2009 Country Music Awards.......

Being that I don’t follow country music, I found myself quite surprised by a few things from the CMA’s last night.  1. Brad Paisley is funny.  2. Taylor Swift is a very talented young lady and 3. Carrie Underwood’s Cowboy Casanova performance was outstanding!  I mean really!  The wardrobe, the choreography, and the song itself, fantastic!  I also am inclined to think that Darius Rucker makes a better country artist than a Hootie…just sayin’.  Swift and Rucker made the show a truly historical event and for that, I was quietly impressed and happy for these extra special peeps.

Ok, so on to the important part…FASHION.  My number one pick for the night was Taylor Swift’s gold embroidered gown by Reem Acra. I thought it was absolutely stunning.  She looked like a true princess with age appropriate makeup and hair, gorgeous. (oh and yes, she’s the youngest artist to EVER win the Entertainer of the year award…not too shabby).

My pick for the worst of the evening was easy.  A tie between Martina McBride and Ashely Monroe.  I can’t even begin to think what was going through Martina’s head when she picked out her dress, but it looked like her curtains fell and landed on top of her…seriously, and Ashely’s, where do I begin?  Too short, too tight, too ugly?? Just awful.  There is fashion forward and then there are fashion disasters…I’m going with the latter.

Other notables were Faith Hill in her simply gorgeous light lavender floor length strapless gown with fantastic bold accessories.  Reba McEntire as usual looked absolutely fabulous in her black sequined gown that she co-designed with Terry Gordon, you go girl! Carrie Underwood showed up on the red carpet in a spectacular long, sparkly, sexy little number....But what happened to Kellie Pickler??  I’ve seen her look better, so I will just say, this was not a fashion successful night for her.

All in all, I’m glad I tuned in. The performances were pretty good, and the fashion was definitly note worthy. 

xoxo,

Pix