UPGRADE OF ’06 (FEMALE) – RIHANNA
Rihanna has upgraded herself tremendously this year. We remember when she first hit the scene as a cute little island girl. Now she’s a certified sexy young lady getting love from everyone. Already scoring a Cover Girl contract and wearing exclusive designs from Dolce & Gabbana, she’s on her way to becoming Hollywood’s next big thing.
UPGRADE OF ’06 (MALE) – NICK CANNON
Nick Cannon may have left Nickelodeon, but he still dressed like a boy in 2005. This year, with his applauded performance in the movie ‘Bobby’ Nick not only stepped up his acting game, but his dress game as well. He definitely is following the steps of Will Smith with his career and mature look.
FASHIONISTA OF ’06 – TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
Tracee’s graceful poise reminds me of her Mother’s same poise back during The Supremes era. Tracee won us over with her beautiful feature in Vibe Vixen magazine and the actress was all over town during the Spring/Summer fashion shows this fall. Of course, she always has to stay current with a chic and sophisticated look.
06′s RED CARPET WINNER (FEMALE) – KERRY WASHINGTON
Kerry is very underrated in the media when it comes her style, which is a bit shocking. This actress has managed to look flawless everytime she stepped out on the red carpet this year and in 2007, it will only get better.
06′s RED CARPET WINNER (MALE) – DIDDY
If there is one Black man in Hollywood who knows how to dress for an event, its definitely Diddy. His taste and selection in clothing and jewelry has always been and will continue to be on point. Combs never does too much or too little when he hits the red carpet, everything is just right.
06′s BEST DRESSED COUPLE – BEYONCE & JAY-Z
Hate them or love them, but lets face the facts: Jay-Z was named GQ man of the year, and Beyonce’s clothing line is unstoppable this season. The streets love them and Hollywood does just as much. When these two megastars hit the carpet, cameras are flashing nonstop and they both are undoubtably looking fly from head to toe.
06′s LOGO LOVER – KANYE WEST
Kanye’s fresh style will always gain attention, which should serve as a note for designers. From wearing a logo YSL tee at the 2006 VMAs to flashing a Fendi logo on his head last month, this rapper loves to flash names. Lucky for the designers he’s wearing, it generates dollars because the LRG hoodie he rocked at Stella McCartney’s show this fall is selling out everywhere.
06′s BEST NEW HAIR (FEMALE)- KELIS
We remember Kelis as the fiery red-head during Tasty era. Now with her new cd this year, she opted for a funky haircut that had girls left and right looking for a barber to shave something on the side of their heads.
06′s BEST NEW HAIR (MALE)- LUDACRIS
Another haircut that shocked some this year – Luda finally let go of those cornrows for a more cleaner look and may I say he looks very handsome with it.
06′s BEST DRESSED LEADING LADIES – SANAA LATHAN & GABRIELLE UNION
These two sistas are not only doing it big on the screens, but on the red carpets! How could we forget how gorgeous these two looked together at the Nina Ricci fashion show gala in April?
06′s GROWN & SEXY – KELLY ROWLAND
After the end of Destiny’s Child in 2005, Kelly stepped up to the plate and established herself away from being “that other girl beside Beyonce”. She has grown into a very gorgeous, sexy and fashionable young woman.
06′s HUGEST TRENDSETTER – NAS
In this case, the eighties ain’t dead. Nas has always been fly but with a new album this year, came more appearances and more rope chains. Nas definitely was a trendsetter this year by putting the 80s style back on the scene for the males to get into. I wonder if thats who Kelis consulted before getting her 80s style haircut…
06′s HIP HOP DIVA – FOXY
For Foxy to have so much drama going on around her, I wonder how she found time to find McQueen & Furstenberg dresses. However she did it, Brown made sure to stay fresh from head to toe this year everytime she hit the court room or the streets.
06′s HIP HOP DON – LIL WAYNE
I really didn’t know guys out there digged Lil Wayne’s style. It was most evident when everybody was all over the BAPE hoodie he rocked in the “Hustler Musik” video (and he had the nerve to dis Pharrell?). I will say Wayne has established his signature look this year with the chains hanging from ripped jeans. Lil Wayne even has his own homeboy shirt…go DJ.
