied. When she poses for photos, she also strategically angles her body to make sure it's obvious that she's packing heat. As the owner of Shooters Grill in the aptly named town of Rifle, Colorado, Boebert required servers to wear guns slung from their hips. The gimmick gained the businesswoman national notoriety, so she adopted it when she hit the campaign trail. 

However, during a 2020 Flag Day celebration, Boebert apparently decided that simply wearing her deadly weapon was not enough to convey just how precious it is to her. On a T-shirt, she listed her priorities, making it easy for voters to understand where she stands on all the issues. "God guns Trump," it read. In the absence of commas, her list seemed more like an announcement that her heavenly father had just smote the former president in the most American way. It's also sad that she couldn't find room on that tee to advertise that her family members and other fellow Americans are important to her as well.

For Boebert, guns are so powerful that they could have rewritten the Bible. During a conference at the Charis Christian Center, she replied to Twitter users who asked, "How many AR-15s do you think Jesus would've had?" by saying, "Well, he didn't have enough to keep his government from killing him."

In a series of photos that Lauren Boebert posted on Facebook in 2023, she's pictured meeting with workers on a construction site. Everyone is dressed casually in jeans and sturdy workboots except the congresswoman, who is wearing a blue sheath dress and strappy high heels featuring a colorful snakeskin print. In one photo, Boebert has her hand on her side and is leaning forward, as if it's painful for her to walk on the rocky gravel in her impractical footwear.

Some critics called Boebert out for choosing the wrong time to get glammed up for a photo op. "This ISN'T a Vogue fashion shoot Lauren," one Facebook user wrote. "Hahaha...when out in the field, dress the part honey," another advised her.

Lauren Boebert has bad luck with sheath dresses. In her memoir "My American Life," she recalls how excited she was when she got the opportunity to meet Donald Trump for the first time in person at Mount Rushmore. Unfortunately, she noticed that part of the hem of her dress had unraveled shortly before that magic MAGA moment. "That's when what I like to call my 'Rifle redneck instinct' kicked in," she writes. As she stapled that sucker back together, Boebert's ex-husband Jayson took photos to document her ingenuity. It's just too bad that her instinct didn't tell her to dress differently for her dusty meeting with some blue-collar workers.

For a 2021 visit to Mar-a-Lago, Lauren Boebert greeted Donald Trump wearing a red mini dress with a large ruffle on the skirt and an asymmetrical neckline. However, its most distinctive detail was the phrase "Let's go Brandon," emblazoned on the back in white, with the name arching over Boebert's backside. She was likely trying to mock Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's controversial Met Gala dress, which had the words "Tax the rich" printed on it. "It's not a phrase, it's a movement!" Boebert captioned an Instagram photo of Trump grinning and flashing a thumbs-up while she turned toward the camera to give it an "Ain't I a stinker?" smirk.

But whereas AOC was challenging the rich to pay their fair share with her fashion statement, the sole purpose of Boebert's "movement" was just to insult Joe Biden in a childish manner; some of the president's critics use the phrase "Let's go Brandon" as a not-so-secret code meaning "F*** Joe Biden." One Instagram review of Boebert's look read, "Complete trash. Gross on so many levels."

At CPAC, far-right activist Lauren Witzke interviewed the designer of Boebert's dress, "Styled to Rock" star Andre Soriano. "I love planet Earth, and you can only do that in America," he said (via Patriot Takes). "...Keep doing what you want. There's not another place on planet Earth that you can do who you are as a person." Confusing, sure, but still a better message than Boebert's.

Remember when Donald Trump started selling gold sneakers to make a quick buck? Well, it seems that Lauren Boebert wasn't special enough to get gifted a pair of the Never Surrender High-Tops, nor was she able to snag some before they sold out online. After winning her primary race, Boebert gave a victory speech while wearing a little black dress and what, at first glance, appeared to be a pair of Trump-branded shoes. Her ensemble also included a white "Make America Great Again" hat with gold letters. But Boebert put her relationship with Trump at risk by committing a huge fealty fail with her footwear. "These are very China, but I'm okay with that," she admitted to Westword. "If I could've bought the OGs, I would have."

