Brit Awards Red Carpet- my god in heaven

[AngeloMysterioso]

Apologies for the Daily Fail link but there are too many utter horror shows for me to copy and paste individually…

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11739783/BRIT-Awards-2023-Celebrities-arrive-star-studded-red-carpet.html

Was there a bad taste theme this year? Only Stormzy looks good. They all look incredibly tacky.

So Sam Smith is doing a cheap copy of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust but looks like a cross between 1999 Eminem and Miss Trunchbull.

Then we have Ashnikko who is do a cheap copy of Lady Gaga’s 2011 GRAMMYs red carpet, when she came out an egg.

Musical artistry really is dying.

Pp mentioned satanic imagery in videos, I haven't seen any but I'm probably missing something.

What with massive sleeves and massive corsages, the coolest look was bound to be Stormzy. I don't think I saw any red carpet last year as I've written off the BRITs but...oh dear.

A lot of them look ridiculous by normal standards but that's the point of the Brits! They're not the Oscars (which tbh have got far too tasteful in recent years and make me long for the days of something out-there by Cher or Bjork's swan dress) or the BAFTAs and the ensembles are meant to be a bit OTT.

My biggest complaint here isn't the ridiculous outfits, because absolutely, go for it, but how badly fitted so many were. Too tight in the wrong places, just uncomfortable and yes, therefore cheap and tacky. I was all ready to LOL at Sam Smith, but tbh given what else was on the carpet, he was actually pretty OK. Laugh rather than shudder or cringe. Faves definitely Lizzo for the well cut, flattering with edge of OTT dress, and Lewis Capaldi for the quite nice outfit and the sense of humour. Jodie TS is a 70s goddess, and Wet Leg also got the odd but flattering memo.

Sam smith looks ridiculous. 🤢

I agree. Sam Smith's outfit was ludicrous of course but it was competently assembled, didn't have any wrinkles or bulges, and fit well. It achieved the (I assume) desired effect to get people pointing and staring.

I think I’d actually quite like the SS PVC thing if it weren’t for the massive legs. Being tight black PVC and having big statement sleeves would have been enough for me - it could even have been done with that top half and a big flowy skirt on the bottom half with big heels and I’d have quite liked it. But that probably wouldn’t have been out there enough for Sam.

The leg protuberances also remind me of historic codpieces…

The Brits is usually on a Tuesday so the ‘celebs’ obviously have dressed ‘down’ in previous years to accommodate going out on a weeknight ….this year it’s a Saturday night so they wore their Out Out clothes!! 😳😜

Talia Storm's fur coat, boots and bikini is soooo Tara Palmer-Tomkinson circa 1990s.

If you view the event as a fancy dress party then it's kinda fun!

INVITATION!
Dear Brit 2023 attendees, this year’s awards ceremony is FANCY DRESS!
You may choose from any of the following themes:
Latex - preferably condom latex, but black leather look will do.
Steampunk/tartan cowboy
80’s bad taste
A combination of all three!
Please note, that if you are pregnant, it is a prerequisite that you adhere to the pregnancy uniform of midriff exposure. Do not try to be individual.

I know it is all just pantomime, to get visibility, but how do they sit in those outfits all evening? (Or at all?)

Awards ceremonies, especially music awards are traditionally showplaces for the attention seeking bonkers outfits. Some stars look like pillocks, some can carry off the weirdest outfits.

The problem Sam Smith has is that he is in the former category, unlike the David Bowies and Lady Gagas who sit in the later category. Smith would be better off learning its possible to be eyecatching without looking stupid.

@MrMarkham - ha ha, you're right about Jo O'Meara. Tina Barratt hasn't changed at all, but Rachel Stevens looks like she wants to punch someone.

Oooh, I love a bit of red-carpet scrutiny (bitchiness).

Louise's pink dress is truly appalling. Quilted frocks are only ever really done 'well' by haute couture... and even then not really so.

No idea who Daisy May Cooper is, but she looks like Dawn from 'The Office' has arrived either way too late or way too early for Halloween. A truly risible attempt at 'sexy', imho.

Ellie Goulding's been messing about with the fillers and botox, hasn't she? She's turning into a Celine Dion tribute. Suspect Salma Hayek's been at them too - which is sacrilege because she's beautiful.

Jessie J - just looking at all that red lace has given me thrush.

Tom Daly - idiot. Just fuck off.

Wet Leg women - Auditions for the Disney version of 'Les Mis' are THAT way.

Talia Storm (who?) - this absolute wally clearly mistook the BRITS for a Playboy shoot and has forgotten that Jodie Marsh did this sort of shit 20 years ago and no-one thought it was 'edgy' then, either.

Sam Ryder does 'mother of the bride' to perfection (until we get to the trainers, obvs).

Ultimately, lots of these people are only really doing their bit to ensure landfill continues unabated for the next few years.

Jodie Turner-Smith, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Sarah Jane Crawford & Laura Whitmore all looked incredible though.

I ran out of energy to look through the rest of them, but I can muster my final ire for that giant fizzing ball of inflatable narcissism that is Sam 'prick of the moment' Smith. His abject self-obsession is ensuring validation from the likes of Madonna, but doing fuck all to prove he's anything but a loaded-up attention monkey desperate to shock under the misapprehension that he's ever had an original thought in his narrow frame of reference - which appears to be stuck on a single, rapidly-accelerating rail of 'which tired old BDSM trope can I rinse next'?

My thoughts too. TPT was such a character, 5 years gone now.
Lizzo looks great but then I am a huge fan and she got me through lockdown!
I don't know what the theme was but it's all a bit Poundland Met Gala.

Stormzy looks fit, Harry Styles looks like a small child let loose in his mum’s wardrobe. Could they not at least have shortened his trousers 🤣

Missy elliot also wore a massive inflatable black latex looking suit too, years ago! Need to try harder Sam!

do these people share the same planet as us? They look ridiculous. Why did Leigh-Anne even go she looked so unhappy

So did I. I also liked the steampunk tartan ones (the Nova Sisters?)

Harry Styles looked as ridiculous as he always did.

Maybe he already had?

To be fair I've never seen Ashnikko wear anything remotely "normal" looking, red carpet or not, so at least she's consistent!

I caught myself thinking wistfully about floral midi dresses and trainers

Lizzo's (whoever she is) dress looked like a giant insect.

🤣🤣🤣

(whoever she is)

I’ve always wondered why people feel the need to put that sort of thing in their comments. Is it because you want someone to tell you?

She’s won four Grammys and set a Guinness world record, that’s who she is: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lizzo