Katy Perry in head-to-toe Versace in Hollywood: glam or tacky?

With the new season of FX’s American Crime Story airing, it seems the fashions from the house of Gianni Versace are experiencing a mini-renaissance. The brand is bringing back a taste of the excessive 1990s with the recent launch of its Spring/Summer 2018 Versace Tribute collection, reintroducing the leopard prints, rich colors and architectural patterns that hearken back to 1992 – and the days when supermodels were superstars.

In our contemporary times, no one screams “fashion excess” more than Katy Perry, so she seems a natural fit for vintage-inspired Versace. The newly-appointed American Idol judge stepped out in head-to-toe “Ver-sayce” on Tuesday night. Katy wore a cropped, crew neck sweatshirt and matching skinny jeans featuring the Wild Baroque print from the new collection. Among her accessories were a pair of Versace Tribute strappy black calf leather sandals, featuring small golden Medusa medallions, dangling gold earrings, and a black belt with a gold buckle. Love the shoes.

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Katy couldn’t resist sharing some snaps of her ensemble to social media before heading out to dinner at West Hollywood eatery Craig’s. Katy modeled her outfit while lip syncing to the Bruno Mars jam “Versace on the Floor” and joking in a caption, “All she needs is a wall to work.”

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If you want to replicate this look, you had better save up. The outfit will set you back $3,695 – $1,225 for the top, $1,475 for the pants and $995 for the shoes. Yikes. I sure can’t afford that. Aside from the shoes, I don’t think I’d be able to pull it off either. For whatever reason, it looks fine on Katy. She’s worn better and she’s certainly worn worse, but I don’t mind this. I would have preferred she broke the outfit up, wearing the top with black pants or the pants with a simple, solid-hued top.

Not to get all “Who wore it better,” but Lady Gaga was spotted in Barcelona earlier this month rocking a pink suit from the same Versace Tribute collection, and she looked great. Yes, it might be a little bit of pink overload, but I love the cut of the pants, the plunging neckline and the signature gold necklace (also from the collection).

Katy Perry last night in her Versace outfit  Source: Katy Perry Instagram

Katy Perry last night in her Versace outfit  Source: Katy Perry Instagram

Katy Perry out for dinner with friends at Craig's restaurant in West Hollywood

Katy Perry out for dinner with friends at Craig's restaurant in West Hollywood

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  1. AmandaPanda says:

    I can’t get over how horrendous her hair is. Why, Katy, why?! (I know it’s been like this for ages but it takes my breath away every time I see it.)

    The Versace is fug, but it all is, isn’t it? She’s working it well for what it is.

    • Erinn says:

      If it was just dark and in that cut – it’d improve a tonnnn. As it stands it’s way too Kate Goslin-y

      • MostlyMegan says:

        She has a really long, tall head. Short hair only accents it. Like Mrs Potato Head.

      • Daria Morgendorffer says:

        Yes! She looks exactly like Kate Goslin with this hair. Never noticed it before but now that you wrote it, I think they could pass for sisters.

    • Amy says:

      I know! Me too! The cut is bad but the color is so bad too. I’m not sure which is worse. I think the color. She looks like a completely different person from her “I kissed a girl” days. I thought she was very pretty back then, but now, without the hair, I’m looking at her face, and it’s just rather average. I think her hair did a lot towards making her look so young, fresh, and pretty. Now, she looks like a middle aged soccer Mom who hasn’t had the time to get her roots done in months. The over the top make up is not helping, either. She just looks soooooo dated.

    • Lucy says:

      Yeah I honestly can’t think of a celebrity who’s more unattractive than Katy, she doesn’t have the face for that hair and the pounds of makeup looks awful.

    • minx says:

      Hate the hair, the cut and color are so unflattering. She’s a brunette, she needs to go with that,

    • Chaine says:

      It ages her tremendously.

    • Bridget says:

      It’s the combination of the bad color, dated styling, and terrible makeup. Really, really terrible makeup.

    • Nancy says:

      I’m with you guys. Her face is way too long to wear short hair. I get she’s working so she has to pile on the makeup, but ick, she’s looked better. But, I love the outfit. If only I was famous for a day and could romp around in that Versace. I would definitely rock the shoes. Can see it now, me and my 16 month baby diva dancing around the house, actually we do it all the time!

    • Pixie Witch says:

      Its the way it is styled. It looks like the short hair of a 70 year old. Terrible.

    • zuzusgirl says:

      I love her hair! I think it looks great on her. To each her own I guess.

  2. T.Fanty says:

    Tacky, but for her, that’s actually an improvement.

  3. Lolo86lf says:

    Katy looks good and her outfit is a bit busy but it doesn’t look bad.

  4. Val says:

    I don’t intend to be mean, but WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING? Like I understand she has every right under the sun to look how she wants, no question about that. But why? She looks so utterly ridiculous and tacky. Whyyyyyyy? She’s a beautiful (average type beautiful, but whatever) woman, with a killer figure, pretty face. Why make herself look so unbelievably trashy. Is that just her style? She was quirky before but this is out of control.

