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I am no longer interested in who wins at the numerous music award shows that take place. My main interest is what did they wear? If you are like me and you don't want to spend hours watching award shows but you like to feast your eyes on the latest trends in gowns and hairstyles well, sit back and relax and enjoy your fashion fix.
I recognised very few people from the pictures a sure sign that I'm getting old, sigh and I like very few of the outfits.
But I think Katy Perry is getting better at dressing up for the red carpet she looks elegant in this lavender Blumarine gown and had her trademark hair dyed a purplish hue.
Taylor Swift showed up with straight hair smoky eyes and a red Elie Saab gown, as you know I think she rarely misses the mark, in my opinion anyway. I'm also a big fan of Elie Saab's designs.
Carrie Underwood was a in a rather fluffy blue concoctionby Oscar de la Renta
Nelly Furtado ina white crochet beaded dress by Alberta Feretti and sparkling jewels
White dress with a cheeky keyhole neckline
I have to add Miley Cyrus because she only wore a Jean Paul Gaultier blazer, conveniently forgetting to wear anything nothing underneath. The rate she is going the girl is going to be in rehab before she's 25. I wonder why ex-Disney child stars always go berserk when they get older?
Elie Saab's 2012 collection is the stuff sweet dreams are made of: Soft feminine colours like pistachio ice, sweet peach, powder blue, and pale yellow graced his runway. The dresses were fit for princesses with intricate beadwork and shimmering embroidery, to transform the models into sleek modern-day princesses. I would have preferred more of the dresses to have been presented with a matchin silk/nude lining, it wouldn't have taken away from the beauty of the dresses- but that's the runway for you.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
I thought I'll add some celebrity sightings in Elie Saab's 2012 beaded pastel collection.
Katy Perry in a powder blue beaded Elie Saab gown at 2012 Grammys
The Artist's Berenice Bejo minty Elie Saab concoction brought a spring breezt to the 2012 Oscars.
Millia Jovovich in slivery white one sleeve Elie Saab gown at the Oscars 2012.
Rose Byrne at the 2012 SAG awards in beaded Elie Saab jumpsuit
Megan Fox looking classy at the screening of 'Friends with Kids;
Emma Stone at the Essence’s 5th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon
If you can't get enough of Elie Saab's 2012 Spring collection check out the runway show.
I don't usually watch award shows anymore, they bore me, they are too long, I often don't know the people who win, or at least wish I didn't. They are n't as as funny or as entertaining as they used to be in the nineties, or maybe I'm just getting older (but honestly who watches the Oscars anymore, Now the '98 Oscars when Titanic won a then record breaking number of awards, and Celine Dion sang My Heart Will Go On- now that was a show to watch!)
Award shows nowadays only provide unintentionally amusement or ridicule, such as that cringe worthy moment when Beyonce announced she was pregnant at the VMA. Her hair was blowing in the wind, like a Bollywood star, she unbuttoned her jacket and exaggeratedly rubbed her tummy, the audience squealed in delight, the camera panned to Jay-Z-I almost puked. It was something out of bad day-time T.V. It felt like a spoof of someone announcing they are pregnant-it was OTT. They have started selling their child even before it iss born! Don't even get me started on the 'is she pregnant or isn't she' story.
I'm rambling off-topic again-sorry. The AMAs decided to up the ante, and create such a scandal, in the form of J-Lo's perfomance that it overshadowed most of the show-most other things actually.
And the designer gown thief suctioned off her gown
J-Lo started of modestly enough, in a long gown singing some ballad, then she paused, gave a naughty look at the camera and her clothes were whisked away to reveal a bling slinky revealing number which was cut very low, and the bottom bit sort hung between her legs and like glittery tail. I thought this was racy enough. While she danced in and out of a Fiat- the company who sponsors her. Now some stars were outraged at the commericalisation of the song, I really couldn't care less. It is marketing people- ever heard of product placement? By the way its a great example -I'm even going to use it in my class. I'm sure my students will remember this :-)
I thought this was racy enough, and I thought as teens these days watch similar music videos it was alright, although I cringed everytime her glittery tail thing sorta swung away from her.
Suddenly, the dress-I use the term loosely here, came off! There stood J-Lo in a nude coloured body suit, her bits embellished with glitter-I gasped. The music for On the Floor started playing and she started dancing provocativley not the usual mix of aerobics, gymnastics that passes for modern dance. More like strip tease.
When I was thinking it couldn't get worse, she runs over to Pitbull,(and I'd naively thought he'd just stand there far away and sing). No, J-Lo has other things in mind- she starts grinding agaisnt him, and the dance was just inappropriate full stop.
At 42, she looks good enough to pull it off, but just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you have to do it, or that it is in good taste. Everyone must've been thinking what was going through her ex-husband, Marc Anthony's head, when he sang the duet with Pitbull shortly after. Maybe that's why she did it- she had an agenda against Marc Anthony- and maabe her other exes too! Who knows?
Marc Anthony thinking I'd like to rain something on you @$$'
It seems that modestly standards keep on getting lower-and women are not getting more empowered by stripping- goes to show how enslaved to male desires they really are!
Christina Aguilera was another one insisting on flaunting her ample flesh, by wearing a dress at least a size or two, too small. Her cleavage awas at display, the girls were squeezed tight, and her belly looked bloated. I was surprised she could sing at all. Her make-up was almost edging into drag queen territory. What happened- will she go down the road well-trodden by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and others- is this is a start of a downward spiral? Celebrities who are paid to look good, have all that money and experts at their disposal;they really don't have any excuse to look that bad; unless they have bad taste and/or their stylists have bad taste. When in doubt take a look at the tweets mentioning you Christina, yes-its time to find a new stylist.
Enough celebrity bashing for today. Now I'm going to mention the two performances that I actually liked: Enrique Iglesias' I like the way it feels and Tonight- the clean version, sung with a choir in the background. I thought it was sweet, but then I'm biased.
Secondly, I like Katy Perry's You're a Firework performance. She looked amazing in that red gown, with gloves, the thigh high slit, added to the hotness factor. I thought they could've done something better with her hair, but atleast it wasnt pink, and she still looked amazing; she brought back glamour and style to the AMA.
I guess I'll have to mention that adolescent boy-toy mania that has spread like a malady across the female teenage population of the world- Justin Bieber who performed under the mistle toe.
Bieber fans I have saved the best* for last ;-).
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber
C'mon people don't be shy, please tell me what you thought of the show, you don't have to agree with what I say y'know :-)! Who were your favourite acts, who was a fail?
