Fashion faux pas

» A look at the AMA red carpet

    
 

Brittney MacDonald

did warn you that it was awards

season, right? Well, with the
red carpet rolled out and the stars
ready to mingle it’s important
they look their best—but what the :

American Music Awards (AMAs)
offers is also a chance to be more
casual, and show off their edgier
side! Plenty of music’s finest were
more than willing to do that, but
there were also some fashion faux
pas mixed in there as well, so
let’s have a look at those misses.
We'll begin with British
songbird Rita Ora. Now Iam
normally a huge fan of her style,
and the dress she wore to the
AMAs was no different. That
cinched waist and gathered top
gave her an hourglass figure that
most women would kill for—
and the canary yellow definitely
flatters her skin tone. Her faux
pas was that she wore an evening
gown to a semi-formal event. I
see this all the time, especially
this time of year with all the
Christmas parties people have
to attend. If you're overdressed
you feel awkward, and you make

: other people feel awkward—so

: find out the dress code for the

: event ahead of time. And if you're
: not sure what the answer means

: (business-casual, what the hell is
: that?), there are a couple helpful

: cheats. If youre a woman, weara_:
: cocktail dress. They pass for either :
: formal or casual depending how — :
: you accessorize them. For men, :
: use the suit jacket from the formal :
: tux, and wear it with a nice pair
: of jeans or pleated slacks that

: are in a different colour. Having
: the different fabrics will prevent
: you from looking too formal.

Next up we have a faux pas

: everyone should recognize from

: late nights on Granville Street.

: Model Gigi Hadid, who is the

: step-daughter of music producer
: David Foster, somehow confused
: being edgy with showing a lot of
: skin. Now don't get me wrong, I

: actually like Gigi Hadid and find
: that she usually looks extremely

: well put together (that’s what

: happens when your mother

: was also a famous model in her

: heyday), but this look is just

: too much. The lacing draws

: attention to the open front,

: which is fighting against the bare
: midriff and the high slit in the

   

Gigi Hadid

: skirt. Had the outfit eliminated
: the lacing, kept the deep V, and
: been made as one piece, instead
: of separates, it would have been
: incredibly chic; instead, it just

; comes off a bit stripper-y.

Former Disney kid Zendaya

: had her own set of problems. I

: watch a lot of awards shows, and
: generally Zendaya is a standard

: figure at any of the shows geared
: more towards teens and young

: adults. Unfortunately, she seems

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Rita Ora

: to suffer from the same fashion

: faux pas with every single outfit

: Isee her in. Case in point, the

: AMAs, where she drowned in this
? over-patterned, over-textured,

: pink monstrosity. I don’t think I

: can name one person this outfit

: would look good on. It is terrible.
: The outfit itself is bulky, looks

: uncomfortable and is covered

: in these over-sized pink flowers.

: Asa petite person, Zendaya

: should not be wearing such a

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Zendaya

: structured garment with such

: a large pattern—break it up so

: that the whole look appears more
: proportional. It’s really all about
: balance; since large patterns and
: structured garments look “hard,”
: balance it out with something

: a little looser fitting on top,

: not an even more structured

: blouse. If you want to wear two

: structured pieces, either make

: them monochromatic or have

: the pattern be very minimal.

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