Grammy Weekend Fug and Fab Carpet: Katy Perry 2011 adwards

White, wings, a crunkly look… yes, Katy Perry is dressed as an Always maxi pad.
But the wings make a HEART, see? Because it's almost Valentine's Day! But NOT Valentine's Day. what is the cutoff, do you think? Like, if the Grammys were on Feb. 11, would we be dealing with all these twee homages to love?

I don't know if you remembered this, but apparently Katy Perry and Russell Brand are married. I KNOW. It's really hard to tell. NOBODY ever talk s about it.Actually, the thing I find weirdest about this photo is not, in fact, the part where Katy Perry is wearing wings. Instead, it's the fact that it feels like I'm leafing through somebody's wedding album -- you know, the shot that's framed with the couple to one side, sharing a smooch in the shadows as if they think it's illicit. And I think THAT is why the avian theme doesn't surprise me -- I mean, if anyone might have worn wings on her wedding day, it would be Katy Perry.

HOWEVER, I did think it was sort of cute that she brought her 90-year old grandmother to the awards. Her Grammy! At the Grammys! I am so easy.

Katy changed into this for the most awkward moment of the night: The slow, heartfelt ballad she performed, which really underscored that her niche is, and should always be, shouting along to peppy dance music. Because when she breaks it down and tries to get real with us, it sounds like a cat going through a fax machine.

Her skirt turned out to be a GIANT CURTAIN onto which they projected footage of her vows with Russell Brand (and I almost wrote Russell Crowe, which... VERY DIFFERENT COUPLE). I suspect Russell appreciated the sentiment, but as he listened, turned to someone in the crowd and said, "Well... yeah, but have you SEEN her breasts?"

This is quite pretty, actually. I wish she'd worn this on the Grammy red carpet.

I guess the whole front is supposed to be the spread of this bird's wings. It's a little weird -- I wouldn't want to find myself standing behind her and have this beaked crabapple yelling at me -- but I actually sort of think it's funky. Because the motif is really subtle from the front, and from the back it's only a semi-aggressive surprise.