{"id":38896,"date":"2018-01-29T20:01:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T01:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38896"},"modified":"2018-01-29T20:01:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T01:01:57","slug":"my-almost-best-dressed-at-the-2018-grammys-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/my-almost-best-dressed-at-the-2018-grammys-are\/","title":{"rendered":"My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> (fuck you, Neil, the average woman works twice as hard as a dude like you). I’m going to have to save some of that for a separate post and just dive into the fashion for now.<\/p>\n

As I’ve said before<\/a>, the fashion at music events always beats other celeb-heavy occasions in my book. Actors need to disappear into other people for a living. It’s not an advantage for them to present an image that’s so memorable that no one can imagine them in other roles. Fashion-industry people want to be seen, but at the same time, they can be uptight about presenting the “right” image. Musicians are the ones who benefit most by cultivating a strong signature look, and — very often — the wilder it is, the better. And that gives me plenty of contenders for my prestigious Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo award<\/a>, which isn’t about being conventionally pretty, or classic and tasteful, but about making people do double, triple, or quadruple takes. <\/p>\n