Bold Red Carpet Looks That Had Fans Divided

The red carpet is filled with action as the stars strut their stuff in front of the cameras. But before that is when the real action happens, as the glam teams perfect the A-listers' hair, makeup, and gowns. Yet not even the best beauty products and crew in the world can save a questionable style choice from becoming the talk of the town. So let's take a walk down memory lane and reminisce over some of Hollywood's most daring looks that have left the fashion world split in two.

Cardi B Wins The Grammys

When New York rapper, singer, songwriter, and all-around star, Cardi B, walked down the red carpet at the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2019, she wore a dress that flowed almost as well as her rhyming. The vintage Thierry Mugler couture gown transformed Cardi into Venus, emerging from a shimmering pink oyster shell, complete with a scaled gold bodice and a pearl hat and necklace combo. That's one way to leave people feeling shell-shocked! 

Cardi, aka Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, won the illustrious Grammy award for the Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy, becoming the first solo woman to win the rap album Grammy.

Katy Perry Lights Things up

Katy Perry raised the roof and stole the limelight when she attended 2019's Met Gala Celebrating Camp at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. She stole everyone's thunder in a gold armor-plated Fallen Angel outfit at a previous outing. The year before that, she relished dressing up as a giant hamburger! Katy is well known for camping it up, and she definitely lit up the red pink carpet dressed as Moschino's giant chandelier.

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Apparently, Katy roared with laughter when a reporter asked her, "Is that a chandelier on your head, or are you just pleased to see me?"

Amber Rose Is a Shining Vision

Nowadays, Amber Rose, aka Amber Rose Levonchuck, is famous as a model. But before she was a celeb in her own right, she was best known for dating Kanye West, aka Ye. The voluptuous beauty stepped out at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards draped in a revealing silver chain-link dress. At the time, she was married to rapper Wiz Khalifa. Since then, she's dated Machine Gun Kelly and Def Jam record label exec Alexander Edwards.

It's a good job no one at the awards ceremony mentioned her crew cut hairstyle. Because if they did, Wiz might have shouted, "Take my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth!"

Beyonce Had Rhinestones in All the Right Places

The date was May 4th, 2015. The place was New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The event was The Met Ball. The theme was "China: Through The Looking Glass," and the star was Beyoncé Knowles. She practically floated across the red carpet in a shimmering Swarovski-embellished Givenchy gown. Yet, because of all the rhinestones, gems, and rocky crystals, it was actually one of the heaviest gowns she's ever worn.

The former Destiny's Child singer won everyone's hearts and minds that night, and the look has gone on to become one of her most popular Met Gala appearances. 

The former Destiny's Child singer won everyone's hearts and minds that night, and the look has gone on to become one of her most popular Met Gala appearances.

Where's Kim?

Kim Kardashian lit up social media when she attended the 2021 Met Gala. The theme was "Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion," and Kim later admitted she was perplexed by Balenciaga's creative director Demna's vision for the event. Quite understandably, Kim failed to see why she should cover up her face. We can only guess that Demna was inspired by The Gimp from Quentin Tarantino's seminal 1994 film Pulp Fiction! 

Kim nearly missed the whole event. At first, her entourage couldn't find her in the dark. Then, when they did eventually find her, they were told: "The Gimp's Sleeping." We're sorry for the dad jokes.

Carmen Electra Did It First, Not Kim K

It may be twenty-plus years since Baywatch star ​Carmen Electra was at her peak, but she looked positively electric at the 1998 M.T.V. Movie Awards. She looked so electrifying that her look inspired Kim Kardashian to wear a similar ivory backless, torso-less satin dress. The only thing holding the dresses together was a transparent string at the back. On seeing the dress, Carmen posted a side-by-side photo on Instagram for comparison. 

But far from being upset that Kardashian had copied her style, Carmen stated she still owns her 1998 dress and that she was flattered that Kim would remake her iconic outfit.

Rita Ora Was Running Late

Rita Ora was the Hostess with the Mostess as she hosted the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards. Throughout the glitzy evening, she actually wore thirteen eye-catching ensembles as she showed off her "natural and authentic" presenting skills. The British singer, real name Rita Sahatçiu Ora, kicked off proceedings by performing while wearing a fluffy white robe, a white towel, white sneakers, and £6 million ($7.5 million) of Lorraine Schwartz jewelry!

But if you thought she came straight from her hotel bathroom or was inspired by Nirvana's song "Come As You Are," think again. Her short robe (she changed into a longer one after singing) was designed to show off her tanned and toned legs.  

Kendall Took the "Art Of The In-Between" Theme To Heart

Here's glamorous model, media personality, socialite, and daughter of Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner, Kendall, hiking up her fabulous dress as she gingerly negotiates the stairs to the 2017 Met Gala. Don't you just hate it when you have to hold up your dress to reveal your perfect derrière? That particular year's exhibition examined the work of Japanese avant-garde fashion designer Rei Kawakubo and the theme was "Art Of The In-Between." 

And Kendall must have taken the theme to heart as her dress was so revealing that we can see in-between most of it!