Grammy Awards 2012

The Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

The 54th Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. LL Cool J hosted the show. Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011. Kanye West received the most nominations with seven. Adele, Foo Fighters, and Bruno Mars each received six nominations. Adele, was the big winner of the night, she won all six awards.

The night before the awards, Whitney Houston died in Los Angeles, and show producers quickly planned a tribute, with Jennifer Hudson performing. There were so many black dresses in the red carpet because of that.

The 54th Grammys were the second-highest rated in its history with 39.9 million viewers, second only to the 1984 Grammys with 43.8 mil. viewers. The rating was 50% higher than in 2011 !!!!

WINNERS

Album of the Year: 21, AdeleRecord of the Year: Rolling in the Deep, Adele
New Artist: Bon Iver
Country Album: Own the Night, Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year: Rolling in the Deep, Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters

R&B Album: F.A.M.E., Chris Brown
Rock Performance: Walk, Foo Fighters
Rap Performance: Otis, Jay-Z and Kanye WestPop Solo Performance: Someone Like You, AdelePop Vocal Album: 21, Adele

Pop Duo/Group Performance: Body and Soul, Tony Bennett and Amy WinehouseShort Form Music Video: Rolling in the Deep, AdeleLong Form Music Video: Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, Foo Fighters
Rap/Sung Collaboration: All of the Lights, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi n Fergie
Rap Song: All of the Lights, Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter n Kanye West
Country Solo Performance: Mean, Taylor Swift

Country Song: Mean, Taylor SwiftLatin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album: Drama Y Luz, Maná

Complete list www.grammy.com

RED CARPET

Favorites

Kelly Osbourne - Tony Ward dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.
Love! the dress is amazing and I love the hair color!

Rihanna - Giorgio Armani (and herself) dress.
She looks stunning! with her new hairstyle and her figure, the dress looks amazing.

                                             Carrie Underwood - Boutique Gomez-Gracia.

                               Nice dress, nice back, perfect clutch, perfect hair and make up.

Amazing looks, confusing dresses

They all look fabulous, they are some of the best dressed of the night, but I dont choose them as my favorites, why?

Katy Perry - Elie saab dress
She looks absolutely beautiful in every way. But, I dont like so much the dress, the back is amazing and the work on it, but I think Meryl Streep would be amazing in that dress, you know?

Jessie J - Julien Macdonald dress
The same! perfect hair and make up, the dress fits her so well! But, despite the beautiful shape, Im not sure about all that beads..

Fergie - Jean Paul Gaultier H.Couture dress, Walter Steiger shoes.
Love the shape and color, but I dont like the fabric and how her underwear looks.

Taylor Swift - Zuhair Murad dress
Dont like the dress at all, but she looks good.

Ok

No mistakes, they are beautiful, but not amazing.

Giuliana Rancic and Alicia Keys - Alexandre Vauthier,Christian Louboutin.

Gwyneth Paltrow - Stella Mccartney

Julianne Hough - Kaufman Franco and Kelly Rowland - Alberta Ferretti

Horror

Snooki and Rebecca Black

Mayra Verónica and Robyn

Costumes

Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga
Versace

Valeria Smith

Valeria Smith, the designer of Jackie Smith and Valeria Smith Buenos Aires, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was formally educated in graphic design, and built a career working in brand strategy projects both in Argentina and the United States (where she lived 5 years), before she decided to follow her passion and star designing hanbags. The brand is also in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
After three years of enjoying greatb success in Argentina, she decided to launch a luxury accesories brand carrying her name in New York by opening a flagship store in the heart of Soho.
Smith´s distinctive style is achieved by a combinaton of colours, textures and apparent basic shapes to create objects of desire, uniques and beautiful. Prices range from U$400 to U$1000 in both countries.The collections are designed in Argentina (%85) and Italy (%15).

Valeria Smith Buenos Aires: the place is decorated with furniture taken from Argentina. The neighbors of the shop are Kenneth Cole, Hugo Boss, Louis Vuitton, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, La Perla, Mont Blanc, Armani Casa, Diesel and Patagonia.
VSBA is a limited edition, for the designer, much more obsessive than jackie.Croco, suede and patent leather are constant. She is thinking of shoes VSBA. The brand, actually, appeared on the Fashion & Style of The New York Times. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/fashion/17Bag.html).
Jackie Smith: it has six collections a year with four lines each. It is a strategy, to offer new developments to the clients as the season goes. The shop online allowed buyers without geographical access to the designs, or just to simplify purchases. On the page, are included some online exclusive designs.

Opinion: I LOVE Jackie Smith, and now I LOVE Valeria Smith BsAs too! I always see Jackie Smith as the Argentinian Hermés but with more color and fun. Those handbags made an outfit. Just, perfection.