Chicago Sun-Times

Music awards hit sweet, sour notes

- Maeve McDermott

The American Music Awards are nothing without stars’ off- the- wall fashion choices. And Sunday night’s ceremonies delivered, with a range of looks that were mostly fun, often questionab­le and sometimes disastrous — but never boring. Take a look at the evening’s best and worst dressed stars.

Best dressed Selena Gomez

This Coach minidress- sized leather jacket of a garment Gomez is wearing is doing everything for us right now, especially paired with her messy new bleach- blond hair.

Jenna Dewan Tatum

Bravo to Dewan Tatum for nailing this nude look from Julien MacDonald.

Demi Lovato

Lovato’s Ester Abner look is vaguely Morticia Addams and a little Elizabeth Taylor and completely flattering on her.

Pink

Yes, Pink’s Monique Lhullier gown is exceedingl­y pink. But fans don’t often see the singer in overly girlish dresses, and these Disney princess vibes look nice on her.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Ellis Ross was tasked with hosting this year’s AMAs, and she set a high bar on the red carpet in Stella McCartney.

Worst dressed Nick Cannon

Cannon normally looks like a bedazzled mess on the red carpet, and the AMAs were no exception.

Kehlani

From far away, Kehlani looks like she’s wearing a standard naked dress. Up close, she looks like she lost a battle with a colander of spaghetti.

Julia Michaels

Same goes for Michaels, whose poofy red gown doesn’t quite match Pink’s fairy- tale interpreta­tion of a similar look.

Rachel Platten

Between the sheerness and the stripes and the odd strips of coverage, this jumpsuit is too strangely constructe­d for us to get on board with Platten’s adventurou­s look.

Alessia Cara

Cara is as lovable a personalit­y as they come in pop music. If only we loved this bodysuit/ sweatpants/ boots combinatio­n as much.

Machine Gun Kelly

The rapper’s suit looks like a kids’ bedroom carpet, complete with mini cars on his lapel. We didn’t know the Ikea’s children’s section made bespoke garments.

 ??  ?? GOMEZ, LOVATO AND PINK BY MIKE NELSON, EPA- EFE; DEWAN AND CARA BY GREGG DEGUIRE, WIREIMAGE; ROSS BY JON KOPALOFF, FILMMAGIC; CANNON BY JORDAN STRAUSS, INVISION/ AP; KEHLANI BY MARK RALSTON, AFP/ GETTY IMAGES; MICHAELS AND MACHINE GUN KELLY BY STEVE GRANITZ, WIREIMAGE; PLATTEN BY JEFF KRAVITZ, FILMMAGIC
GOMEZ, LOVATO AND PINK BY MIKE NELSON, EPA- EFE; DEWAN AND CARA BY GREGG DEGUIRE, WIREIMAGE; ROSS BY JON KOPALOFF, FILMMAGIC; CANNON BY JORDAN STRAUSS, INVISION/ AP; KEHLANI BY MARK RALSTON, AFP/ GETTY IMAGES; MICHAELS AND MACHINE GUN KELLY BY STEVE GRANITZ, WIREIMAGE; PLATTEN BY JEFF KRAVITZ, FILMMAGIC
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