Jezebel: Drowning in Ruffles and Sequins On the 62nd Grammys Red Carpet

[as originally published on themuse.jezebel.com]

Mere days after ousted Grammys chief Deborah Dugan filed a 44-page Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint—which alleged corrupt voting practices, sexual harassment and rape, racism, and gross conflicts of interest within the Recording Academy—a bunch of singers, songwriters, producers, television hosts, and famous people have gathered at Los Angeles’ Staples Center to get their picture taken and clap for a few hours.

Never mind the rampant voting fraud Dugan alleges in her complaint, including secret voting committees filled with board members who represent nominees for the categories they are voting on, or worse, the nominees themselves. Outside the Staples Center, meanwhile, thousands of mourners have gathered for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, who were among the nine people that died in a helicopter crash this morning.

As for Dugan’s allegations, the Recording Academy claims everything is fine, and so, for the night, the gaggle of sequins-bound stars trudging down the red carpet will probably pretend it is fine too.

I’m chained to the sofa and ready to suffer! Here are the arbiters of the night, the ever-terribly dressed red carpet hosts, who insist on ruining my night before it even starts! Alleged fashion expert Brad Goreski donned pleather pants and loafers and a confounding leopard jacket...

Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Josephine Relli, Esperanza Spalding

Blake Shelton and not-wife Gwen Stefani, who recently won a “fashion icon” award, look rather boring. And, despite the widely circulated memo, she’s still stepping out in Dolce & Gabbana. How sad! Josephine Relli looks fine, but the dress is too long. (Nice makeup though!) Thankfully, recent Grammy winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Esperanza Spalding, cleansed my pores and cured my fashion-induced anxiety. The tailoring is impeccable, the colors floor me, and the shoes are the perfect bookend to the ensemble… FULL ARTICLE HERE