Could there be a more fitting dress for the Grammy Awards than Katy Perry’s musical-note-printed gown? Call it cliché, kitschy, or too literal, but we can’t imagine a more perfect outfit for a music awards show than a music-themed dress.
And if anyone can pull it off, it’s Katy Perry. Here’s the gown as it was seen on the Valentino Spring 2014 couture catwalk:
The musical-note-printed gown at the Valentino Spring 2014 Couture fashion presentation during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on January 22, 2014 (Credit: SIPA / Apega / FayesVision / Bridow / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
And here it is on Katy, whose personality gave it a quirky vibe rather than the ethereal feel it had on the runway:
Katy Perry’s dress is patterned with bars of music, adding a quirky vibe to the Grammy red carpet (Credit: SIPA / Apega / FayesVision / Bridow / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
The dress, “La Valse de Violetta Valéry,” took over 1,600 hours to embroider. It references “Violetta’s waltz” from the aria “Sempre libera,” performed by the lead soprano, Violetta, at the end of Act I. However, the score on the dress is actually from an earlier part of the act, “Dell’invito trascorsa e gia l’ora.”
For such a perfect dress, however, it did have a couple of glaring imperfections.
Katy Perry in a musical Valentino Couture gown that perfectly suited the Grammy Awards (Credit: SIPA / Apega / FayesVision / Bridow / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
For one, the neckline was way too tight on Katy Perry; it practically choked her and made the skin on her neck turn red.
Katy Perry dazzles in her music-note-printed gown at the Grammy Awards, despite the tight neckline and restrictive sleeves causing discomfort and a tear on January 26, 2014 (Credit: SIPA / Apega / FayesVision / Bridow / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
Two, the sleeves were so restricting that Katy Perry couldn’t even do the hand-on-hip red carpet pose without tearing the armhole.
Katy Perry’s tight neckline caused redness on her neck, and the restrictive sleeves tore the armhole of her dress at the Grammy Awards (Credit: SIPA / Apega / FayesVision / Bridow / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
Still, Katy Perry looked absolutely stunning in the dress. Did you love Katy’s musical-inspired look as much as we did?
One thing that we think could’ve made Katy’s Grammys look even more noteworthy was if she wore these Miu Miu musical-note-printed pumps:
Miu Miu Music-Note-Print Pumps, $675
That would be overkill, perhaps, but with a music-themed dress at the Grammys, Katy might as well have gone the whole nine yards.
You, too, can harmonize your wardrobe with the following music-themed dresses that hit all the right notes:
AMI Clubwear Music-Note-Print Dress, Music Lover Piano Dress by Amordress on Etsy, ROMWER Melinda Korencsi’s Musical-Note-Printed Dress, and Music-Note-Print Baby Doll Dress by mclaineo on Etsy