WHY THE VMA AWARDS WERE TALKING POINTS
Last night the VMA awards were presented in Inglewood, California and of course, I was glued to the flatscreen, you understand. Music is one thing, but my attention was mainly on the juicy work.
The feuds
Starting with the feuds. Why is Gwen Stefani clapping with two WISE fingers when Taylor Swift just danced the midriff out of her little body? That poor Taylor had just recovered from Kanye West who presented her with an award last year but mentioned that Beyoncé should actually win it. Oh that Kanye, nothing inhuman is strange to him, shall we say.
Things are not going well with Beyoncé
Then the Beyoncé's performance (what is it with Beyoncé and her bodysuits?). We collectively watched this in the editorial office about four times and ended each time with the sentence ”That's not going well there. That's not going well.”
Professionally as Beyoncé is, she knows she is singing a song where the voice of daughter Blue Ivy has been mixed in. She knows that images of family vacations from happier times are projected on the screen behind her and she knows that Jay-Z will come on stage with little Blue Ivy in his arms.
But she couldn't control her emotions. Tears welled up, but not the o-I'm-so-happy-and-overwhelmed-and-life-is-so-good-for-me kind of tears. These are tears from someone who knows something is about to disappear.
If you don't believe it yet, just fast forward to the last two minutes where the once so happy family stands together. Beyoncé doesn't look Jay-Z in the eyes, he kisses her somewhere in her hair (I mean, you do that as lovers intensely and long on the mouth) and each time they take a step away from each other so that there is always a meter distance between the two.
They won an award for Best Collaboration for the song Drunk in Love and if by ‘collaborating’ you mean ‘keeping up appearances’ then that is certainly justified. On September 14, the On the Run tour is over. Hopefully, this PR circus too. Give our girl a break.
Fat dwarf
As for the outfits, I was particularly struck by the theme of the bra. Or rather, the absence of it. Kim-if you have it, flaunt it- Kardashian showed that it is just as good for Kanye to be in a little, I mean, non-revealing dress by Balmain. Model Iman Chanel also wore Balmain but that was of a slightly different order than Kim who, apologies to all Kim fans, looked like a fat dwarf who forgot her bra next to her model sister and slender mother.
Where is the bra?
Demi Lovato also apparently found the phenomenon of the bra extremely passé. Dear Nina, there are stick-on bras with push-up effect. Maybe something for you? You can wear Givenchy a hundred times but to quote Coco Chanel, if there is no woman, there’s no dress.
Décolleté with allure
Something tells me that Kim Kardashian would rather not be near Nina Dobrev that evening. Speaking of a décolleté with natural allure. Designer Zuhair Murad must have danced through the dressing room at the sight of so much beauty.
Miss
Let's conclude with a highlight and a miss. Gwen Stefani chose, particularly creatively, a suit from L.A.M.B. couture. Right, her own label. What is actually wrong with this look? And why doesn't she have a clutch to finish it off? Because there was nothing to finish?
Dump Gwyneth
Am I not being positive on this Monday morning? I really am, I really am. Jennifer Lopez shone as a diva should. The ankle-length dress by Charbel Zoe could really only have been worn by Rihanna bodywise but otherwise this is a typical case of dream-on. The honey-blonde hair that falls so effortlessly over her shoulders, the clutch, the heels, everything is perfect.
I would say Beyoncé, let Gwyneth go as a breaking up advisor, and turn to Jennifer. After all, she knows everything about divorce too and maybe during such a session you can rummage through her closet to borrow a dress. You can pull it off.
