Katy Perry brought it at the AMAs in a playful Oscar de la Renta strapless gown. I love this dress on Katy! This reminds me a lot of what she wore several years ago when she was just hitting the airwaves. The black dress is quirky but still classic with white polka dots. The embroidered flowers are whimsical and flouncy but not too obnoxious. Katy carried an Olympia Le-Tan “Webster’s New World Dictionary” box clutch. At least it wasn’t a thesaurus. Check out her polka-dotted nails!
Katy’s opening act drew a little bit of controversy because she dressed up in full geisha garb and makeup. She sang “Unconditionally,” which (coupled with this outfit) evokes the image of Madama Butterfly. Katy may not have throught this act though well enough.
For her red carpet look though, Katy was sophisticated but still young and funky. Her makeup looks pretty and not over the top like it sometimes does. And her hair? Absolutely gorgeous. She should wear it like this more often.
Kendall Jenner looked slightly uncomfortable in a white Keepsake top and skirt, but she did manage to work it for the cameras with the rear view. The dress is fine, and Kendall has the body to pull it off. She’s just a bit slouchy at this event. The sleek hair looks fantastic, and so does her makeup.
Kylie Jenner looked a dreadful mess in a Maiyet top and Giambatista Valli pants (credit to JustJared on the ID). Kylie is a cute girl, but this outfit seems like something she’d wear to the mall. I also can’t see her face because of all that shaggy hair. What a shame.
Ke$ha looks bored as hell in a black Michael Costello gown. The dress itself is quite fun with one exposed leg and a little riding crop to match. Ke$ha’s rainbow-colored hair is likewise fitting for a pop star on the red carpet. Her expression completely ruins the effect. Wake up, girl!
Nicole Richie went for a Grecian goddess look in a flowing white Emilio Pucci dress with bold cutouts on the side. The cutouts make the dress interesting from the front, but the back view is a little bit much. Actually it’s mostly Nicole’s lower back tattoo that throws things off. From the front, she looks fantastic though. This is a very fun but dramatic look with chunky statment jewelry and a fringed bag to set things off. Nic’s hair and makeup are appropriate too.
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Perhaps but I am not a big Katy Perry fan so…..*shrugs shoulders*
There is a residual cheesiness to anything that Katy Perry wears. Even when she goes for elegant, it ends up a tiny bit tacky.
That dress looks like it was made from my grandmother’s dish towels.
I’ve seen a lot of prints similar to Katy’s dress when I go thrift shopping, and not in a good way unless you like matronly polyester blouses Grandma wears or perhaps used to wear.
Nicole’s back tat is awful and takes away from the dress. Kendall is slouching like Bieber which spoils her look.
chapstick: “residual cheesiness” is a perfect way to describe all things Katy Perry. It’s always just too much. I think it starts with too much makeup and she takes it from there.
Is also that constant Hamming up that makes it all ridiculous, too much and like she is trying on personas
I agree, there is always a bit of tacky in her look.
Agree. It’s hard to made Oscar de la Renta look slightly tacky, but she managed with those nails and that ring. Her face and hair look pretty, though.
Katy’s hair looks beautiful. Kylie’s hair looks so bad. The bangs, the color, just no. And I actually think that Ke$ha looks fantastic.
kesha would actually look really great if she didnt look so dopey
Katy looks really great here, her performance was awful though – Sister Kathryn seems to have forgotten how to stay on key and she was out of breath just from walking across the stage.
Kylie Jenner looks like someone else entirely, I had to do a double take to make sure that’s her. Kendall looks very basic here.
Nicole looks good, not her best look because of the back but I love her so I will blindly stan for her okay? 😉
the night of the ugly outfits
I’m sure NR must have shown some crack at some point. How could she sit down?
Tape, I’m sure.
I love Katy Perry but the best part of the AMAs was Jlo’s tribute to Celia Cruz. Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFnRQTzqXas
I don’t watch these shows anymore .They use to be a big deal when I was growing up,but I have been You tubing them and I Think Jennifer Lopez did a great job.I don’t understand why people dislike her so much.
I did not know JLo was capable of that. I’m not sure on the singing but the dancing, man, she was on fire. That’s how you do salsa.
I enjoyed her performance as well- thought her voice was actually good! And she always looks amazing.
You’re kidding right? She’s always been an amazing dancer, an original Fly Girl! She’s very talented.
She started out as a dancer before singer! She better be good! 🙂
I saw Jlo’s performance on JJ.. She always amazes me with her dancing and still rocking it at 44 years old.
I loved Nicole’s outfit, Kendall is so pretty, her make-up was on point ( I think she the prettiest of all the sisters). the younger sister, not so much.
Katy always looked so much older than the rest of the pop divas. I keep thinking she’s in her early- mid 30’s.
