The Best and Worst Dressed at the Grammy's

 The Best and Worst Dressed at the Grammy’s

by Madeline Heinsen, staff reporter

Although the Grammys are known for awarding artists for their outstanding achievement in the music industry, their fashion choices also come to play and are a major factor judged by the public.

Singer Madonna started off the red carpet in an eye-catching look that wasn’t appealing. She put everything on display in a matador-inspired Givenchy design, complete with a veiled topper and thigh-high boots according to Antoinette Bueno of Entertainment tonight.

Rihanna surprised many in an unflattering frothy Giambattista Valli Couture cupcake gown hot off the Paris Haute Couture runway but this can be taken as a positive since Rihanna is known to wear a lack of clothing.

Bravo's Fashion Queens hosts Bevy Smith was highly impressed with Taylor Swift's ombre Elie Saab high-low dress, naming it one of the best dresses of the night.

"Gorgeous gown in a gorgeous color, she totally gets red carpet style and she wears the clothes, they don't wear her," Smith said.

Gwen Stefani’s Versace Atelier jumpsuit was a casual look that impressed as well. The jumpsuit was modern, striking and architecturally important. Nicki Minaj was also one of the best dressed in skin-baring Tom Ford.

"[She] may not ever clean up her act, but her style is immaculate, her demure makeup, classic coif, and gorgeous Tom Ford gown signals [that] she's becoming a serious style maven," Smith said.

Overall, the most astonishing outfit was worn by Rihanna and not in a positive way. Rihanna definitely opened eyes but not in the way she wished to have.

Holiday Outfit Ideas

The color red is not only great for nails, but its an essential color for the holiday season. The color red is a bright cheerful color that screams Christmas. Incorporating the color red is a great way to bring the joyful holiday spirit within an outfit.

Including any holiday accessories like a Santa hat, or reindeer ears is a great way to top off an holiday outfit. 

The outfit on the left is long sleeve red crop top with a black A-line skirt topped off with a Santa hat. The outfit on the right is a red peplum top with cutouts in the middle with a pair of black denim and cutout wedges. 

Both these outfit are great for an holiday occasion/event rather its a holiday party or dinner at a restaurant. 

Outfit of the week (ootw)

Sweaters and knee high socks are the perfect essentials for the fall and winter season. It make you look so cute and also keeps you warm. Knee high socks are usually worm with shorts or skirts. Although its cold out, pairing knee high socks and a sweater, allows you to incorporate summery clothing items.

Items were purchased from:

Turtleneck Sweater: J.Crew

Skirt: Brandy Melville

Knee High Socks: Urban Outfitters

Shoes/boots: Doc Martens

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Printed leggings are perfect summer clothing choices that can also transition to fall and winter. If the leggings are neutral colors and/or fall colors, ( ex: black, grey, red, forest green) they are very appropriate to wear in the cold weather.

Items were purchased from:

Knit sweater: Papaya

Leggings: Hot Topic

Combat Boots: Target

Outfit of the week (ootw)

Wearing a sweater with a skirt is a great way to transition a summer clothing item into the fall. Fall is very cool and breezy, with that said, a sweater will keep you warm while the weather continues to change.

Items were purchased from:

Top: Forever 21

Skirt: American Apparel

Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Aldo

DIY - Scary School Girl

by Brenda Montero

Want to be something cute and scary at the same time? Originality shows through on Halloween and this year might be the time you want to stand out with an original creation. The Scary school-girl costume can come from any idea that seems scary and flattering to you. You can practically make a design with all the items listed and still make it look different from everyone elses!

What you need for this costume:

Makeup:

-Fake eyelashes

-Eyeliner    -Mascara

-Blush    -Lipstick

-Fake flesh (from Party City)     -Eyeshadow

-Foundation     -Toilet paper

How to apply your makeup:

First things first: Always start with the base for the makeup. Use foundation to cover up any marks on your face that are irregular, and concealer to cover up the dark circles. Once the base application is done begin to start with eyeshadow (whichever color is preferable), and apply it to the top of your eyes.

Then begin to use any top eyeliner, usually the liquid one works best (the one I used is ELF [$1.00] , and Kat Von D [$18.00]) and then put on the faux eyelashes. Sometimes they can turn out to be dramatically long, so its okay to give it a little trim. Next for the eyes all that is necessary is adding black or white waterline eyeliner to emphasize the eyes in a darker way and show off the color of your eyes. Lastly, use very thick mascara to thicken the faux eyelashes even more (I used Clinique [16.50]).

