Grammy Roundup 2012

Best Dressed

Rhianna - in Armani. WOW. Perfection. It's all I can say. Loved the Tina Turner hair with this look. Really - how can you pull off a backless and nearly frontless dress and still look classic? Well, classic/gangsta? I guess you'd have to be Rhianna to do that. And her skin - LORD have mercy. Caribbean queen.

Paris Hilton in Basil Soda. I don't ever like the "model face" that she makes on the carpet - it's too Zoolander - but this dress - WOW - intricate - but super interesting - not overdone in my opinion. I was looking super closely at it as she was being interviewed by Guiliana and I just kept thinking how marvelous it was.

Corrinne Bailey Ray - in Christian Siriano. I think she is flirty and fun. Adorable hair too.

Kate Beckinsale - always always always a goddess. No idea who she is wearing but she looks fantastic.

Adele - gorgeous dress for her shape. Super elegant. Classic hair and makeup. Although in this particular shot - the red lip makes her look extremely pale. She didn't seem so pale on TV.

Julianne Hough - Kaufmann Franco - amazing!

Alicia Keys - she is just flawless in my opinion. Her skin. Her hair. Her voice. This dress was simple - but the statement necklace and killer shoes just promoted the whole look to a best dressed status for me.

Jessie J in James MacDonald - this one grew on me the more I kept seeing it. Once she was in the Glam Cam 360 I was sold. At first it looked like a riveted WW1 airplane but then it looked more like a disco ball - and once I saw the shape on her I was won over.

Worst Dressed

Katy Perry - Her boobs looked HUGE and awful in the grandma cut Elie Saab gown. She needed a little more - ahem - support for the girls. And the matchy matchy hair... Eww. It was like rocker meets grandmas doily. That - and she looked like she had a horrible orange spray tan.

Fergie in Jean Paul Gaultier. First, Lady Gaga did the red lace thing already... and girl, you are looking too severe with that hair and botoxed forehead. Cut it out. You are too pretty for that.

Robyn - platform Timberland Boots a men's Hanes undershort and a satin skirt with an identity crisis... I'm long! NO I'm short! And what is that THING on her ear??? Oh man. I can't even comment.

Taraji P. Henson - if this dress came in a smaller size I could see it on Toddlers & Tiaras. Tack-E!

Nikki Menaj - the little red riding hood thing with the pope - I know it was meant to shock so you can't really say it was a worst dressed because she wasn't trying to look hot. She was this year's "Egg." Her makeup looked gorgeous though!

One that WAS a total miss for me was Carrie Underwood - she was actually trying to look good and just looked BLAH. She looked much better in her performance dress and hair (a black number).

Best Performances

The Civil Wars - LOVE them. Glad they won Best Country Duo. :)

Adele - Felt like her pressure to perform was at a palpable level. The throat surgery that she recently recovered from had everyone wondering if she was going to be the same. It's a big stage - the Grammys - and she knocked it out of the park. Go girl. Glad you won the whole she-bang. Your voice is such a unique and wonderful gift. What a triumph.

And - as a sidenote - her makeup for her performance looked flawless (liked the nude lip better than the red she wore on the carpet) - hope Tanya Burr does a tutorial on it soon!

Bruno Mars - he's so fun and cute. I just wanna put him in my pocket.

Finally....

Jennifer Hudson singing "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute to Whitney Houston. Goosebumps!

 

Honorable Mentions

LOVED

Kelly Rowland's Hair - loved the natural fro' she was rockin. She's just a total cutie.

Taylor Swift was seriously 10 feet tall standing next to Ryan Seacrest on the carpet. Made me giggle. Thought her dress was beautiful - not a best dress - but certainly beautiful. She is so statuesque and graceful and well spoken. Love her. Glad she continues to be a big winner and a great positive influence on young people everywhere.

Ok seriously though - I really felt like this year's show was such a snooze fest.....

BOOOOR-IIIING on the whole - with a few bright spots.

Tony Bennet, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Glenn Campbell - a bunch of performances that were just painful... I hit mute.

I remember a few years ago there was a rockin show - Mary J Blige, Rhianna, Bieber. Eh well. Can't win em all I guess.

Welcome to a brand new week party people!

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Brooke P.]

My favorite Grammy moment...last year when Mumford & Sons knocked it out of the park!!! I had never heard them before and I was amazed. My jaw was on the floor. Then poor ole' Bob Dylan came out and...well...snooze.

[Katie Pegher]

agreed!!!! they did knock it out of the park!!

[Danna]

I thought Taylor and Coldplay were amazing last night. Bruno Mars is great too, but it was a little too "Back to the Future" for me. Love me some Adele, and they did a great piece on her on 60 minutes before the Grammy's that gave a great view into how refreshingly down to earth she is, my new favorite for sure!