Yes, Katy looked amazing. I love her outfit head2toe here. I’m surprised nothing bothers me:))
I saw photos of Nicole Richie, but just from the front, and thought she looked great. But the back of the dress is awful…she needs to get that covered.
Ke$ha must be working out like crazy lately. Her body is completely transformed since those infamous beach shots from last year. But yeah, her expression ruins her appearance.
Completely agree!!! Ke$ha’s body is kinda sorta amazing lately!!! Her legs look amazing!
Nicole looks awesome…don’t love it from the back, but she pulls it off. Great makeup and hair…she’s so pretty!
Katy’s makeup and hair look great too…
Nicole’s dress reminds me of something that Sheryl Crow wore on the red carpet when she was dating Lance Armstrong. I think it was yellow? It had the same simple sillouette and cut out circle.
Oh yeah …good call!! Liked that dress on her…very sunshine-y 🙂
Kylie looks like Katherine mcphee
She seems to have no neck. She needs to be wearing some v-neck collars to elongate.
She DOES look like McPhee! Never noticed that before..wow, the resemblance is really striking now that you point it out.
I’ve always thought Kendall looked like Katharine McPhee. Is that who you meant? I guess Kylie looks like her too.
Is Kesha trying to be the next lady gaga? I’m sick of pop-stars with weird haircolours.. just stay as you are/were Kesha!
Also Kylie Jenner looks like hell because of her bangs (I think).. so as Kaiser should say ‘bangs trauma!’ LOL.
I love Kesha’s hair and Lady Gaga wasn’t even the first to have a weird hair color. Remember Pink?
Wow. Katy looked STUNNING head to toe 😀 Her makeup and hair were understated (for her) and flawless! (Katy really is such a pretty girl but all of her usual her over the top-ness usually hides it.)
My word! jLo was amazing!! And I never in my life though I would ever type such a thing. Fantastic performance.
WORD. She was the best performance of the night. Her and Rihanna.
Rihanna? I haven’t seen it but she must have improved on her live performances. I always think of her as awful live.
Kendall Jenner is very pretty.
she is pretty, youre right…. but how long till her first nose job? thats what makes me sad.
it WILL happen, even tho it doesnt need to. she should learn from Kims mistakes (she wont stop till she looks just like her mother) weh.
Katy Perry always manages to trash out the most normal things. Polka Dot nails? Are you 14?
Katy Perry looked fab on the red carpet, but her routine was one big wtf to me. There was a good article on the WSJ journal that summed up the many RME moments… Ugh. I especially hated that insensitive pairing…the song was about unconditional love while playing a subservient Geisha girl (when not even wearing a effing kimono)…Way to play into those cultural stereotypes and appropriation, Boobs McGee! I honestly wonder if she is going to be around that much longer though. It’s not like acting, where they can fall back into TV or indies or C list cinema. Her fanbase skews pretty young, and she’s pushing 30 and trying to transition into a more adult audience but I don’t know if it’s happening…..and even Miley Cyrus had better vocals……Supposedly her album dropped off really quickly, and none of her songs are in the top ten of Itunes nor is her album…while Lorde is still in there chugging along. I think Rihanna and Taylor Swift (who is incredibly business savvy) will be around longer than Katy imo….and Lady Gaga will be some sort of cult figure who turns to Broadway. End rant lol.
+1 to everything
The geisha theme was the most unnecessary thing she could have done with that god-awful contemporary christian song, her vocals were as per usual, awful, she has no control over her voice whatsoever, she was out of breath just from walking. I wonder how she felt to see people like Ariana and Christina perform? A good singer can give a good performance regardless of where she is, and Katy consistently gives bad live performances. I almost WISH she’d lip-sync.
Katy could always fall back on songwriting. She can make a catchy tune. She has that advantage over Rihanna. Rihanna sings catchy songs but she doesn’t write them.
Kendall is HAPPENING.
Nicole Ritchie is STUNNING and HAPPENING. best of the night.
Why are people with no connection to the music industry attending this event (Jenners)? I thought maybe the two younger girls would try not to turn into their pathetic famewh0re sisters. Who needs high school, right?
Nicole Richie looks great. I don’t know how she moved around in that gown but it’s a good look for her.
I saw Kendall on a few of the ‘worst dressed’ lists — but I think she looks good. Definitely not one of the worst dressed, that’s for sure.
ITA.
Kendall looks cold.
How old is Kylie? She dresses like her older sisters.
Kendall looks like she wants to be anywhere but there.
Kendall Jenner (the one in the white) looks pretty but I dislike the outfit. I foresee a boob job in her future. She will want to fill out tops like her big sissies and she just doesn’t. She’s got it all except boobs. I am aware she is modeling but we’ll see how far that gets her.
