Grammy Week Mostly Well Played: Kelly Rowland

Feb 15, 2012 By Heather AT 8:00 am
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I often forget about Kelly Rowland. It’s not personal; I just feel like she’s been spending all her time in London judging X-Factor or whatever, when clearly she should have been over here ages ago dragging pregnant Beyonce all around town for the benefit of our bump-starved and nosy eyes. (Can your eyes be nosy? Or is that physiologically impossible?) At least she swing by some Grammy week events looking smoking hot, and reminding us all that we should be wondering where she ran off to and how to get her back. Maybe now that Beyonce has birthed her child of destiny, she’ll want to reform Destiny’s Child. One never knows.

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  1. 8:14 am on 02/15/12
    Willow

    the Grammys dress would have been better with fully slicked back hair and no illusion netting, and I wish the pattern hadn’t ended so abruptly.

    but she is gorgeous, and a total joy on the UK Xfactor, although there were mixed reactions, she just has such a wonderfully sunny personality, and she birthed these Gifs:

    http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqyt0yLXtv1qc42hdo1_r1_500.gif

    http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbr2zJXNk1qc42hdo1_500.gif

    http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lronv5xcls1qc42hdo1_500.gif

    and for those I shall love her forever.

  2. 8:14 am on 02/15/12
    Eliza Bennett

    Oh my, that orange dress. A-Mazing.

  3. 8:15 am on 02/15/12
    Dazie

    Blue sparkledres =Diana Ross vibe. You go girl!

    In the last one I thought she was Alecia Keys.

  4. 8:17 am on 02/15/12
    Ranee Singleton

    Seriously. I want that orange dress.

  5. 8:37 am on 02/15/12
    Aoife

    The blue sparkly mermaid dress is amazing, I want it in a short version! (Unfortunately I do not have so many awards parties to go to)

  6. 8:43 am on 02/15/12
    Mahastee

    I love her hair so much like that!

    I would love to look as good as she does in any of these.

  7. 8:44 am on 02/15/12
    Mockingbird

    I saw a picture with a closeup of her hair yesterday on TLO, and it is AMAZING. I love that she’s rocking those natural curls. Oh, yeah, and the dresses are great too. Even the third one is good; it just suffers a little by comparison with the first two.

  8. 8:44 am on 02/15/12
    Alice

    her hair is stunning!

  9. 8:45 am on 02/15/12
    Small Anne Cordelia

    I think that the third dress is completely saved from dullness by her radass retro hairdo! LOVE.

  10. 9:21 am on 02/15/12
    G

    Too bad about the third dress. She knows how to wear a simple dress in an interesting color and a good fit — she should do that all the time!

  11. 9:37 am on 02/15/12
    Trish

    The third dress isn’t as WOW as the other two, but she was STILL one of the best dressed women at the Grammys (which, granted, may not be a very high bar).

  12. 10:29 am on 02/15/12
    Lynne

    Yeah, I completely agree. She kicked fashion ass. I don’t dislike the third one but the first two are just so fantastic, I can’t bring myself to care about the sort of pretty peachy number.

  13. 10:30 am on 02/15/12
    Anna B.

    The third dress screams Halle Berry Getting Smooched By Adrian Brody. But in a blander color. And no smooching.

  14. 10:45 am on 02/15/12
    vandalfan

    Yes, the last dress is lovely, but I imagine this on some more dull personality, say, Taylor Swift.

  15. 10:48 am on 02/15/12
    Sandra

    WOW!! The third one is boring, but the other two are first rate.

  16. 1:37 pm on 02/15/12
    Megan

    LOVING the orange dress!! Amazing!
    As I’m relatively new to Fug Nation I have a question regarding netting….on the third dress and also in general…What is it’s purpose? If the purpose is to give you the illusion of nakedness in specific areas the third dress is failing miserably because the netting color is for white skin, yes? It reminds me original band aids. BUT if the point is merely to support and look shimmery and elegant it’s succeeding.

    • 1:27 pm on 02/16/12
      vandalfan

      The usual idea is to be invisible, hence the nickname here of “backy hose”, that is, panty hose for the back, found on many an ice skater’s costume. But some is simply visible but very sheer, often in a pale color or white, covered with delicate embroidery, like here.

  17. 2:09 pm on 02/15/12
    Kara

    I love the hair too, although I am not sure it’s not extensions. (I’ve lost track of what her real hair looks like. I think I thought it was short and relaxed.) But if it’s fake, it still looks good.

  18. 3:33 pm on 02/15/12
    renae

    Seems I’m the only one who loves the third dress (it was actually my favorite of the entire night). I think it works precisely BECAUSE it’s not on a more ‘boring’ personality. The way Kelly wears it, you appreciate the dress’ best qualities, its delicate prettiness and subtly funky edge. Kelly seems to see it as a fun, flattering and pretty number, whereas somebody else might have picked the gown because the color would allow them to fade into the wall.

  19. 5:00 pm on 02/15/12
    erobi

    “Nosy eyes” = Brill

  20. 9:23 pm on 02/15/12
    Sajorina

    Girl’s bringing it! That sparkly blue dress is STUNNING… COVET! The orange one is flowy & ethereal, but the color is bold & sexy! LOVE! The Grammys dress was FABULOUS also! She looks great! BRAVO, Kelly!

  21. 10:07 pm on 02/15/12
    Guerra

    Hot!! She is getting better with age!! And the hair is fab like this!!

    Love love the orange!

  22. 12:10 pm on 02/16/12
    Amanda

    I actually really love the last dress, but the hair is what is dragging it down. It should be all big and awesome like in the first two outfits, or maybe slicked back all the way and sort of severe looking.

    OTOH: ¡Viva la orange!

  23. 4:25 pm on 02/22/12
    NYCGirl

    I like the colors but not the cuts.