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert snowing off her Trump signed MAGA hat and Trump sneakers pic.twitter.com/uvOvHb2rqs

— Marc Sallinger (@MarcSallinger) June 26, 2024

Boebert reportedly laughed when she confessed to giving money that should have gone into Trump's pocket to a Chinese competitor, and X users also found some humor in her ill-considered purchase. "The sneakerheads were quick to spot the fakes when they noticed the high quality of the shoes Ms. Boebert was wearing," read one tweet.

Meanwhile, Trump probably was not laughing. According to NBC News, the maker of the official sneakers, 45Footwear LLC, launched a legal crusade to shut down any counterfeiters selling fakes. Maybe Boebert did her boss a solid by passing along the name of the company that produced hers.

For most Americans, the number 1776 represents the date their country declared their independence from Great Britain. However, as The Washington Post noted, it took on a different meaning during the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Some members of the far-right who participated in the siege wore the date on their clothing, believing they were part of a new revolution. Lauren Boebert seemed to endorse this belief that day when she tweeted, "Today is 1776."

So, when Boebert wore a shirt with the number on it in 2022, she was possibly doing her best Taylor Swift imitation — if the singer were a right-wing extremist. Maybe Boebert was giving her supporters a not-so-subtle clue that she was on the side of the insurrectionists.

Boebert wore the potentially problematic garment while participating in a demolition derby. "Getting there ain't always pretty, but freedom always wins," she says in an Instagram video featuring footage of her ramming a battered pink car into other vehicles. It also has "1776" painted on its side. When the competition ends, she climbs on the roof of her junker to celebrate. However, some viewers were not impressed with her work. "Yes.. we know you love destroying things," one person wrote in the comments. Another message read, "Now miss girl you can't be team 1776 if you're against the thing this country was founded on."

Lauren Boebert shared an adorable picture of herself at the petting zoo in a September 2021 Facebook post with the caption, "I made a new friend today!" In the photo, she smiled hard at the camera in a crouching position as her hand rested on the side of a seemingly pregnant doe. Boebert's picture, though heartwarming, was received with a bucketload of hateful comments. Additionally, her choice of shoes caught the eye of a handful of fashion critics.

The congresswoman had paired a sleeveless white dress with a set of open-toe wedge heels with animal print detail, all while sporting silver jewelry. One aggravated fan sarcastically wrote in the comments section of her post, "When I think of someone who is capable of good and responsible governance, it's someone who wears open-toed shoes to a petting zoo," and continued, "I suppose it isn't as bad as being so atrocious a human being that the only animal that didn't try to run screaming is this clearly done with life goat."

Unfortunately, that didn't mark the first time Boebert had come under fire for choosing the wrong type of shoes. In a September 2024 post shared to Instagram, she posed alongside future President Donald Trump and three of her four sons while wearing a little black dress. Boebert accessorized her outfit with a cowboy hat and open-toe strappy heels, and as such, one social media user mockingly said the entire ensemble "Would have been great if there had been a broom in the picture."

Lauren Boebert understands that the power of a good tank top lies in accentuating her toned midriff, and as such, she's taken every opportunity to make a statement. Speaking at a July 4, 2021, event in Grand Junction, Boebert flaunted her physique in a white tank top that she wore with a pair of blue jeans and red stilettos. Similarly, she looked all sorts of amazing when she donned a black tank top and blue jeans combo during a 2023 tour of the Vallecito Dam in Colorado, choosing to match the casual look with a pair of shiny black stilettos and a brown hat.

Despite her efforts, Boebert does not always hit the mark. In an August 2023 post on Facebook, she shared an unflattering snap of herself standing next to Gunnison County Commissioner Liz Smith. While Smith wore a formal sleeveless white blouse that she paired with a knee-length half-pleated skirt, Boebert appeared to be dressed down in a pink tank top-blue jeans combo that tightly hugged her midriff. Although she accessorized the look with her signature smile and leaf-like earrings, Boebert looked borderline uncomfortable.

