{"id":24093,"date":"2014-01-27T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24093"},"modified":"2014-01-28T01:22:37","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T06:22:37","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-grammys-hat-loving-pharrell-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-grammys-hat-loving-pharrell-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the Grammys: Hat-Loving Pharrell Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fashion at the Grammys is so much more interesting than at the acting-oriented awards shows. Personal style is part of the package for musicians. They don’t have to be “pretty” or “appropriate.” They only need to make a statement about themselves — the more distinctive, the better.<\/p>\n

This means, naturally, that my Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo award<\/a> for the night goes to Pharrell Williams and the big ole hat by Vivienne Westwood*<\/a> that quickly got its own Twitter account<\/a>. (A rival Twitter is this one<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Pharrell and his hat. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

The hat was the hot topic of the night and, in my opinion, that makes you a fashion success at the Grammys. The hat was compared to hats worn by Canadian Mounties<\/a> and Smokey the Bear<\/a>, as well as the logo for roast-beef-sandwich chain Arby’s.<\/p>\n

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Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

Arby’s playfully tweeted Pharrell:<\/p>\n

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That was funny, but Pharrell KILLED when he replied:<\/p>\n

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Speaking of dudes with interesting headgear, I have to give props to Pharrell’s “Get Lucky<\/a>” collaborators — the robot men of Daft Punk. They wore their signature helmets in black …<\/p>\n

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Pharrell and Nile Rodgers with Daft Punk. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and white.<\/p>\n

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Pharrell did the talking. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

I wholeheartedly approve of their commitment to the helmets on stage. (To see the French duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo sans<\/em> helmets, click here<\/a>.) To learn more about the helmets’ origin, check out last May’s Wall Street Journal story about fans building their own Daft Punk helmets<\/a>. If that link doesn’t give you the entire story, do a search for “wsj Daft Punk knockoff” and you might be able to read the whole thing that way.<\/p>\n

Madonna in her pimptastic pantsuit <\/a>was also well-accessorized last night. She told Ryan Seacrest that she was wearing her gold grill because “it pisses everybody off,”<\/a> which is always a great reason for wearing anything. Her sparkling glove and letter rings<\/a> made bold statements too.\u00a0 I melted a little when she came out to sing “Open Your Heart<\/a>” as Queen Latifah married off 33 gay and straight couples during the Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert <\/a>performance of “Same Love.” As I’ve said before, Madonna spoke up for people with AIDS at a time<\/a> when very few did, so it seemed perfect that she would be the go-to woman for this moment. Another lady rocking a pantsuit was Yoko Ono<\/a>, who at 80, served up impressive d\u00e9colletage. It was great seeing her dance while my almost-husband Paul McCartney<\/a> and connected-to-everyone Ringo Starr<\/a> performed. (Yoko doesn’t get the recognition for style that she deserves; you can check out some of her looks in a post I did in 2010<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Finally, I believe in jumping on any excuse for theme dressing<\/a>, so I appreciated Katy Perry’s choice of a right-off-the-runway tulle Valentino gown<\/a> with musical notes on the skirt<\/a> for the Grammys. (The concept reminded me of a dress I wrote about for the Huffington Post<\/a>, which honored a Nobel Prize winner for medicine. That skirt was printed with the cells the Nobel winner had discovered.) Katy previously caught my eye by wearing a much different musical-note dress in 2010.<\/p>\n

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Photo from WWD. Clic for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

And now I realize I totally missed my chance to wear my vintage Patrick Kelly musical-note blazer while watching the Grammys last night!<\/p>\n

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The jacket in 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dammit! I was too busy working on my pre-Grammys post about the six degrees of Ringo Starr <\/a>to consider my outfit.<\/p>\n

*UPDATED TO ADD: Thanks to commenter Marguerite for pointing out that Pharrell’s hat was from Westwood. It has an interesting history<\/a> — check out Malcolm McLaren wearing the hat design in a video for his 1982 song “Buffalo Gals<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: How could I forget how pleased I was to see Bruno Mars<\/a> and Macklemore<\/a> wearing bolo ties? I got very excited about bolos in 2010<\/a> and now I’m excited again! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fashion at the Grammys is so much more interesting than at the acting-oriented awards shows. Personal style is part of the package for musicians. They don’t have to be “pretty” or “appropriate.” They only need to make a statement about themselves — the more distinctive, the better. This means, naturally, that my Best Dressed\/Wear What…<\/p>\n

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