06′s IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (FEMALE) – REMY
I hate to call something tacky or plain ugly, so I just call it different. Remy has her very own different style – from the blonde and black hair, to her outfit selections. When you see Remy Ma, you will definitely remember her.
06′s IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (MALE) – TERRENCE HOWARD
Terrence has what I like to call “Uncle Leroy” syndrome. He tries to be different with his style and thinks its the flyest thing out there while he’s going around showing everybody, but the family is just left confused. Take for instance the vest he wore at the “Idlewild” premiere and the infamous manclutch and he carried at the 2006 oscars. Yep, he really is in a league of his own.
Again this is based on popular opinion and comments, feel free to disagree because there were alot of fashion highs & lows this year. In the meantime, have a great New Year’s Eve everyone!
i am of the same nationality as rihana. we both BAJANS.
@soulchild, u cant tell rihanna to sit down cause she aint. rihanna is in no way bitin off beyonce’s style. beyonce and rihanna r both beautiful women, both TALENTED, and have so many accomplishments.
let’s face it PIPI, rihanna is only 18 just arrive to the music industry and has tons of endorsements. beyonce now start to get endorsements. when she was 18, did she have endorsements like rihanna now at her age? no, NIKE, COVERGIRL were around, why rihanna had to come all de way from de caribbean to be the FIRST ENTERTAINER IN DE WORLD TO GET A NIKE CONTRACT. why has rihanna gotten a COVERGIRL CONTRACT while bey is with L’OREAL. WAS BEYONCE DEAD AT THE TIME AND NOW SHE HAS RESURRECTED? explain that to me. no other artistes IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS ACHIEVED WAT RIHANNA HAS ACHIEVED IN A SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SPACE OF TIME. britney was it back then but not now. I LOVE BEY BUT CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO RIHANNA FOR HAVIN STUCK IN THE GAME CAUSE IT IS NOT EASY BEING AN ENTERTAINER. bey is a veteran much longer than rihanna, so we cant compare their longevity in the game.
and fuh de haters, why wanna backside aint got a RECORD CONTRACT? if wanna could sing better.
i am a hardcore RIHANNA FAN cause she is my COMPATRIOT and i support her 100%, btw, there is another bajan named shontelle who just got a record deal. LOOK OUT FUH DE BAJANS CAUSE WE COMIN IN DROVES, PACKS, FLOCKS, ETC.
Wait- I thought a STAN was an obsessed person who LIKES the artist?
If I am wrond, let me clarify right now- I LOOOOOOVE Beyonce!
rihanna is 18 and beyonce is 25. for someone so young rihanna sure is very succesful. jay-z and def jam are also smart business people.
kerry washington lips look a bit ashy in her second pic……. but thats alright
evryone else look good TOO …….dare i say it ….EVEN nick cannon looks alright………geesh that was hard !
@BAJAN
shut the hell up we get that you love rihanna but damn you dont have to defend her on every other comment damn not everyone is going to agree with you(i learned that from beyonce posts) damn let it go gosh talk about obsessed i like her to but you aint gon see me typing all that shit but anyway BEYONCE and RIHANNA are talented but beyonce has alot more and she has been in this industry longer and her voice isnt so annoying but yeah whatever BAJAN you need help if i see your name on her one more time i will scream if you like her fine everyone is entitled to their own opinions
Ya’ll are crazy obessed with people who have no idea ya’ll even exist
oh yeah BAJAN don’t be dissin brandy because rihanna may be prettier but Brandy has achieved a hell of alot more dont act like you forgot and you said rihanna is so young she has achieved alot so the hell what when brandy was very popular she had to work for what she got she wasnt just given it because she appeared to the masses dont get it twisted homie
@#126- I know, LOL, and I can’t help myself & I don’t try to.
Anyhoooo…. @ Bajan- Rihanna will NEVER be Beyonce, as adorable as she is & as successful as she is. Yes, she is doing well for herself. But one must consider that Beyonce is a trendsetter, a way maker. Beyonce came from Htown with her daddy as her manager and commenced to sell 60million records WORLDWIDE. She made it okay to have a booty in Hollywood. She sang 3 DIFFERENT songs @ a MAJOR awards ceremony, one in a different language. She has paved the way in ways that wasn’t feasible for Black artists. She is in a league of her own.