Some Facebook users thought that Boebert's choice of outfit was way too casual. One such critic wrote, "Which one is the congresswomen [sic]? The clothing is confusing. Take a hint from your constituents on how to dress," as another remarked, "What a 'klassy' outfit you thought was appropriate...SMH." While some fans expressed their admiration for Boebert's work and complimented her beauty, others took jabs at her physique and made remarks that she appeared masculine.

On the day of President Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, Lauren Boebert's inaugural fashion choice was an inappropriate head-turning figure-hugging sleeveless red dress, which was anything but conservative. In a photo shared on X by fellow congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, Boebert, who'd accessorized her outfit with a pair of rimless glasses and a lapel pin, looked out of place since every other congress member in the picture was in less colorful formal wear. Luna herself sported an androgynous look featuring a suit and a tie.

Boebert seemed unfazed by critics and still took to her website to express her excitement following the inauguration, writing in part, "Today's inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance marks the start of a new, magnificent era for America ... Coloradans should know that President Trump and Vice President Vance will put their interests first and I am thrilled to work with them to enact an agenda that prioritizes the 4th District's needs."

As far as fashion preferences go, Boebert is no stranger to bodycon numbers, which have been known to highlight her killer legs. She's been pictured leaving the U.S. Capitol in a short-sleeved, tight-fitting bright red dress, which she accessorized with a brown handbag and a golden wristband. Likewise, Boebert took to Instagram to show support to former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz in a series of August 2022 pictures captioned, "Getting out the early vote with @repmattgaetz! Send this fighter back to DC, Northwest Florida," all while dressed in a little black dress and a blue bodycon outfit.

Following President Donald Trump's inauguration, Lauren Boebert promised to tackle several issues relating to Colorado residents, including oil and gas production, support to local farmers, and the securing of "our Southern border to protect our families from crime and fentanyl." As part of her promise, Boebert had a meeting with the Douglas County Commissioners and sheriff, and of course, she took to Instagram to share photos. 

While Boebert's message of protecting the community was very much welcome, her outfit of the day, which some thought would be ideal for a nightclub, rubbed a couple of social media users the wrong way. She wore a black dress with shades of bold and light blue stripes, which she paired with a black blazer and sheer stockings. Boebert crowned the look with a pair of black boots, prompting one angry fan to write in the comments section, "Dress like you're at work instead of heading to the bar. So inappropriate down right [sic], classless."

The pantyhose conversation continues to be a controversial topic in political circles. Back in 2007, it was rumored that an unnamed senator mostly required women in her office to wear sheer tights, even during the summer. Years later, Former First Lady Jill Biden caused quite a stir when she was seen wearing black tights while exiting a plane at Andrews Air Force Base. Nevertheless, the public's hostile reaction to tights didn't stop Boebert from wearing them a second time. She rocked black tights with a similar-colored skirt-suit combo for the National Girls and Women in Sports Day in February 2025, pairing her outfit with a navy blue turtleneck.

Traditionally, Black-tie dinners are supposed to be elegant affairs, and a formal dress code is expected of all attendees. While men often show up suited with black bow ties, women, on the other hand, often stick to long gowns and, in rare cases, wear cocktail dresses. Taking the details into consideration, Lauren Boebert must have missed the memo when she attended President Donald Trump's NRCC dinner alongside other dignitaries in April 2025.

In a picture shared by FitOn Health CEO Ed Buckley, Boebert, who posed between Buckley and Congressman Byron Donalds, was seen wearing a short-length black and white polka dot dress that left less of her killer legs to the imagination. While the length of her dress was already risky, the long-sleeved number featured translucent detail that appeared to also break the golden rule of every black-tie event: the less skin you show, the more fitting the dress.

Not that Boebert is running short of dresses that could be perfect for such a special occasion. She was one of the speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2023, during which she showed up in a high-low, long-length black dress with tiny polka dots. She paired the outfit with gorgeous black stilettos, and though she still showed skin to all and sundry, her general look was more formal.