It was all about the mash-up at the 51st annual Grammy Awards: Justin Timberlake and Al Green and Keith Urban; the Jonas Brothers
and Stevie Wonder; Radiohead and the USC Trojan Marching Band.
Fashionwise, the story was much the same. To perform her prizewinning
single, "Last Name," Carrie Underwood
sported a getup that was Loretta Lynn up top, Madonna on the bottom.
(Her quads, by the way, could give Madge a run for her money.)
Accepting the first of three awards for the band, this one for Song of
the Year, Coldplay's Will Champion gave a shout-out to Sir Paul McCartney,
who was seated a few feet away: "Thank you, and sorry for blatantly
recycling the Sergeant Pepper outfits—sorry, boss." And after walking
the red carpet in a Bollywood-bright Manish Arora dress with sneakers,
mommy-to-be M.I.A.
took the stage wearing a sheer House of Holland outfit that showed off
her full-term belly in all its glory. Backing her up was the "Rap
Pack": Kanye West, Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil Wayne. But the pairing that will really have the fashion world talking? That would be Best New Artist winner Adele and her date, Vogue's Hamish Bowles.