Katy Perry looks GORGEOUS here! So often I see her on the red carpet and I roll my eyes but this time I actually smiled. She looks so good and so very happy too 🙂
Nicole Richie’s dress from the back looks freakin’ UGLY…nice tramp stamp… with her money I’d have been getting that thing removed.
Kesha’s hair is AWFUL and she looks like she just smoked one.
Nicole was on “Ellen” recently, and told her she was having the tramp stamp removed.
I think Kendall looks perfect as is. I was once her bust size and got implants circa 10 years ago. I regret augmenting my natural breasts. Her hair, face and outfit are also gorgeous and she reminds me of natural beauties from the 1970s.
I agree that Richie’s dress is fabulous but she does not have the ass needed to fill out the back. I’d love to see that dress on Rihanna or any other cutie with a booty.
Katy looks slightly tacky as usual and it bugs me that her ring isn’t a red flower to match her lipstick.
K$sha is looking like Gaga more and more every day. She’s also lost a bunch of weight – hopefully with diet and/or exercise. Her body definitely has improved but not much can be done for that face.
So much black and white at events right now. Is color out? Do the Kardashians and Kanye have that much influence over fashion or is this lack of color on the runways?
Kendall is very pretty and has a lovely figure as is. I hope she doesn’t go under the knife. That said she looks very uncomfortable in these images, she’s not selling this look and if this is a sample of her modeling skills her career will be short lived.
I think Katy’s performance was bad because of her vocals, but I thought she was the most striking on the red carpet. Very beautiful.
It looks like Kendall has had her lips done. I think she’s trying to look like that Blurred Lines girl. She has wide-spaced eyes like her and went out and got her lips.
Nicole Richie is absolutely everything in that gown. Pure perfection, and even the back works since this is a rock n roll kind of event.
Kendall Jenner looks amazing. Katy Perry looks boring.
I am a huge fan of feminine floral and polka-dot prints (and the silhouette of the dress), so I absolutely love Katy’s look from head-to-toe. Her hair and makeup are perfect, and the clutch is super cute (mostly because I love the pop of color so much). I’m very blah on everyone else in this post, although Ke$ha looks nice too (ditto the zombie expression ruining it, though).
Also, I didn’t know Nicole Richie had a tramp stamp! It looks so tacky. She should get it lasered.
It’s interesting to see here, after all the outrage thrown at Miley for cultural appropriation, etc., only one or two WTFs at Katy Perry for her opening number. Is it because this was mostly a fashion post? Or is it because what she did is not considered too offensive? I mean, it went perfectly with unconditional love, I guess.
Maybe because it is a fashion post? Honestly, it really did bother me (the make-up, the mixing of Chinese and Japanese elements, the weird interview that she has given about Japanese people in the past, the freaking microphone) and the worst part was the song choice. I love this website too but some people aren’t always the greatest when it comes to slut-shaming or calling out cultural appropriation.
I agree, I think Katy’s performance was highly insensitive. Really off key as well, but that is the norm for a Katy performance.
Wondering the same thing. I mean this breastholed rag is described in the article as “full geisha garb” 🙁 🙁
Glad to see Celia recognized with the tribute. I have seen her in a live performance and it was amazing. Azucar!!!! Celia would have loved the energy J. Lo brought to that performance. (She should probably do more songs in Spanish and/more with a Carribean (Afro-Carribean /Latin groove).
Thought all the ladies looked fine.
Ke$ha had a big fat blunt before hitting the red carpet.
Her ‘asian’ performance was bad….and was full of silly stereotypes. Funny that Katy gets away with this bulls-t… while others…
KP’s performance is a no no. I cringed and was embarrassed for her. Kudo to many of knowledgeable people here that she was mixing so many Asian and more elements into a ‘geisha’ look that makes it totally a joke – like that dress is not a kimono. If you are gonna pay tribute to a culture that you love [she says she loves Japan…], you should think and put more effort to make sure that your sentiments are conveyed. It just came across ignorant more like a fetish portrayal more than anything…
well there you go, expecting Katy Perry to think.
I like Katy’s red carpet look.
Is Kendall the one who is supposed to be a model? She looks very uncomfortable here.
I know you think Nicole is just ‘Healthy’ and we shouldn’t criticize her weight loss. But she is a young woman with two babies. She shouldn’t have a sunken neck and wrinkled side arm, there should be the young youthful fat in these locations that older women strive for. She looks sickly and I don’t agree with the statements of her looking ‘normal’.
Katy is stunning, her second best look ever; surprisingly, Kesha looks awesome, despite the dope face (and I don’t like her at all).
Nicole looks anorexic again, period. She looks disgustingly emaciated from the back and I can’t believe the compliments either. If Jlo sounded good, then she was undoubtedly lip synching the whole thing, so don’t be so quick to give her props for that.
Sigh. My problem with Katy is she is always cake-faced. It’s too heavy! I feel like I’m suffocating just looking at her face.