Taylor Swift in Monique Lhuillier at the BMI Pop Awards: ’90s fug or ’90s fab?

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Whoa! Is it just me or does Taylor Swift look REALLY different in these photos? I’m trying to figure out what it is? Is it bad lighting which is making her look like a wax figure? Literally, when I first saw these photos, I thought “I can’t believe Taylor got another wax figure!” Did she try to change up her white-blonde hair and the color went sideways? Is it bad makeup? Or did she get some work done? I really don’t know.

These photos from last night’s BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, and Tay-Tay was honored. She was also the biggest name at the event, obviously. She chose a velvet Monique Lhuillier gown which… reminds me that ‘90s styles are coming back in a big way. Seriously! Velvet. Slipdress. Choker. Looking like an extra from The Craft. All of it very ‘90s. Of course, Taylor is also giving Russian mail-order bride vibes.

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Also at the event: recently reunited Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid. McDaid called off their engagement last December, but for a few months now, sources have been saying that Cox and McDaid are back on, although the state of their engagement is still up in the air (Cox was not wearing her engagement ring last night). McDaid did tell E! News, “Just look at us. I love her. I’ve always loved her.” Huh.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

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61 Responses to “Taylor Swift in Monique Lhuillier at the BMI Pop Awards: ’90s fug or ’90s fab?”

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  1. savu says:

    Russian mail-order bride. Lololol.

    The blonde just does nothing for her, I think. And the dress I like, but not on her. Meh.

    • almondmilk says:

      That white blonde or platinum ages her 10+ years. If you told me she was 37, and I didn’t know who she was, I wouldn’t doubt you…at all.

    • what's inside says:

      I totally agree. Anna Wintour really screwed over her look.

  2. DahliaDee says:

    It’s the bleached hair/tan combo.

    • Lex says:

      Definitely. The fake tan ages people, and the bleached hair does not look good. She really needs a break.

    • HH says:

      Yeah that combo is never good. Though, I actually like the bleach blond on her. Also, is it just me, or does she look like she could be a “wax” version of herself. The header photo looked like it was taken at Madame Tussaud’s.

      • SydneySnider says:

        It’s not just you. I thought exactly the same, HH. The platinum-tan combo is plain awful. The bleach has made her hair straw-like. It looks like immovable Lego hair.

        I was waiting for a programme to start tonight,and prior to that Hot in Cleveland was on. I’ve never seen the show, but looked up from my reading to see Courtney Cox talking. I haven’t seen her in animation or heard her talk in years, so was shocked at how her face “moved” and her speech sounded. Horrible and sad. She was really lovely once upon a time.

    • Erica_V says:

      Agreed on the tan being what looks so different vs last week at the Met when she was super super pale.

  3. roxane says:

    God she looks awfull, and i don’t recognize her face. This is one of her worst look.

  4. The Eternal Side-Eye says:

    Boob job? I’ll admit I don’t really have a clue what her boobs usually look like, but those ones seem perkier than typical.

    • Abbott says:

      She bought those puppies a few years back. When she pushes and pops them like that it’s obvious: they look like boiled hams.

      • zinjojo says:

        Boiled hams. Bwahahaha. And yeah, I remember when she went from almost flat (and nothing wrong with that) to a smallish boob job.

      • Bobo says:

        Boiled hams omg lol…

        Can she please go back to being twee?

    • Alex says:

      Oh those boobs are old news for sure. Its super obvious in certain outfits.
      She looks super aged here. The bleached blonde, over tanned look makes her look like every aging housewife in LA. Not good. Her skin has looked pretty terrible lately and its her hair color washing her out

  5. perplexed says:

    I thought that was Jessica Simpson’s sister.

  6. Psu Doh Nihm says:

    It’s the horrible makeup and the hair styling. It makes her hair look stringy and unhealthy and thin and then her makeup is harsh.

    I don’t like this look at all.

  7. Bishg says:

    Taylor looks exhausted and out of it.
    We also need to take a long-awaited break from her.
    She’s been everywhere for almost 2 years, I guess it’s time to take a nap Tay-tay..
    Not that she has been doing anything wrong (working, releasing music, going on tour and everything), but it’s time she caught her breath and go on vacation.
    I thought the MET gala would be her last official presence on red carpet but here she is again.

