While the Grammys are ostensibly about honoring the greatest musical achievements of the past year, sometimes the real achievements--for better or worse--take place in the hours before the show begins. This year's red carpet fashion was of course no exception--with pop stars like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Britney Spears, and Taylor Swift all turning heads, albeit for very different reasons.
The predictably unpredictable Lady Gaga arrived looking like a space-age Tinkerbell with sunflower-yellow, shoulder-length locks. In her right hand Gaga held a giant, chrome-spiked star. She wore an Armani-designed sheer, pink dress ringed with Saturn-like circles.
Below are some more A-list arrivals...including one pop star who apparently forgot to put on her skirt before hitting the red carpet:
Britney Spears
Beyonce
Taylor Swift
Katy Perry
Pink
Carrie Underwood
Miley Cyrus
Winning the evening's unofficial award for "Best And Craziest Use Of Social Media," singer and songwriter Imogen Heap walked the red carpet in a custom-designed "Twitter Dress." The tea-length garment--which has its own Twitter feed, of course--displays images sent in real-time by fans using the hashtag #twitdress.
According to Heap, the dress was conceived as a way for fans to "accompany [her] on the red carpet."
This isn't Heap's first foray into social media fashion. At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Heap wore a black-and-green bustled dress designed for her by a MySpace fan. Perhaps not coincidentally, 2007's outfit also involved a parasol:
Lady Gaga, watch your back: You've got some crazy-clothing competition! Here are some other questionably outffited contenders:
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of Jersey Shore
Niecy Nash of Clean House
Spanish singer-songwriter Shaila Durcal
Singer Shir Shomron
All photos courtesy of Getty Images.
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