The Grammys have never been known as the most stylish affair — tons of glitz, not so much old Hollywood glamour.
And the skin-tight, showgirl sequin gowns were certainly out on display on Sunday (4 February) once again, albeit with a few fashion forward moments which made for agreeable breathers.
Take Miley Cyrus, for starters: the picture of a golden Barbarella deity, wearing a mostly-naked from Maison Margiela, the house helmed by John Galliano. It was made up of a impressive 14,000 safety-pins, 675 hours in the making. Her Bonnie Tyler coiffed hair was all 80s, and the shoes were Margiela's controversial classics — split-toe, tabi heels.
Also in the race for ‘most shiny’ was Dua Lipa, who donned a looser fitting, all-silver Courrèges dress complete with long sleeves and hip-level slits, and Olivia Rodrigo, who wore a crystal embellished vintage Versace column gown, dug out from the SS95 collection.
The alternative dressers were led, as ever, by Billie Eilish, who opted for a Chrome Hearts white shirt and tie, baggy black slacks and Barbie-branded bomber jacket. Ice Spice put a distinctly noughties spin on the current mob wife trend, wearing a fur trimmed denim jacket and trailing skirt by the 1999-founded label Baby Phat, while Doja Cat leant into the provocative in her almost entirely sheer, corseted number by London-based designer Dilara FındıkoÄlu. Taking her support of the emerging brand one step further, the singer had FındıkoÄlu’s name temporarily tattooed across her forehead.
Eschewing the carpet and promptly stealing the show anyway was Beyoncé, who gave Pharrell Williams' latest Louis Vuitton menswear offering a spin, wearing a leather studded blazer, skirt and the collection highlight cowboy hat.
And of course, all heads turned to the night’s big winner Taylor Swift, who scooped up album of the year in her pure white Schiaparelli gown, paired with armpit-length black lycra gloves. She looked almost identical to the Princess of Wales, as she attended the Baftas in 2023 — coincidence, or copied from the queen of calculated diplomatic dressing? You decide.
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