    *rant over*

  5. ZAN says:

    I think it’s a fun outfit, I wouldn’t wear it but she can.

    • delphi says:

      Exactly. I am a shameless Gianni Versace fangirl, and this era of the House’s designs makes me all 90s nostalgic. It was supposed to be over the top and excessive, and yes I am in the minority here, but I love it. LOVE.

      #LeopardPrintIsANeutral

      • Bridget says:

        From the neck down, it’s fun. It’s the neck up where I think she stumbles!

      • Lilly says:

        I love it too. She makes it work and it’s a classic Versace pattern/look.

      • milla says:

        I love Versace cos of his representation of women. And his signature was over the top looks, very sexy and provocative. He did not bother with modesty. But is Perry a Versace woman? Not really, she has no style of her own. Give it to Rihanna. She can pull it off. Kate Moss can pull it off. Elle Fanning, yes. Lupita, yea. Zoe K, yeah. Cos they are just cool and they have that something. Perry is like a doll…

    • Tosca says:

      Love it. This is exactly what the Versace of old is supposed to look like. I’d wear it with glee!

  6. Ktae says:

    Yikes

  7. Aerohead21 says:

    Tacky for a dinner date, but totally fun for a casual red carpet or some low key event.

  8. Lilith says:

    What a mess! Her outfit looks like a dog’s breakfast.

  9. OriginalLala says:

    that’s alot of money to look that cheap

  10. Seraphina says:

    That picture should be beside the word Eurotrash in the dictionary. I visit family every so often in Europe, and the women at the cafes would probably laugh their arses off. She could do so much better and so could the fashion house.

  11. Escondista says:

    She looks like a 60 year old who travels to Florida every winter.

  12. sparrow2 says:

    Oh Dear…why does she insist on looking like a cartoon character?

  13. Ira says:

    The baroque print itself is tacky and will look tacky to anyone.

  14. Lucy says:

    I like it. She pulls it off.

    • Argonaut says:

      what she can’t pull off is that 90s inspired brown shade of lipstick. not good for her coloring.

  15. grabbyhands says:

    God, that hair just doesn’t do her any favors, does it?

  16. Naptime says:

    I love EVERYTHING about this look. Definitely not for everyone, but she killed it. Surprised by how much everyone seems to hate her hair. I think it’s fabulous.

  17. JeanGenie says:

    I can’t believe she’s still famous. In the ’80s, barely-talented pop stars went away so much faster.

  18. magnoliarose says:

    I would wear the pants with a dark mid-calf length fitted men’s cut jacket and dig out some vintage Manolo mules, sleek ponytail, bare eyes, red lips and a solid loose top. I don’t like head to toe prints that loud, but just the pants with tailored pieces with an edge and some vintage would work.

    • delphi says:

      I was imagining the pants with a boxy black sweater and black ballerina flats with some huge, fuck-off black sunglasses. To give it a vintage vibe.

    • MellyMel says:

      That sounds like a very chic outfit…like the way you think!

  19. MellyMel says:

    I think she pulls it off. I feel like high fashion should be fun and this is a fun outfit! I really love the shoes, but I would have worn a black top (turtleneck maybe) with the pants instead.

  20. Other Renee says:

    Except for the stupid poses she’s doing, she looks super cool. The effect wouldn’t be the same if you wore either the top or the bottom separately. The coolness comes from wearing them together. And the shoes are fabulous. I could never pull it off — I’d look like Sylvia Fine on “The Nanny” — but Katy is thin and hot and it works on her.

  21. JA says:

    All that money but no taste!!!! Man if only I had the budget, trust that this tacky nightmare would not happen.

  22. serena says:

    I hate that haistyle on her, it makes everything look bad.

  23. Valiantly Varnished says:

    She really needs to grow out that “I want to speak to your Manager” haircut. It’s horrible and ages her.

  24. stinky says:

    since when has she not looked tacky.
    ‘she-clown’ is her signature look.
    this ensemble is the bomb but she ruins it!

  25. Clairej says:

    She has a killer figure, but her hair is driving me crazy. Miss her longer darker locks. Same with Scarlett Johansson. Please grow your hair back Scarlett!

  26. Jaded says:

    She looks like a bomb went off at Frederick’s of Hollywood.

  27. browniecakes says:

    Did you see Katy’s outfit when Minnie Mouse got her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony this week? She looked like Minnie if Minnie owned a brothel. Who is Katy’s stylist – Mr. Magoo? http://www.bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/2018/01/23/katy-perry-minnie-mouse-2.jpg?itok=f86qkGXi

  28. raincoaster says:

    The very DEFINITION of the Versace Look is “Glam and tacky”.

  29. Bee says:

    Every time I see her these days, no matter what she is wearing, she reminds me of a middle aged mom having a mid life crisis.

  30. sunshine gold says:

    I remember when she came on the scene she was so sexy and flirty and feminine – this latest look is awful, awful, awful. She is not a classic stunner by any means, but the longer brown hair and sexy pinup style outfits did wonders for her! Please let her team do an intervention and fire her stylist.