10 Celebrity Outfits That Went Down A Storm
1 ) Elizabeth Hurley – Four Weddings and a Versace Dress…
Liz Hurley was very much an ‘Elizabeth-who?’ on the celebrity radar. Yeah, yeah, she might have been dating Hugh Grant at the time…but…still…Elizabeth who?
But then came 1994 when she quickly became Elizabeth ‘Hamana-Hamana’ Hurley after rocking a very revealing black Versace number (held in place by big gold safety pins) at the opening night of the film her boyf was in (‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’).
And so, temporarily blinded by all those flashing camera lights, Liz stumbled her way down the red carpet into the arms of copious Estée Lauder modeling contracts and an Austin Powers’ movie or two.
Not bad for a night out, ey?
2 ) Jennifer ‘J.Lo – Jenny from the Block’ Lopez…
Jennifer had already been making waves having released a very successful debut album and been in some really good films (one of them had gotten her a Golden Globe nomination).
So, Jenny from the Block was doing pretty much ok, thank you very much.
But then came the Grammy’s in 2000 and THAT GREEN VERSACE DRESS – yep, Versace again – and J.Lo and behold, she was catapulted to a whole new level of fame.
3 ) Jodi Marsh…
She’s worn two itty-bitty belts across her chest – now she’s getting oh-so-very creative by – TA-DAAA – wearing only one.
What else is there to say, really? Our Jodi’s living up to what she’s (unfortunately) known for – getting attention in the tackiest way possible (which spells rock-bottom self-esteem (and chronic fashion) issues in my books).
What she needs is a warm blankie, a big tub of Ben & Jerry’s …and a friend.
But who’s going to tell her that?
4 ) Bjork – That Swan Dress…
It must have been ‘oh so quiet’ when this quirkily-talented artist stepped on the red carpet at the 2001 Oscars with a swan tied round her neck (and a matching ‘egg’ handbag. I kid you not). She really would have made a much better entrance if she sashayed down the carpet with a live pet swan tied to a diamond-encrusted leash.
What they didn’t show was Paris Hilton’s chihuahua leaping out of Paris’s bag and feeding its bird fetish by latching onto Bjork’s ‘swan’ and shagging the feathers off it.
And, dear God, look at the saggy tights. An absolute big hoopla of a no-no.
5 ) Kelly Brook – Snatch premiere – 2000…
Kelly, you’re gorgeous, hun – and you have a nice figure to boot. Thank God it looks like you enjoy your steak and kidney pie.
But, the thing is, we believed you all along, dear. You didn’t have to literally prove you had meat on your bones by wearing as little as possible.
Now. now, dear, put on some clothes before you catch a cold from Colin Farrell.
(p.s.: Sorry Julien McDonald, fashion designer to the stars, but it was actually not a very nice dress. You’re lucky Kelly wore it.)
6 ) Celine Dion - Oscars, 1999…
Oh Celine, Celine, Celine. No, no, no, no, no.
This is not stylish. There are no two ways about it. It’s a tuxedo that’s on back to front. Anyone would tell you that (and most people would listen. But not you.)
She could easily have dived back into the limo and quickly turned it around, but nope, Ms ‘Deline Cion’ partied down the Oscar red carpet like it was 1999. And it was. 1999, that is.
Everyone (give or take a couple of million) had a right old field day gawping at her piece of warbled fashion. She’s never quite been able to live it down ever since.
7 ) Cher – The Oscars, 1988…
Ha, Kelly Brook – Cher was there way before you, hun.
Forget about the outfit for a minute: doesn’t that look more like Cher’s sister than Cher?
Anyway, Cher wore this number when she got an Oscar for the film, Moonstruck.
If you can believe it, this is not the most daring outfit she’s worn. Compared to the piece of string (leotard) she wore for her video, ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’, this outfit is a pair of real comfy pajamas.
8 ) Rose McGowan – MTV Video Music Awards, 1998…
Not sure one can call this ‘an outfit’ as there’s not much of it, but anyway …
…apparently this ‘outfit’ covered about 1% of Rose’s body (does that include her brains, then?)
Oh, dear Lord, dear Lord.
Well, she got the attention she wanted, hitting the headlines with the force of a gorilla sitting on an ant.
(p.s.: She was going out with Marilyn Manson at the time. Me? Finger pointing? Never.)
9 ) Lil Kim – MTV Video Music Awards, 1999…
Lil Kim probably saw Rose McGowan the year before and thought she’d do one better.
Though Kim’s outfit was not as revealing as Rose’s (she’d have to go starkers for that), she did stir things up on the red carpet when she went all purple – purple wig, purple jumpsuit, with, erm, half of the top part missing so that one of her ‘hey mammies’ was in full view (‘xcept for a little oyster-shaped piece of cloth covering her nipple).
Diana Ross seemed to like it. She gave Lil Kim’s exposed ‘chest fruit’ a right old jiggle on stage when she was presenting an award.
10 ) Toni Braxton – Grammy’s, 2001…
Braxton quite literally showed us what she was made of in this little white get-up.
Her excuse for wearing this number was that she’d recently gotten hitched and wanted to don ‘something very sexy’.
But like Mariah Carey, Toni had progressively been wearing less and less in her music videos even before she got married.
So, nice try, girlfriend, but I ain’t buying it (the explanation …or the outfit).
March 5th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
These are outstanding outfits…but then,I’m a guy….:)