Once application on the eyes are finished, you can then begin working on the emphasis such as the over-exaggerated pink cheeks with blush. Then, color in your eyebrows to make them even thicker and fuller.

Finish it off by just drawing a heart shape on your lips to give it that doll effect without actually coloring your entire lips. (This is sort of related to the queen of hearts in Alice in Wonderland.)

How to apply the scars:

-Begin with deciding where exactly you want your stitches placed, In my decision I chose to put them across my cheeks connecting to my mouth to give it more of that rag doll look. To draw those I simply used eyeliner to give it a dark emphasizing look. Once that’s finished you then apply the scars to your face. I chose to put one on my forehead and my neck to spread out the look. First you begin by using liquid latex [3.99 from party city], and then using toilet paper to make it look crumpled and rotten. Once thats applied I use my same color concealer and foundation and then apply it to the fake scar to make it look like my skin is actually ripping apart. I then apply fake blood [3.99 from party city] and and draw in stitch marks again to still make it scary. (I do the same for the other scar on my neck.)

How to fix the Hair:

• The hair can be worn various ways, I just chose to put it in pigtails to make it feel more like a school girl.

How to create the outfit:

Costume:

-White buttoned down  -Tights or

-Tie    -Fishnets

-Blazer -Shoes, Heels

-Plaid skirt -Earings

First begin by having an idea on what you want to wear. For this costume particularly I began by putting on the fishnets and ripping them to make them feel worn out and scary. Then put on a plaid skirt and a collared white shirt. Once the basics are on, wear a blazer or cardigan, and then the tie to make it seem like a school girl. Now the scary school girl costume is complete!

Outfit of the Week (ootw)

Jean jackets are a perfect way to transition summer clothing items into the fall. Jean jackets are very versatile; they can be worn with a blouse,shirt, dress, shirt, anything and everything. Jean jackets are a nice way to keep an outfit very casual. Once the cool weather hits, throw on a jean jacket to look cute and to stay comfy!

OUtfit of the week (ootw)

 Items were purchased from:

Glasses: Amazon

Hat: Urban Outfitters

Short Sleeve Sweatshirt: Forever 21

Acid Washed Jeans: Forever 21

Sneakers- Air Force 1: Footlocker

DIY- Scarecrow Costume

Scarecrow Girl
by Yura Shin

A Scarecrow is an easy basic costume. If you’re someone who isn’t big on Halloween but still want to participate without putting in too much work, this costume is perfect for you. It’s an extremely casual outfit, not too crazy, and a cute way to dress up. All the materials needed are basic essentials you should already have laying around in the house!

Materials: Black eyeliner, red/orange eyeshadow, flannel, jeans, and boots

Makeup:

You can work on a bare face if desired. If not, go for a very natural look first.

-Nose: Take an eyeliner, preferably a liquid eyeliner, and cover your nose with a triangle shape. Fill in the entire triangle with a red/orange shade eyeshadow. Then draw little lines with your eyeliner on the outside edge. This will give the stitch effect.

-Eyes: We are going to work with our lower lash line area now. Therefore, draw vertical lines that are long and thick under your eye with the same eyeliner making it look like ‘lower lashes.’ This can be as long as you want, depending on how dramatic you want your eyes. Some lashes can be shorter, or longer, or thicker. Each ‘lash’ does not have to look the same.

-Mouth: With the same eyeliner, we are going to work on the outer corners of our mouth. Draw on an extended smile with the eyeliner. Your line/smile can be as long or thick as you want. Afterwards, make little lines on the smile like you did earlier with your nose. This will give the same stitch effect. Do this on both sides of your mouth.

Outfit:

-Take any flannel, preferably, green, red, or blue and wear it. Stay away from bright colors. If you have any black overalls, wear that on top of your flannel. If not, just throw on your flannel with a pair of jeans. Your outfit can go with any brown or black boots and even some moccasins. To top off the entire costume, add a straw hat to give it more of a scarecrow look. 

Items were purchased from:

Flannel on the Left: Nordstrom

Shoes on the Left: Minnetonka

Flannel on the Right: Timing