Loquitur Dome: The Eternal Debate

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People in the Hollywood spotlight are used to the fashion talk and the fashion walk. They enter award ceremonies with their heads held high and are proud to • be a half-naked Americans but some of the new talented ~ts ·• do not seem as comfortable with the fashion expression as they try hard to fit in anyway.

Toni Braxton holds up her Grammy. We're not sure what's holding up her dress.

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Various award winners would begin their acceptance speech by leaning towards the microphone. Her hand would tighten to her chest and she would try to play off the humility and shock of the moment during her speech. But without her hand in that safety position, her speech would have landed her a secure spot on "Baystaff writer watch."

I cannot wait for the trend of modesty to come back m women's fashion.

Why? The Grammys.

Numerous times a lucky winner stood up, stumbled her way to and up the stairs, holding her dress shut over her chest the entire time and then was helped off the stage by the escort. I wonder who it was more embarrassing or uncomfortable for, the awkward award winners or her audience?

Some women wore such low cut, non-supportive dresses that they could not get around and receive their awards without looking like ridiculous clowns. All in the name of fashion they dress up in these unwalkable shoes and barely-there outfits, creating a voice with each new look. It is a voice not heard with ears, but heard with the eyes, and some voices are much louder then others.

After the Grammys are done for the night, the after affects are just starting to begin. Fashion reviews of the night start immediately and no one even remembers who won, but everyone knows what everyone wore.

Whose fashion will fly and flop is being discussed all over the radio, the television, and in the tabloids. But it really does not matter which fashion took the cookie for the night, the flops and flies of the night will flip back and forth so many times in the fu-

Toni Braxton made it a must to leave nothing to the imagination. Saving a little something for the man's eye is probably an opinion she does not agree with since her dress had slits up to there and were kept together with only a white sequined belt. Some women just do not mind if the man's attraction to her is purely physical.

The freedom of expression, of personality and identity, seems like the most precious statement and the only statement that some believe in. People obsessed with physical appearance will not leave the house unless they are dressed exactly the way they want to be perceived by the world, yet most the time they are still read the wrong way.

At the Grammys, fitting in with the crowd is hard to do, since the only way to fit in is to stick out.

While some check their class, dignity, and morals at the door the night turns into a stage for competion of not winning the award, but for winning the talk of the night and perhaps a starring role or two down the road.

I'm not trying to strip away the history of rebellious and revolutionary fighting that women have had to go through in the past to get to where they are now. But as I said before, I just cannot wait for ~e trend of modesty to reappear m women's fashion.

Fashion at the Grammys Are the outfits getting out of hand?

this was a nice change to the lack of clothing at award shows?

No. Instead, entertainment news people like Joan and Melissa Rivers rip the other star's attire to shreds; they have every right to.

Eternal Debate.

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Traci Bingham proves that you can make a top out of gluing stones to your body.

Jennifer Ford staff writer

If you have it, flaunt it.

Hollywood stars have made careers based on scantily-clad outfits and rude conduct. And why have they become so popular? The public likes controversy. People read The National Inquirer for ''Pizzazz on Parade." They are not looking for content; they are looking for pictures. The more embarrassing or insulting the picture is, the better.

So why should a person get in an uproar over what a star wore at the Grammys? It is expected for the stars to put themselves on display.

Each year the stars create more controversy and gossip with their outfits. It is a star's job to get attention and the more attention the better. Each year the hair gets longer, the outfits are shorter and the egos fill the room.

Last year Jennifer Lopez wore a "strategically-placed scarf' by Donetella Versace. Now, Jennifer is known worldwide as a triple threat- she dances, she sings, and she acts. Whether she does it well, I'm not going to say, but her notoriety came from her famous dress.

Some stars had very nice entrance ensembles. The women of "Destiny's Child" wore gold, white and cream-colored gowns by Versace. Carson Daily wore a bland brown suit with a white button down shirt by Dolce & Gahanna. Does anyone say that

Most of the women at the Grammys spent time having extensions glued to their heads bleaching their "natural blonde'; hair, and being painted like clowns so that they will appear flawless under the bright lights and distorted dimensions of telev1s1on. They traveled around the world looking for that perfect dress to be sewn into. They spent thousands of dollars to look as bad as they did. Many stars had to spend days at a spa to look refreshed. In the end they are mocked for their appearance. It doesn't seem fair. Men at the Grammys looked like they rolled out of bed, stepped into whatever clothes were available and arrived looking unwashed and unkempt. Fred Durst wore a sweatshirt, a ski cap and green pants. This is an award show were the patrons are being honored for their work. If the men would put half the effort the women put into their appearance, it would be a vast improvement.

The argument I do not want to refute is "what about the children?" If parents are so concerned with the images these stars are placing in the youth of America's minds, then the parents can change the channel. I doubt there is going to be a child that wears body jewels instead of a top to school.

The public should not get in an uproar over the outfits, or lack of outfits they see on television. Any person who goes to a club has seen just as much skin as they did at the Grammy. The difference is that the stars wear little with taste.

If you want to complain about The Grammys, complain about the awards received. The committee is very dim-witted when it comes to what the public wants. I'd rather watch the stars walk the red carpet instead of watching the Grammys. It's more entertaining.