Rihanna, on the other hand, has the benifit of being pretty, young & and having a good makeup and management team. She has essentially became a product of good promotions- she’s a “before & after”. Her sound is unique for the times, but her voice is thin.
NOW- I love her (now), and think she’s gorgeous, but if it wasn’t for a marketing team (and JayZ)that basically HAS patterned her image after Beyonce’s, she woulda been another NinaSky or something. Her people saw what worked (with Be) and are doing the same things. Be had to figure a lotta stuff out on her own.
Beyonce and Destiny’s Child had a pattern, too. (Diana Ross & the Supremes, ect.) But don’t get it twisted. Don’t forget where you come from, because although I know you’re an ISLANDER specifically, to the Caucasion set, we are all the same- BLACK.
I’m not just saying this cuz I love Be- I’m saying it because it’s the truth.
beyonces seems cool but wasn’t j.lo the first lady to get attention because of her booty?
The endoresement game is very different than it was even 5 years sgo, much because the music and esp. hip hop is so different and so much more prominent worldwide. Check any and every mainstream commercial – they are using a hip-hop, rap beat or hip-hop, rap or RnB artist. It is about business – and please believe Jay- Z and Matthew Knowles are good businessmen. Jay-Z changed the endorsement game – the first rapper with a sneaker deal, and almost all of the ad industry is jocking him to endorse their products.
Both Rihanna and Beyonce are very talented, but are most fortunate to have good business people working it out for them. You know there are other more or as talented singers and entertainers, but if you don’t have the right team – you don’t get too far.
It’s show business, with the emphasis on BUSINESS.
not the biggest fan of rihanna style but she’s fierce in the second pic!…nick cannon is lame as hell, everytime i see him i keep thinkin of his show on nickelodeon and the only episode i ever watched of it…but my FAVORITES on the list have got to be my girls sanaa and gabby!
am i the only one that liked rihanna’s outfit in the first pic? lol i thought that was cute but anyways kelly rowlands knees looked a lil ashy in that first pic of her wearin the shorts…
what bout Amerie? she should have gotten an award and Christina Milian
#128 missy…@work with nothing to do
man i love you, you just said everything i was thinking now i dont have to type all of that anyways everybody who dont know what beyonce is they need to know
#90 I Agree. But Yeah J.LO and Garcelle Beauvais(sp) Should be somewhere on that list Too!
And Kelly Fugged Up Most OF Her Outfits wit the Hair
@#128-”She made it okay to have a booty in Hollywood”
No, Jennifer Lopez made it okay to have a “booty” in Hollywood. Beyonce(along with most other black women) had a “booty” for years, but until JLo came along and made it a “trend” and acceptable…Hollywood thought having a booty meant you were too fat!!!
@130…That is ALL I have been sayin’ but like I have said before, most of the posters are under 25 and simply don’t understand NOW, but hopefully will LATER
WTF? How did Whack Cannon win over Nelly Nell?
I’m bout to get real ghetto on some of ya’ll:
FIRST OF ALL: who the hell ever said Beyonce was the goddess of the fashion world? She just got that bad ass body together, for crying out loud. Why ya’ll hating that designers have found a new body to play with? I’m happy Rhianna stepped her game up…she’s not gonna stay young and dumb (not knocking how she looked when she first came out) forever!
SECOND OF ALL: Clearly a comment should’ve been made about Keyshia Cole stepping on the scene and showing Remy how the hair should look!
FINALLY: I’M SAD MY BOO T.I. ISN’T ON HERE!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, CL FAM!!!!
Now, I watched Rhianna some celebration and couldnt help but think wtf??? It’s like Beyonce w/o the talent! LOL—that girl sux, musically….it was like watching a little girl pretending to be Beyonce.
Jayonce was a dead giveaway for best-dressed couple since there arent many to choose from…Im SICK OF THEM!!!
Everyone else, I agree with!
