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2019 Grammys: The Best of the Rest

February 12, 2019 by WendyB

At the end of my post about Cardi B’s stellar Best Dressed/Wear What You Want style at Sunday’s Grammys, I promised that my next post would be about the best of the rest. Then my mind momentarily went blank, because who could compare to Cardi? Once I took a deep breath, I remembered that there…

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My Best Dressed at the 2019 Grammys Is …

February 11, 2019 by WendyB

Do I even need to write this post? Surely, you already know that my beloved Cardi B, who hit the red carpet in fall/winter 1995 couture Mugler, is the winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the 2019 Grammys. Embed from Getty Images While that was her most jaw-dropping vintage…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Grammys, music, red carpet Tagged With: cardi b, grammys 2019, kollin carter, thierry mugler

Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Red-Carpet Floof

February 27, 2018 by WendyB

I’ve already credited Rihanna with kicking off the trend for voluminous dresses with the pink Giambattista Valli gown she wore to the 2015 Grammys. A full three years later, as celebrities vie to wear not just the best, but the biggest dress on the red carpet, it’s official: Rihanna’s 2015 choice was a true “Never…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, Grammys, never is the next new thing, Rihanna Tagged With: brit awards, dua lipa

Music on My Mind: Halftime and the Grammys

February 11, 2018 by WendyB

I’ve been thinking of the truth-in-jest plea, “God, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man,” since Justin Timberlake’s ho-hum Super Bowl halftime performance last Sunday night. There have been many more-spectacular Super Bowl performers, starting with Michael Jackson, whose 1993 appearance permanently changed the halftime show from a snack/drink/bathroom break to a must-see…

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My Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Is …

January 30, 2018 by WendyB

While there were many 2018 Grammys fashion statements worthy of honorable mentions, there was one clear winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award. That winner is not Andra Day, but she came so close in her candy-colored, custom-made Victoria Hayes tuxedo gown. Embed from Getty Images This dress was my personal…

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My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …

January 29, 2018 by WendyB

There’s so much to be said about the 2018 Grammys — who won, who should have won, the way Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said more women would win if they just worked harder (fuck you, Neil, the average woman works twice as hard as a dude like you). I’m going to have to save…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, Fashion, Grammys, music Tagged With: cardi b, rihanna

Best Performance at the 2018 Grammys

January 28, 2018 by WendyB

There were quite a few great performances at the 2018 Grammys but seeing 68-year-old Patti LuPone sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from Evita 37 years after her first Grammys performance of that Broadway showstopper … well, that took my breath away! Thanks for forgiving composer Andrew Lloyd Webber long enough to bless us with…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Celebrities, Grammys, theater Tagged With: patti lupone

Beyoncé Should Be a Grammys Wake-Up Call

February 20, 2017 by WendyB

I haven’t stopped thinking about the Grammys since they aired just over a week ago — and by “the Grammys” I mean “Beyoncé.” Embed from Getty Images The show belonged to Beyoncé — now the most nominated female artist in Grammy history — even though she only won two of her nine categories: best urban…

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My Best Dressed at the 2017 Grammys Is …

February 13, 2017 by WendyB

The Grammys red carpet is always fun because it reliably brings the crazy. When it comes to show-biz style, musicians don’t play it safe the way actors do. Even when you bring a musician to the Academy Awards — the No. 1 event for luxurious, boring fashion — you can’t necessarily get her to conform….

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Awards Show Jewelry: NAACP, BAFTAs, Grammys

February 12, 2017 by WendyB

I’m excited to see big, un-stuffy, unexpected earrings having a major moment on this weekend’s red carpets. Tracee Ellis Ross was my Best Dressed at the Golden Globes last month thanks to her two fistfuls of rings. Proving she’s no one-trick jewelry pony, Ross went completely ringless at last night’s NAACP Image Awards.  That kept…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, earrings, Grammys, Jewelry Tagged With: baftas fashion, grammys jewelry, kate middleton earrings, naacp image awards jewelry, tracee ellis ross

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