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Brit Awards Red Carpet- my god in heaven

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AngeloMysterioso · 11/02/2023 21:01

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

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OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 12/02/2023 21:07

I didn't get Ellie Gouldings odd gladiator look. But omg she looks so good as a brunette! It suits her so well.

2023a · 12/02/2023 21:10

NatashaDancing · 12/02/2023 19:41

Same here. And I'm also sceptical about it being genuine "self-expression". It all looks so calculated.

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There's no reason self expression can’t be calculated.

Additionally, celebrities who dress what you’d deem ‘nicely’ have also calculated their looks.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 13/02/2023 13:44

I absolutely think Sam Smiths a calculated attempt to take attention from the fact that this year no women were nominated in artist of the year award, and look, it worked.

francopan · 13/02/2023 14:09

God there is a LOT of bile on here, isn’t there?

Buenosfairies211 · 13/02/2023 15:19

francopan · 13/02/2023 14:09

God there is a LOT of bile on here, isn’t there?

Really? I am all for body positivity and for people of varied shapes and sizes dressing how they want. And also that women no longer have to wear uncomfortable clothes to conform to certain stereotypes.

And it’s appropriate at this sort of event for guests to dress up outlandishly if they want.

However, I also think it’s fair enough to comment on red carpet outfits that are literally designed to be photographed and observed and talked about. It’s very different from commenting on the photo of a stranger walking down the street who was unaware they were being photographed.

Do you really think that Sam Smith didn’t think his outfit would attract comment?

Do you dress up in a big shiny rubbery body suit with an outlandish design and think “oh everyone will love this”?

Do you believe he came to this event wanting to slip in to his seat discreetly without being seen or photographed?

Personally I think it’s quite refreshing and healthy that people are allowed to comment about excessiveness and ridiculousness, if that’s how they perceive it, and are not too dazzled by supposed “celebrity icons”.

No one is commenting on anyone’s work ethic or singing style. I am sure they all have had to work hard to get where they are. We’re commenting, some in a very humorous way, on their clothes fhs! Humour is allowed on Mumsnet you know; god knows we see too little of it on here nowadays.

As a PP said, Bowie and Lady Gaga did it well. Others not so much. There’s a fine line between cool and ridiculous and if you walk that tight rope then you run the risk of falling on the wrong side. Do you think the celebrities at this event are unaware of that? And we are only allowed to comment positively? Seriously?

I agree that Sam Smith has attracted more than just clothes commentary but he has been deliberately provocative about other issues that rile the Mumsnet readership including myself and if you dress up in an outfit that almost literally says “look at me” he can’t be surprised if it attracts a variety of opinion.

Mumsnetters who like all the styles worn at this event are free to comment positively too and some have in the pps.

I don’t agree with commenting on someone’s breasts but apart from that the opinions have been mostly legitimate I think.

ArcaneWireless · 13/02/2023 15:26

One person’s bile is another’s honest opinion.

I imagine if there hadn’t been any discussion about the outfits, the celebrities would have been rather disappointed. As would their publicists. Because that is what it is all about.

if it was about fashion or looking good, you wouldn’t be able to move for dumpy gimps down the high street on a Saturday night.

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 15:37

2023a · 12/02/2023 21:10

There's no reason self expression can’t be calculated.

Additionally, celebrities who dress what you’d deem ‘nicely’ have also calculated their looks.

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Oh I think there's a big difference between wearing something that makes you look fantastic and something that makes you look utterly ridiculous but will generate talking about.

WiIson · 13/02/2023 15:42

One person’s bile is another’s honest opinion

True dat.

JaneJeffer · 13/02/2023 15:47

@ArcaneWireless Grin

2023a · 13/02/2023 16:31

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 15:37

Oh I think there's a big difference between wearing something that makes you look fantastic and something that makes you look utterly ridiculous but will generate talking about.

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Oh? What’s the difference? And why do you feel the latter precludes self expression?

JaneJeffer · 13/02/2023 16:33

@2023a not trying to get at you but just interested in how you interpreted what Sam Smith was expressing?

2023a · 13/02/2023 16:46

Buenosfairies211 · 13/02/2023 15:19

Really? I am all for body positivity and for people of varied shapes and sizes dressing how they want. And also that women no longer have to wear uncomfortable clothes to conform to certain stereotypes.

And it’s appropriate at this sort of event for guests to dress up outlandishly if they want.

