You must be a complete technology-phobe if you didn’t realise that The Brits were on last night. My whole Facebook and twitter news feeds were packed with opinions; whether praise or bitchy comments about the winners, performances and of course the outfits.
A real show was put on; the performances were top notch and most of them you could not fault, give or take a few. My particular favourites were Florence and the machine, it was over dramatic but not in a garish way, she’s far too ladylike to produce anything like that. And her dress suited her perfectly. In a dusty pink, the chiffon-like material matched her silky skin and from far away it was hard to tell what was the dress and what was her, apart from the longer train at the back. The fussy details, high neck collar and long sleeves went hand in hand with Florence and the style we all know and love her for and who else would it have been designed by other than Alexandra McQueen?
Another outfit that stole my attention away from the show was Pixie Lott’s. One thing the talented young singer has done here is kept to the number one fashion rule: the LBD. Except swap ‘little’ for ‘long’ as she presents herself in a beautiful floor sweeping Dolce and Gabbana dress. Looking very fifties with the cute ruffles in the dress and pinned back hairdo shouts pin up girl. I love that she finished it off with a velvet red clutch which ties in nicely with not only the British colours but the red carpet too!
Pixie wasn’t the only one to dazzle in black though; I absolutely loved Adele’s floor length Burberry Prorsum number. She looked beautiful and the cinched in waist gave a feminine shape to the dress even though her later actions were far from feminine! Katie Melua and Laura Whitmore also rocked up in LBDs to keep it on the safe side but just didn’t quite catch my eye enough for The Brits.
Floor sweeping and longer trains were a highly noticeable trend along the red carpet last night, and other celebrities like Kylie, Jessie J and Rihanna embraced it with added sex appeal. Firstly, Kylie went for understated sexy in electric blue by fashioning a thigh high split in her YSL dress, flashing her 5ft pins when as she walked. While Rihanna went for the low front and draped back Givenchy Couture dress as she won best international female second year in a row.
However, the most shocking ‘on trend’ – if I can count it as that, was Jessie J in her mesh like red dress by Falguni and Shane. Yes she ticked the floor length with a train trend and also the red but I really wasn’t feeling how revealing it was. Her lady parts were barely covered and although she has the body for it, it appeared slightly tacky. Yes I get that sometimes less is more, but not less material!
I could babble on for days about The Brits and really wanted to get onto how cute the One Direction boys looked in their suits and Noel Gallagher looking laid back in leather but I don’t want to bore you all with a majorly long post. But last night, watching the Brits perform and how they dressed really makes you proud to be British and to see that as a whole we’re making our own mark on the world through music and fashion.
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