  8. paolanqar says:

    The hair and the make up don’t do her any favor. She looks like a corpse barbie.

  9. Jess says:

    Did she put on some weight? I think she’s looking healthier

    Kaiser, you didn’t mention that she received the Taylor Swift award lol

  10. missmerry says:

    that is the tannest and cheapest I’ve ever seen Swift look.

    congrats, girl.

    • helena says:

      yes. and I’m a fan of hers and have to say…this is awful. she managed somehow to look kinda ugly and tacky. I’ve never ever seen her look bad.ever. she is so beautiful and has always had great taste. now she looks like a beverly hills housewife or something like that.

      • Danielle says:

        I think it’s a terrible combination of turning the platinum yellow plus a too dark fake tan.

  11. Tara says:

    I think it’s funny that everyone’s ranking on how Taylor looks. But take a look at Kstew and Jlaw. It seems this platinum blonde textured lob is THE look with the young and fabulous right now huh? But no one looks fabulous in it. Kstew and Jlaw actually look like they’re wearing straw on their heads. I can’t say I love Taylor’s new look, but honestly, she did it best. If this bleached blonde textured lob is the thing right now, I feel sorry for anyone falling for it, but if you have to do it, do it more like Taylor. Jlaw is the real tragedy if you ask me. Of course, no one did.

    • Samtha says:

      I agree. I hate that shade of blonde on Jennifer, and Stewart might look okay with hers…if she washed her hair.

    • Zuzus girl says:

      I haven’t heard anyone say anything nice about Kstew or Lawerences hair. They’ve been getting slammed too. That hair looks good on no one.

    • Neverwintersand says:

      Deborah Harry did the bleached blonde bob look the best! The 70’s are coming back too 🙂

      • Justpassingby says:

        That’s exactly what I thought: very Debby Harry! I think she looks really rock’n roll and fantastic here!

  12. Samtha says:

    She has heavy makeup contouring going on.

    Courtney’s face is looking better now that some of her fillers/botox are wearing off a bit.

  13. QQ says:

    I actually Am Here from the neck Up

    Neck Down, implants are screaming at me to notice them too loud to concentrate

    Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have Twinsies intense Botox Wonkie Eyes, this gives me faith in their union, cause they are into sharing hobbies and all

    • Kitten says:

      YES twinsies for sure…creepy.

      Her face looks to have settled a bit though so that’s good.

  14. Brit says:

    She looks 45 here. I think it’s the makeup and the tan that’s aging her here

  15. littlemissnaughty says:

    It’s the makeup, mostly. That eyeshadow is a crime against her face, the shade is terrible on her. And I get that the 90s are back (WHY though? We didn’t look great the first time around) but that dress is not cute. Neither is the choker. God, chokers. Again: WHY? They looked terrible 20 years ago and they look terrible now!

    • Livvers says:

      It’s a Baywatch face. I understand bringing back 90’s styling, but the make-up application too? So odd.

      I despair for all the choker hate. For those of us with giraffe necks and weak jawlines, chokers can do wonders. But now I know I can’t jump on the revival without all my close-in-age contemporaries looking askance at me. #tinytears

  16. Gabrielle says:

    Is it ok to wear velvet in May? I kind of don’t think so.

  17. lower-case deb says:

    the silhouette of the dress is great.
    but the pattern and sheen of it? goodness gracious.

    it’s giving me a 90s bad motel carpet vibes with dark fungus overgrowth.

  18. prissa says:

    I finally know what it looks like when a person doesn’t upkeep their facial work (fillers, Botox, etc). Courtney’s face looks like a deflated soufflé. She looks greasy/oily too. WHY did she ever do that??? She was naturally pretty and (I bet) would’ve aged nicely. These stars refuse to realize those injectables makes them look MUCH OLDER.

    I shudder to think what’s in store for Kim and Kylie (further down the road).. Sad.

  19. Scal says:

    Yikes. This is very similar to my late 90’s ring dance dress (did anyone else have a ring dance at their high school?)