However, I also think it’s fair enough to comment on red carpet outfits that are literally designed to be photographed and observed and talked about. It’s very different from commenting on the photo of a stranger walking down the street who was unaware they were being photographed.

Do you really think that Sam Smith didn’t think his outfit would attract comment?

Do you dress up in a big shiny rubbery body suit with an outlandish design and think “oh everyone will love this”?

Do you believe he came to this event wanting to slip in to his seat discreetly without being seen or photographed?

Personally I think it’s quite refreshing and healthy that people are allowed to comment about excessiveness and ridiculousness, if that’s how they perceive it, and are not too dazzled by supposed “celebrity icons”.

No one is commenting on anyone’s work ethic or singing style. I am sure they all have had to work hard to get where they are. We’re commenting, some in a very humorous way, on their clothes fhs! Humour is allowed on Mumsnet you know; god knows we see too little of it on here nowadays.

As a PP said, Bowie and Lady Gaga did it well. Others not so much. There’s a fine line between cool and ridiculous and if you walk that tight rope then you run the risk of falling on the wrong side. Do you think the celebrities at this event are unaware of that? And we are only allowed to comment positively? Seriously?

I agree that Sam Smith has attracted more than just clothes commentary but he has been deliberately provocative about other issues that rile the Mumsnet readership including myself and if you dress up in an outfit that almost literally says “look at me” he can’t be surprised if it attracts a variety of opinion.

Mumsnetters who like all the styles worn at this event are free to comment positively too and some have in the pps.

I don’t agree with commenting on someone’s breasts but apart from that the opinions have been mostly legitimate I think.

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I do not want to see your pregnant belly. There was a good reason maternity wear was designed the way it was.

She is consistent however...consistently crap and irrelevant...

Sam Smith now actually going by the pronouns fucking/twat.

I am 48, small breasted, breastfed 2 children and a nobody and even my boobs would look way better than that. Scarlet for her.

the dress does nothing for her and that yes, her boobs do look like sad little creatures in it.

Just a selection of the dirt of thing people have written. I’d certainly call that bile. There’s been body shaming and fat shaming galore.

The thread started out fun and lighthearted and, in true MN style, just degenerated. Poking fun at outfits is fine, but I don’t understand why anyone would talk about another human being like some of the posters on here have - for no other reason than the apparently unpardonable crime of unconventional clothing.

Lampzade · 13/02/2023 16:47

CuriousSIL · 11/02/2023 23:33

Sam Smith now actually going by the pronouns fucking/twat.

Ha ha

ArcaneWireless · 13/02/2023 16:48

If SS really truly thought he looked fantastic and had no desire for publicity then he wants his bumps feeling. Perhaps start with the ones on his legs.

The same with his Grammys outfit where he channeled a dubious version of Cardinal Wolsey.

If the person of his dreams asked him round for a candle light supper, and the one request was that he looked his best, would he wear either outfit? Doubt it.

He was definitely trying to express something.

All I managed was a sigh.

2023a · 13/02/2023 16:50

JaneJeffer · 13/02/2023 16:33

@2023a not trying to get at you but just interested in how you interpreted what Sam Smith was expressing?

I have absolutely no idea. I’m alright with that, though.

I think people should wear what they want and express themselves however they want, I make no claims to always understanding it. Which is also rather fun, imo.

ArcaneWireless · 13/02/2023 16:57

Yea, it was noted that some would have benefitted from decent underpinnings. Unfortunately a frock like that will draw attention to anything less than a perfect sphere.

I was more dismayed that a woman as stunningly beautiful as that had such a miserable expression on her.

She didn’t look as though she wanted to be there at all poor bugger.

ArcaneWireless · 13/02/2023 17:01

Unless, of course, it is fashionable to look as though you could cry/smell shite/gaze down on all and sundry now? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’d rather see folk in a t shirt and jeans with a happy coupon.

I’m old fashioned like that.

WiIson · 13/02/2023 17:10

Just a selection of the dirt of thing people have written. I’d certainly call that bile. There’s been body shaming and fat shaming galore.

It's just people's opinions. If people are going to wear extremely unusual clothing understatement then opinions both positive and negative will be given. Including how it does or doesn't suit their body. These are public figures. Dressing for attention. If they don't want the comments then don't wear clothes that will certainly cause negative comments to be made. They can hardly expect people to look on adoringly and keep their mouths shut. Well they can. But it's not going to happen.

