Brit Awards 2012: Red Carpet

 

Not only is it the biggest night of the year for the British music industry but the Brit awards are probably my personal favorite awards of the year. Not only is it a great night for fashion with the stars swarming the red carpet but we are always guaranteed a truly brilliant bunch of performances, who could forget Plan B's fiery performance last year or the amazing collaboration of Dizzee Rascal and Florence Welsh in 2010.

Whilst I'm not the biggest Florence fan, that applies only to her music.  She tonight showed exactly what a credit she is to the fashion industry yet again wearing a dress from the SS 2012 Mcqueen collection whilst debuting a new, darker hairdo than that we are used to seeing from her.

Fresh from winning 6 Grammy's, Adele won two Brit Awards from her 3 nominations and was looking as flawless as always in her full length black Burberry dress with a sheer overlay and beaded neckline.

It came to no surprise to anyone that Rihanna scooped the Brit for International Female, but we're surprised she managed to make it to the stage at all with her Givenchy gown that reportedly weighs 100 Ib's, which she accessorized with Givenchy full length gloves fresh from the runway.

Lana Del Ray,who won the Brit for International Record, wowed in a floor length, off the shoulder Red Vivienne Westwood number, and whilst I'm not a fan of her highly acclaimed 'video games' I cant deny she looked every inch the star in her gown.  Pixie Lott also opted for full length with her black strapless number which looked fab next to her pale skin and blonde her and was finished off with red lips and a red clutch.

A mention has to go to Ray Winstone who, at 55, managed to do what his daughter still hasn't managed and  looked dapper than any of his younger counterparts tonight in a 3 piece pinstriped suit complete with a watch chain.

Worst dressed of the night? Without a doubt Emma Watson in her short red laced number that, on it's own was a faux pas, but next to Jessie J's similar yet beautiful gown is promised to get her on all the 'sack the stylist' lists for next week.

The 54th Grammy Awards : Best Dressed

The night may have had a shadow cast over it with the death of music star Whitney Houston but with the emotional tributes aside, the night really did belong to Adele.

The Rolling In The Deep singer scooped and amazing 6 awards last night and despite being referred too as 'too fat' by the one and only Karl Lagerfeld, looked amazing in her black, full length dress.

Both Rihanna and Katy Perry wowed on stage with two of the best performances the Grammy's have ever seen but both of them toned it down from there usual outfits with these stunning gowns.  Rihanna dared to bare in a low cut Giorgio Armani gown whilst newly divorces Katy Perry opted for something with a little more fabric via this blue Elie Saab gown which seemed to match her newest hair colour.

Both Kelly Rowland and Kelly Osborne opted to go for something more neutral with their embellished gowns.  Kelly O decided to go for the hair colour Katy Perry recently discarded and wore a gorgeous asymmetric Tony Ward Gown whilst X Factor Judge Kelly Rowland wore Alberta Ferretti with a sheer torso that bore an intricate flower embroidery.

The best dresses of the night had to be Carrie Underwood in her backless white Gomez-Garcia dress accessorized perfectly with coiffed hair and diamond drop earrings.

Adele For Vogue

She may have just announced plans to cancel certain UK tour dates due to illness, but Adele once again is showing us what she is made of.  The 22 year old London singer graces this months cover of Vogue, showing just what a star she is.

She is usually applauded for her amazingly powerful voice after songs such as Rolling in the deep and Someone Like you became hits all over the world, but now the fashion world is finally sitting up and taking notice.  In the past month alone she has performed on the VMA's, appeared on the first episode on the new Jonathon Ross show and announced that she is to sing the theme tune for the new James Bond movie.

Whilst people have already made remarks that the singers body is not featured on the cover, with Adele herself commenting on her wait in the accompanying article, I don't think that critics have a leg to stand on, she looks stunning.