20 Crazy Grammy Getups

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OK Go (2007)

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OK…where’d they go? Also, how do they breathe?

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Jennifer Lopez (2000)

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The Grammy Awards’ default ”shocking outfit” let us in on the wonders of double-sided tape and served as a reminder of how endangered the (silk-screened) rain forests really are.

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Anthony Kiedis (1993)

Shooting Star

Nothing on top, Kwanzaa gift wrap on bottom. Red-hot, sir.

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Imogen Heap (2007)

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Oh, are you a fan of nature?

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Toni Braxton (2001)

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Wow. It just looks so…uncomfortable. Where does the tape…? What if the wind…? I give up; the logistics of it are boggling. (Is that a mud flap?)

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Seal (1992)

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Yo-ho-ho, what do we have here? It’s Seal, a full decade ahead of his time in Pirates of the Caribbean couture.

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Alicia Keys (2002)

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Alicia would’ve looked very cool and minimalist in a tank top and jeans, but somehow my grandma’s nightie got all up in the mix.

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Elton John (2001)

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Finally, someone who knows how to match.

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Christina Aguilera (2001)

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Elvira Jr. didn’t exactly mop up the competition that night. But that fringed atrocity could have done a number on the floor.

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Foxy Brown (2003) and Lil' Kim (1998)

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If you put their outfits together, you’d actually have one properly covered woman.

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Michael Portnoy, a.k.a. ''Soy Bomb''

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You have one moment of glory, with millions of eyes glued to your every move — and this is what you write on your chest? ”Go Giants” would’ve been more inspiring.

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Britney Spears (2001)

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Mmmm…rainbow sherbet!

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Missy Elliott (2002)

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Slumber party after the show!

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Sheryl Crow (2005)

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Look, if you want to be on Dancing With the Stars that badly, all you have to do is tighten up that wrist! Or, you know, just ask.

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Earth, Wind & Fire (2004)

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Shouldn’t the cutoff year for them getting away with dressing like this have been (very generously) somewhere in the early ’90s?

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Gloria Estefan (1989)

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Pretty standard Gloria fare; we just thought it deserved to be highlighted…with a beige marker.

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Teri Hatcher (2006)

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Little Bo Peep goes dominatrix, and I go dead inside. Boy shorts!

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Linda Ronstadt (1989)

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It’s a Russian nesting doll come to life*!

*Maybe.

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Sting and Mary J. Blige (2004)

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Wait, why is he wearing navy knee socks?! Snuffy and Big Bird sure did grow up to be weird.

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Bootsy Collins (2002)

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It’s Bootsy, baby! What else did you expect? Rowr!

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OK Go (2007)

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OK…where’d they go? Also, how do they breathe?

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20 Crazy Grammy Getups

1 of 22

OK Go (2007)

2 of 22

Jennifer Lopez (2000)

3 of 22

Anthony Kiedis (1993)

4 of 22

Imogen Heap (2007)

5 of 22

Toni Braxton (2001)

6 of 22

Seal (1992)

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Alicia Keys (2002)

8 of 22

Elton John (2001)

9 of 22

Christina Aguilera (2001)

10 of 22

Foxy Brown (2003) and Lil' Kim (1998)

11 of 22

Michael Portnoy, a.k.a. ''Soy Bomb''

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Britney Spears (2001)

13 of 22

Missy Elliott (2002)

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Sheryl Crow (2005)

15 of 22

Earth, Wind & Fire (2004)

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Gloria Estefan (1989)

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Teri Hatcher (2006)

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Linda Ronstadt (1989)

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Sting and Mary J. Blige (2004)

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Bootsy Collins (2002)

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OK Go (2007)

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