Bare flesh frowned upon at the Grammys. For women anyways......




Rihanna will have to cover up, Lil Wayne will not?



US Network CBS, broadcaster of tomorrow’s 55th Grammy Awards ceremony has laid down its own law on how music’s biggest stars should dress in an email titled “55^th GRAMMYS:
Standard and Practice Wardrobe Advisory.”

It makes for an amusing read and is clearly aimed at the ladies - does that mean the musical men folk can dress how they like, however scantily clad?

Here are the best bits of the email which CBS has required all attendees confirm receipt of;

“Please be sure that buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered. Thong type costumes are problematic. Please avoid exposing bare fleshy under curves of the buttocks and buttock crack.” Bare fleshy under curves??!! It seems CBS’s people have inadvertently invented their own brand of naughty “flesh” language in their effort to enforce fashion decency. Read on for more choice terms.

“Bare sides or under curvature of the breasts is also problematic. Please avoid sheer see-through clothing that could possibly expose female breast nipples.” Female breast nipples??!! So men, feel free to whip your male breast nipples out!

And now for the piece de resistance;

“Please be sure the genital region is adequately covered so that there is no visible ‘puffy’ bare skin exposure.” Speaks for itself really.

You can understand CBS’s concern, after all this is the network that got into so much hot water almost a decade ago as the broadcaster of Janet Jackson’s infamous Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction”.

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But with the Grammy red carpet no stranger to plenty of skin (not to mention the stage - has CBS forgotten Pink’s acrobatic 2010 performance in a fleshy bodysuit?) me thinks CBS may be pushing its luck.

Either that or Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and any number of music’s biggest names will be scrambling to cover up.