With a lack of {fash-inspiration} tailing from the Golden Globes and SAG Awards of 2012, it finally all went down in a BIG way this past weekend at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Leave it to the wack-a-doo musicans to {bling it on}, take risks, and leave us countless viewers feeling like we finally got our moneys worth… !
BLACK AND GOLD:
Certainly nothing new on the color wheel, but on this red carpet, it was the accentuation of gold sharp accessories that brought this trend home into 2012 futuristic territory. This is all we have been asking for! Take something we know that works: THEN give it a 2012 spin! Thanks to thin laser cut gold jewelry in bold shapes, this effortless pairing of lady’s most crutch of a tone and world’s most coveted metal can confidently hold hands again and skip into 2012 as the most popular duo in town.
“Twinzies!!” RIHANNA (in Giorgio Armani) and GWYNETH PALTROW (in Stella McCartney)

Photo courtesy of US Weekly ALICIA KEYS (in Alexandre Vauthier)

Photo courtesy of Just Jared GIULIANA RANCIC (in Georges Chakra)

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ICE’D OUT CUT OUTS:It was by mere miracle that metallic sequins have found a way to reinvent themselves for 2012. By end of 2011, The Jersey Shore female cast made it quite clear to the world that sequin dresses had been banned to society and only allowed on their cast members. If you didn’t get the memo in your highly reputable local newspaper, it took only one short viewing of The Jersey Shore to understand why the ill-fated trend was…ill-fated.
Until, that is, the gods of creativity shinned down on the Grammy’s of 2012… and shockingly reinterpreted the very same ill-fated moment into a new era of imagination. As I call it, the Ice’d Out Cut Out! Sequins line futuristic shoulders while skin peaks from geometric cut-outs!
TAYLOR SWIFT (in Zuhair Murad)

Photo courtesy of Just Jared JESSIE J (in Julian Macdonald)

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 KELLY ROWLAND (in Alberta Ferretti)

Photo courtesy of JustJared  The leading ladies have spoken. They’ve made it clear. Musicians creatively dictate fashion!
** For more images from the Grammys, tune in to my Macerich ShopTalk Blog!