With a name like “VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul” — and guests like Jennifer Hudson, Dolly Parton and Mary J. Blige — you expect some over-the-top glamour and a healthy dose of glitter. But you also get giant dyed fur coats, a smattering of sequins and, yes, fingerless gloves.
Drita D’Avanzo from Mob Wives manages not to look sleazy even though she’s wearing very little fabric. Simple shapes and covered-up-cleavage helps with that. VH1 news correspondent Janell Snowden is wearing some kind of glam armor (glarmor?), accentuated by a giant upswept bun. Fierce. Estelle‘s liquid gold gown is gloriously goddess-like… It’s her hair that could be better.
It’s a good thing Martha Reeves is a legend, because otherwise her busy floral top with matching cardigan-thing, sequin skirt, white hose and gold cage booties would be a big old mess. But since she sang “Heat Wave,” “Jimmy Mack,” and “Dancing In The Street,” survived a bad acid trip and became a councilwoman for the city of Detroit, she gets a pass. Travie McCoy‘s sweater looks snuggly and warm and cuddly, even if a tad casual for an event at which there are DIVAS. LaLa Anthony is beautiful, but mullet dresses should be banned. Plus, an open neckline would be much more flattering for her shape.
Siggy Flicker‘s sharp red dress is all kinds of pretty, and it’s great that she didn’t add a bunch of extraneous accessories. Let the sleek silhouette and the red rose do all the talking. Leopard shoes keep things fun; this is a music event, after all. Ramona Rizzo is on Mob Wives, and her pale gold sequined dress says “I don’t need no stinking witness protection program.” It could use another three inches on the hemline, though. Sherri Shepherd‘s dress is such a mess, twisted here, baggy there, tight somewhere else. It’s like a drop cloth. And her shoes are fug.
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