Alicia Keys has been in Paris for a week. For whatever reason, she got invitations to sit front-row at all of the big shows: Givenchy, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney. These are photos of Alicia from yesterday’s Chanel show. Look… okay, go ahead and call me boring. I like a clean silhouette. I like minimalism. I like simple, easy elegance. I don’t “get” excessive lace. I don’t get giant, poofy skirts. I don’t get skinny jeans. And I really don’t “get” headpieces or forehead jewelry. I don’t get why Alicia thinks she’s making this look “happen.” She’s not.
This isn’t the first time Alicia has blinged-out her forehead either. While she was pregnant with her son Egypt, Alicia really got into the whole “Cleopatra Keys” thing (credit: Bossip). She wore elaborate forehead jewelry on various red carpets, and she even wore some forehead/headpiece stuff for her wedding too. But I don’t think she’s ever worn a piece this… MASSIVE. It looks idiotic. Why is Alicia so obsessed with styling herself like Cleopatra?
The weird part? If Alicia had left the forehead bling at home, this would have been the best she’s looked in a really long time. That outfit is gorgeous, and her makeup and styling (other than the jewelry) is gorgeous. I especially love the pants, and I want them.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
so lame. she has about as much style/charisma as a potted plant.
good musician, though.
Alicia obsession goes way further than that… Her first Grammy appearance she rocked the headpiece … Meh
She really believes she’s some kind of Egyptian high priestess or something.
Cue a super slow “o…k…a…y?”
Her home probably looks like that awful Design Toscano catalog threw up everywhere.
Alicia that thing would look great on your neck, not on your forhead!
agree!
i wish she would just quit it with the head-pieces. and she looks stiff in these pics. things just haven’t been the same since the whole “swizz beats” thing…
I noticed she looks stiff too. Probably from being forced to stay very, very still lest that big bauble knocks her unconscious 😉
idiotic and not a damn thing in her ears????
I bet she has big spot on her forehead and is using this thing to cover it up.
Maybe she’s hiding a massive zit.
That last picture looks like she is channeling Gumby. Dammit.
This tramp is a try-hard.
she looks so … yellow!
make-up fail.
Her makeup is so bad.
I’m not great with makeup, but even I know that your face and the rest of your body are meant to be at least similar in colour. Right?
Or is there a new trend of which I am not aware? (Totally possible.)
Alicia I adore. I will never diss her. I need a new Alicia Keys album.
Agreed. I’m more concerned about the makeup – the jewellery is fine.
But then, I like things like skinny jeans and lace and big skirts. In fact, I’m wearing the latter right now.
So Kaiser and I might just be looking at this from different angles.
Sorry, skinny jeans are a MUST in cold climates or rainy climates. You’ve got to wear boots and not get the bottom of your jeans wet.
The forehead thing? That’s just all kinds of bad.
Slap me hard and call me Rhonda, but I really like it. She can wear it. On every other person, it would look ridiculous.
so glad Im not alone. She looks awesome. Actually the pants are wrong IMO
She looks like a castrated unicorn. Not cute.
Kaiser, you’re half-Indian, right? I think there’s some piece of traditional Indian jewelry that’s similar to this – I went to a family wedding recently, and my aunt gave me one to wear. It’s the same kind of thing where you tie it in your hair and it comes down on your forehead like that. I agree that it’s not a good look, though. The one I had was smaller and less bling-y. Oh, and hasn’t Alicia worn saris and/or bindis on the red carpet before? Maybe she just likes the look in general.
seems like Indian Tikka jewelery..looks good.
Oh, I’d forgotten what it was called; thanks for the reminder! 🙂
Idiotic AND awesome. Good on her, she looks as though she’s trying to get considered for a part in the new Star Trek. Probably a die-hard Cumberbitch and wants to get close to His Freakyhotness. Get nasty, Miss Keys. Do it for all the Cumberbitches!
The whole look is bad. The “vest” would have looked better as a jacket, with sleeves.
And girlfriend looks like she is sucking it in really hard. Relax and breathe, Alicia!
Try hard.
Exactly. Fail hard as well.
Keys with the forehead and Kerr with the eyebrows … just … no.
maybe she has a massive forehead zit she is desperately trying to cover.
What was she thinking? Not only does the head thingy look completely ridiculous, but her poses are not feminine at all! She’s not delicate enough to carry off the look she thinks she’s rocking. Blech
She looks like a Klingon
Maybe if it were smaller? I kinda like the forehead jewelry, I think it looks really beautiful. But this is just too big and gaudy.
It makes her look like that chick from Neverending Story
Gasp! Oh not you didn’t. Empress Moonchild looked AWESOME, in her headpiece. Alicia not so much.
Oh and Neverending story is one of the best movies evah. EVAH!
Okay I’ll go lie down now.
http://www.alicia-logic.com/capspages/caps_viewall.asp?titleid=67&start=16
Yes! YES!!
Exactly what I thought when I saw the pictures, the Childlike Empress. Also known as the best part of The Neverending Story.
She looks ridiculous, can people stop trying to make headresses happen?? Also her makeup person must hate her, that foundation is way too heavy and absolutely the wrong color.
I like the headpieces but not that one.
a shiny target beats a bull’s eye I guess.
It wouldn’t have been so bad if she had done her hair differently. Usually headpieces like that lay over a center part.
Also it’s way too big, and just the wrong kind of style for a headpiece.
Whatever, this girl has always had the worst sense of style. Pretty, but ruins it with her lack of grace in how she presents herself – another reason why the headpiece doesn’t work.
And with that outfit? No.
That just look dumb…
for special occasions, parties, i liked the one she wore for her wedding,kinda appropriate at the wedding, instead of a veil, other wise..NO. looks try hard, and ridiculous.
Ya have to ASK?
It’s never Princess from Never Ending Story isn’t it? I dunno, it’s not my style but I can’t fault her for trying something different.
Idiotic. Looks like someone threw a necklace on her head as a joke. She can not dress for the life of her.
She looks uncomfortable and scared to move. I guess she thinks she’s royalty. I think an exotic looking person could pull off the forehead piece…not her tho