Okay..so i like the list but i need to make some changes…
ASHANTI & NELLY are the cutest couple. I would much rather see them together than jay-z and beyonce, to me, their not a real couple it seems like an image thing, i.e. he’s the hottest, she’s the hottest( NOT THE BEST, JUST THE MOST RECOGNIZED)
Replace Luda with Nelly
Replace Lil Wayne with Jim Jones
Ashanti shoulda got an award. SHE ALWAYS LOOK GOOD
@128—plz…Beyonce is a gimmick…the biggest gimmick that ever lived…it just so happens that she has some talent…its not the other way around.
She is built on sex appeal. Did you see how mundane she looked in DG previews (or the movie if you saw it?) That IS HER…all the blonde weaves, heavy makeup and sex appeal is a marketing strategy named “Sasha”…all a gimmick that she effortlessly and flawlessly executes…which will inevitably be her greatest downfall
rihanna’s first style was so original now it seem she tryna be like these otha females!
kelis’s hair design & hair itself is extra fresh not a lot of girls can pull that off!
remy was wrong for that 2nd outfit! & damn thats a long ass weave on the last one!
foxy brown needs to stick to straight hair real talk
luda the hair cut..?mm didnt do him no good or bad..he still look like well…luda.
& kelly sho is embracin that forhead of hers
all the other people look the same!
128 – I love you just said it all plan and simple!
Althought Jlo came out with booty first there where alot of rumours that it wasn’t even real.. although i think it is.. BUT i think Beyonce came out with booty for BLACK people..
Bajan – your even worst then the B stans! I think the only reason why your madly in love with Rihanna is because she’s Bajan like you are..hmm so if she was American would she still like her all the same?
Beyonce’ Does Not Have Aa ASS LMMFBAO
I can’t stand Diddy… but that coat in the first pic is a bad mf!! MAN, I’m feelin that. And you’re right, there aren’t many men in Hollywood who can touch his style – love him or hate him, he’s got it.
not sure if anyone mentioned this…but is there some white, fluid-like material on Kelis’ dress in that first pic? She and Nas must have ‘come’ directly from their house that they have strictly for gettin it on. LOL
TOTALLY AGREE TOTALLY AGREE TOTALLY AGREE WITH O6 STYLE AWARDS!
the awards are on point
Props 2 Rhianna, Kelis, Sanaa Lathan, and Kelly Rowland! They rocked ’06′!
Foxy Brown stepped her wardrobe up!!
thank goodness
Kelis should have take two awards…. cuz she definitely has her own
and LIL WAYNE…..PLLLLEEEEAAASSSEE he STOLE his style from JUELZ!!!
I agree with the rest of the list!!
Kelly is beautiful as always
Bee and Jay SO CUTE 2GETHER
Where is my boo Mary J?
that’s cool, liked that list!
everybody looked good except that damn remy!!!!1
I agree with veesky. Lil Wayne stole the BAPE style from Pharrell, then he decided to bite Dipset with the whole thermal shirt with tight jeans and chain look. I bet if he had a falling out with Dipset, he would be trying to claim that he put their look on the map. He’s a lame. He even tried to steal Jay’s swagger plus he had and got Trina looking like a bootleg wanna-be Beyonce.
in the blue dress rihanna looks like a straight up model like a perfection model
I just have a couple of thoughts…..well as far as the trendsetting award, what trend did nas set?….If its the big Dookie chains, Pharrell was the FIRST i seen do that back at the 2005 MTV awards. 2. Kanye CANNOT dress he just has confidence in the bullsh*t he wears so people think whatever he has on must be hot. 3. Lil wayne is an amazing rapper but his Clownage is at an all time high right now..he clearly dissed Pharrell and claims he doesn’t know who he is yet is giving him more money by wearing Ice Cream…what a Goon! And finaally, where the hell is Nicole Richie on this list?!?!?
#147 that pic is from the first milkshake video
Pharrell should of been trendsetter!
Biggest rope chain of the underground hiphop – KNONAM
That shit is bigger than Nas chain.
Check it.
http://www.myspAce.com/knonam
Angela Bassett is with Olay, not Revlon. Shes always looking fabulous though, she should’ve gotten a mention on this list since CL folks love them some Angie B!
Great choices
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wayne is so fcking hott!!! everything he wears looks so hott on him!!! i love him!!