  20. Mimz says:

    I don’t care for the hair, the dress is fug, but not terrible. But it’s ugly. Don’t know if that makes sense.
    I think she’s trying to rebrand and be more “adult” so, who knows if in her next record she’ll finally start swearing and/or sing about the sex she’s having. I know that sounds mean… but yeah, I wonder.

  21. Gobo says:

    Too much highlighter and contouring under her eyes and a dress which makes the bolt ons obvious.

  22. Livvers says:

    Unless she falls in with a very “gauche” crowd, I really don’t believe Taylor will ever make any obvious ‘interventions’ with her face. That girl has too much Goop in her to do something so common. No, she’ll age gracefully like an elegant albatross (Wisdom just hatched another chick at age 65!).

    • Pepper says:

      She has an extremely obvious boob job, the tacky kind you only get these days if you specifically ask for that super obvious porn star look. Plus she’s already messed with her face quite a bit. She doesn’t seem averse to plastic surgery at all.

      I don’t see her doing giant lips or humongous cheek implants, but I’d be shocked if she wasn’t insanely toxed and stretched by 50.

      • Livvers says:

        I prefer a more generous read on the ‘issue.’ I think her face changes are mostly aging, and yes, my opinion is from personal experience. If you looked at me when I was 16 you would have said I had high cheekbones, but 16 years on it turns out all that volume was simply tissue/fat and now I have a very ‘flat’ cheek profile, not unlike how Taylor’s face seems more elongated now. Her nose, if it has changed at all, actually appears larger, and she has the same chin indentation…

        Re: the “tacky” ‘boob job,’ I think Taylor has the same thing going on that so many Victoria’s Secret models do–small unaltered breasts that, with the right push-up, look quite fake because their natural distance from each other (being so small) mimics the separation you get with a boob job.

      • Ivy says:

        actually, she used to have a really smart and classy boob job that wasn’t obvious at all because she rarely wore really cleavage bearing things. I think she either got another enhancement that just now got too obvious or her makeup team sucks. She is also a walking Dorito. Her boobs are throwing off the whole look because it makes all of her look like plastic when she just needs a new stylist and hair revamp damn

  23. right says:

    Love her blonde.

  24. serena says:

    Bad orange-spray tan + awful 90s dress and too bleached hair = worst combination possible.

  25. Ashley says:

    Anyone else getting a slightly Drumpfy vibe from Taylor with her bleached combover and orange tan?

  26. Sara says:

    I think she got new teeth!

  27. Blackwood says:

    when your hair color is lighter than your skin color, it generally tends to look awful. It’s an ageing, unflattering combination. You have to choose what you prefer: tan skin OR bleached hair.

  28. Mei says:

    I think it’s a combo of really over-tanned, even more bad makeup, the blonde that is so the wrong shade for her and makes her complexion look red, and her hair being parted on the other side. No bueno.

    Also, point to note that the award they gave to her is named after her and such an award has only been given to one other person, Michael Jackson. I mean, they’re not exactly in the same league.. (sigh).

  29. Grant says:

    Taylor got a spray tan. That’s why she looks different. Frankly, I think it looks better with her platinum hair than her previous paler look.

    Courteney looks slightly less frozen than usual.

  30. holly hobby says:

    On the first pic she can pass for a Housewife. Andy Cohen, meet your new employee.

  31. Dr. Funkenstein says:

    I think she looks like somebody’s mom trying to look hip. I’m not sure how she managed that being as young as she is.

  32. Magnoliarose says:

    That dress is just ugly. I think so many overdo the fake tan and it always looks fake unless a person just goes light handed.
    Go home and away from public appearances for a year. She’s overexposed.
    Again that dress is serious ugly.

  33. amilu says:

    Bad makeup gets my vote; it’s baaaaad. That plus the spray tan, bleached hair, and the fake boobs add up to a really questionable look.

  34. M79 says:

    I’m going to disagree. I think this is the hottest she’s looked.

  35. NeoCleo says:

    I can’t stand any part of her look. The gown is hideous and that over-processed hair color is awful. WHY? Why do women with great hair wreck it by bleaching the crap out of it?

  36. meh says:

    She looks like Ellie Goulding.