• Coming in at close second was musician Girl Crush, who wore a skirt seemingly constructed out of plastic balls, paired with an ill-fitting bikini top. The general candy-pinkness of it all hurt our eyes. Alberto E Rodriguez / Getty Images for NARAS
    Coming in at close second was musician Girl Crush, who wore a skirt seemingly constructed out of plastic balls, paired with an ill-fitting bikini top. The general candy-pinkness of it all hurt our eyes. Alberto E Rodriguez / Getty Images for NARAS
  • We will give rapper Lil Yachty credit for matching the colour of his teeth to the colour of his hair, but beyond that, there were few redeeming qualities to his Grammys look. Lester Cohen / Wire Image
    We will give rapper Lil Yachty credit for matching the colour of his teeth to the colour of his hair, but beyond that, there were few redeeming qualities to his Grammys look. Lester Cohen / Wire Image
  • All the dresses in the world, and Katy Perry chooses this one. We could probably live with the blah-coloured feather skirt, and maybe even the long-sleeved sequin top … if only either fit her properly. Kevin Mazur / Wire Image
    All the dresses in the world, and Katy Perry chooses this one. We could probably live with the blah-coloured feather skirt, and maybe even the long-sleeved sequin top … if only either fit her properly. Kevin Mazur / Wire Image
  • We see what musician Jacqueline Van Bierk has done here. We really do. The Grammys, music, CDs. It could have been brilliant. Instead it looks like a kindergarten project gone wrong. Lester Cohen / Wire Image
    We see what musician Jacqueline Van Bierk has done here. We really do. The Grammys, music, CDs. It could have been brilliant. Instead it looks like a kindergarten project gone wrong. Lester Cohen / Wire Image
  • We’re not sure if singer Joy Villa was being ironic or not, which is part of the problem. She arrived dressed in an oversized white tunic and then made her big reveal – a sparkly dress with Trump’s “Make America Great” slogan emblazoned across the front and his name spelt out on the train. We really, really wish she’d just left the tunic on. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
    We’re not sure if singer Joy Villa was being ironic or not, which is part of the problem. She arrived dressed in an oversized white tunic and then made her big reveal – a sparkly dress with Trump’s “Make America Great” slogan emblazoned across the front and his name spelt out on the train. We really, really wish she’d just left the tunic on. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
  • If we were able to identify any single trend at this year’s Grammy Awards, it would be “fairy tale gone wrong”. The gowns were all a little over the top, and the materials looked cheap. Sorry, Vaja. Alberto E Rodriguez / Getty Images for NARAS
    If we were able to identify any single trend at this year’s Grammy Awards, it would be “fairy tale gone wrong”. The gowns were all a little over the top, and the materials looked cheap. Sorry, Vaja. Alberto E Rodriguez / Getty Images for NARAS

Fashion at the Grammys: where did it all go wrong? – in pictures


Selina Denman
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The red carpet at the 59th annual Grammy Awards, which took place last night, was a hodgepodge of hideous fashion choices. From gold masks and barely-there gowns to feather-adorned monstrosities and political slogans gone wrong, most of the outfits on display were an absolute eyesore. Here were some of the worst offenders.