2023a · 13/02/2023 17:21

WiIson · 13/02/2023 17:10

Just a selection of the dirt of thing people have written. I’d certainly call that bile. There’s been body shaming and fat shaming galore.

It's just people's opinions. If people are going to wear extremely unusual clothing understatement then opinions both positive and negative will be given. Including how it does or doesn't suit their body. These are public figures. Dressing for attention. If they don't want the comments then don't wear clothes that will certainly cause negative comments to be made. They can hardly expect people to look on adoringly and keep their mouths shut. Well they can. But it's not going to happen.

I don’t think calling someone a fucking twat or insulting their breasts is just an opinion. Commenting on the clothes is fine. Saying they look silly is fine. Insulting their bodies is just unpleasant and unnecessary.

mydogisthebest · 13/02/2023 17:42

If people (well it's almost always women) wear clothes that show so much of their body then they can expect comments.

In my view even the best body in the world looks better with some decent clothes and preferably not with boobs looking like they may fall out any second.

Just why do so many women feel they need to wear such tacky outfits and show so much of their body? I think it is just sad

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 17:47

2023a · 13/02/2023 16:31

Oh? What’s the difference? And why do you feel the latter precludes self expression?

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Oh it probably does if what you want to express is ", I'm an attention seeking prat and if I worked in an office , I'd probably have a mug saying "you don't have to have to be mad, to work here but it helps" and my own catch phrase"

If you can't see the difference between on the one hand say the lady in the fabulous Vivienne Westwood dress (can't remember her name) picking that dress because (a) it was a beautiful dress by a recently deceased iconic British designer and (b) it really, really flattered and suited the wearer and on the other hand Smith's "me, me, me, what am I like, I'm mad I am" inane attention seeking, well nothing else to say really.

AlmostaMamma · 13/02/2023 17:49

mydogisthebest · 13/02/2023 17:42

If people (well it's almost always women) wear clothes that show so much of their body then they can expect comments.

In my view even the best body in the world looks better with some decent clothes and preferably not with boobs looking like they may fall out any second.

Just why do so many women feel they need to wear such tacky outfits and show so much of their body? I think it is just sad

If people (well it's almost always women) wear clothes that show so much of their body then they can expect comments.

Jesus. What decade are we in? ‘She’s asking for it, wearing that.’

If other women’s breasts offend you so much, avert your eyes. I find this sort of attitude sad.

2023a · 13/02/2023 17:54

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 17:47

Oh it probably does if what you want to express is ", I'm an attention seeking prat and if I worked in an office , I'd probably have a mug saying "you don't have to have to be mad, to work here but it helps" and my own catch phrase"

If you can't see the difference between on the one hand say the lady in the fabulous Vivienne Westwood dress (can't remember her name) picking that dress because (a) it was a beautiful dress by a recently deceased iconic British designer and (b) it really, really flattered and suited the wearer and on the other hand Smith's "me, me, me, what am I like, I'm mad I am" inane attention seeking, well nothing else to say really.

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If the difference is so clear to you, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to articulate it. So, please do so.

Why is choosing an outfit that is calculated to attract attention by (in your view) ‘flattering and suiting the wearer’ fine, but choosing an outfit that is calculated to garner attention by expressing something (whatever that might be) ‘inane attention seeking’? Why do you appear to object to the latter, but not the former?

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 18:24

2023a · 13/02/2023 17:54

If the difference is so clear to you, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to articulate it. So, please do so.

Why is choosing an outfit that is calculated to attract attention by (in your view) ‘flattering and suiting the wearer’ fine, but choosing an outfit that is calculated to garner attention by expressing something (whatever that might be) ‘inane attention seeking’? Why do you appear to object to the latter, but not the former?

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I have explained it. Try reading what I wrote.

But perhaps you admire inane attention seeking?

2023a · 13/02/2023 18:31

NatashaDancing · 13/02/2023 18:24

I have explained it. Try reading what I wrote.

But perhaps you admire inane attention seeking?

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I read what you wrote. I quoted much of it. You didn’t explain it at all. Saying ‘if you can’t see the difference, there’s nothing left to say’ isn’t an explanation of your point of view or why you object to one and not the other. Quite the opposite.

But perhaps you admire inane attention seeking?

I haven’t been rude, so if your only recourse at this point is to insult me, then I’m not the issue here.