Snakeskins, peacock feathers and ribbons are just a few of the many things it takes to make a celebrity's outfit outrageous. This gallery shows you how the pros do it!
Courtney Love
She's been called 'the most controversial woman in the history of rock' and this outfit was only befitting of the title. Pink lingerie covered with a pink net. Add a couple of wings, a tulle tail, unflattering goggles and a sleek guitar and you're on your way to becoming the frontwoman of Hole.
Katy Perry
The 'Hot n Cold' singer is not looking too hot in this merry-go-round getup. Her fair-inspired dress by Manish Arora screamed "Carousel rides over here!" Ok, so she's not hot in this number, but she does look kind of cute, don't you agree?
Kanye West & Amber Rose
The snakeskin that Amber opted to cover her human skin with still manages to leave us a little speechless. Once you draw your gaze away from the skin you can actually notice the jewellery she pairs it with, but this doesn't help as no kind of jewellery can actually make that skin look any better. Ok, now drag your gaze away from Amber altogether and take a look at boyfriend Kanye's accessory - Hennessy Cognac!
Bjork
The Icelandic singer was known to have strange dressing streak so it shouldn't really have come as a shock when she decided to wear a nude body suit and throw a tulle wrap with a swan head over it, but it did. It got the cameras flashing and left the fashionistas talking for weeks.
Lil Kim
Pink and white hair, shredded white cloth that is kept together by colourful ribbons, purple tinted shades and more net! Lil Kim walks into our gallery of 'most outrageous outfits worn by celebrities' in style? Umm make that ease.
Rihanna
Jamaican beauty, Rihanna goes for a x-rated look (forgive the sad pun). Her asymmetrical catsuit revealing half a bra and one long leg, her spunky hairdo and thick black eyeliner are without a doubt sexy, but it's also weird, leaving us with the conclusion that this outfit is OUTRAGEOUS!
Bai Ling
What would this gallery be without an appearance from the notorious Bai Ling with all her wardrobe malfunctions and bizarre clothes? A black strapless bra that's close to another one of those afore-mentioned malfunctions and bright red mini with fish-net stockings is still pretty racy despite her attempt at covering up with sheer black lace.
Bootsy Collins
If you know this man, you're probably wondering when he's ever dressed normally. For those who don't, he probably never has dressed 'normally'. But this garish outfit he wore to the BET screams for attention and boy did he get it!
Britney Spears
Here's the still fresh-faced and hot Britney at the 31st annual American Music Awards in 2003. It looks like the 'womanizer' singer chose to wear eye-grabbing costumes for her performances even back in the day.
Janet Jackson
The pop hunk, Justin Timberlake gets no attention here. All eyes on Janet! The wardrobe malfunction is considered to be the most famous one yet.
Drew Barrymore
With so many celebrities sporting tattoos, the 'Whip it' director decided to wear a dress that came with tattoos attached. She avoided the unnecessary mess, pain and finality that is normally associated with the tattoo. Moving on, do you like her dual-coloured hair?
Lady Gaga
The undisputed queen of wackiness, Lady Gaga smears fake blood (we hope) on her abs, legs and spatters a little on her white cut-out leotard as well. For wannabe outrageous dressers, take notes or use her look to inspire yourselves.
Lil Kim
Lil Kim makes another eye-popping appearance in her wild zebra look that is mixed with...pink and yellow? Sigh. If she was going for pretty, she missed it by more than a yard.
Paris Hilton
So everyone's sick of the attention seeking heiress, but she isn't sick of the attention just yet. What does she do to make sure she doesn't lose the attention? She pull's a 'Paris' by slipping into this revealing dress just to make sure that the real stars of the night don't get more attention than she does.
Rihanna
Never one to shy away from the outrageous, Rihanna wears a cut-out bodysuit that shows off as much as it hides.
The Checklist:
Shows skin - check!
Stylish hairdo - check!
Well-toned figure - check!
Outrageous - Double check!
Courtney Love
The fresh 'out-of-bed' hair is the last thing on anyone's mind when you look at Love. May be she thought her dress wasn't fancy enough and sent it through a shredder. If she wanted fab raves, it didn't work. If she wanted attention irrespective of whether it was good or bad, it totally worked!
Don Yates
Don Yates was one of the American Gladiators. Seriously? The floor-length robe he wore over his faded torn jeans along with his wrist bands give you an idea that an ancient Roman gladiator was thrown into the future and asked to dress accordingly with no help of any kind.
Britney Spears
Britney does it again at the MTV Music Awards! She wore a green bra with green and blue hot pants that seemed to have a blue cape attached. All the colourful trinkets and body stickers weren't enough for the then pop princess and she introduced the albino python to her act.
Lara Flynn Boyle
'The Practice' star definitely needed a little practice when it came to dressing appropriately for the prestigious Golden Globe Awards. Her tulle ballerina dress and stilettos with ribbons attached make you wonder if she was trying to audition for a role that was a whole generation younger.
Margaret Cho
This talented woman chose to do what most celebrities do at the Grammy Awards - dress outrageously! She chose a black transparent floor-length dress that had a clump of peacock feathers in appropriate places. The dress even had a very visible collar of peacock feathers.
Katy Perry
The singer, who chose to remind everyone of amusement parks in our first picture, is now evidently promoting sushi. This outfit is like Sushi in more ways than one. Some people love it while some people just don't!
Lil Kim
Lil Kim isn't looking all that little in this picture is she? Her black dress shows off exactly what isn't little about her.
Marilyn Manson
If there was a competition for 'most outrageous celebrity' this man may well be crowned king. It seems most natural for him to feature in this gallery. His blue eye shadow and tube-top with suspenders are a puzzle not to mention whatever he's wearing below it.
Britney Spears
After all the attachments to her previous forms of lingerie, Spears decides to discard them and get down to the basics alone. Sequined bra and panties paired with fishnet stockings, bling rings and a bling bracelet makes up her look while performing at the MTV Music Awards in 2007.
Christina Aguilera
Britney's long-time rival has had her share of outrageousness as you can see. Alien-like makeup paired with space-looking pants, really Christina! To prove she's human, she decides to flaunt those very human-like assets.
Rihanna
Pink umbrella, black bra and fluffy skirt and leather straps all around her body, that's the 'Umbrella' singer for you.
Phoebe Price
The actress probably wanted to match her dress with her flaming red hair and probably wanted to show off her fancy new orange lingerie as well, but since it would be inappropriate to wear lingerie to the film screening of 'The wind that shakes the barley', she threw on the see through orange cover with full sleeves et al.
Lil Kim
Here she is again! She's showing off more of her big assets AGAIN! We're hoping the yellow tinge on her face is really due to the lighting because it really contributes to the ghastliness of this picture and her lively smile is doing nothing to save it.
Cher
If this is not overdoing it, what is? Sparkly diamond shaped pieces are attached to each other to make her top which is held up by criss-crossed straps that cover her throat. Her bottom tries to keep pace with her top and has cut-out peaks on top. Her headdress is the most elaborate piece of all! If you don't find it positively alarming, it's probably because you're filled with curiosity to know whether it's made of her hair or worse still someone else's!
Lady Gaga (and all her outfits!)
Trust the singer to make bizarre stylish! We like her futuristic dress and fancy props. Her bob with bangs gets the thumbs up as well.
Marilyn Manson & Rose McGowan
Manson always stole the show with his strange outfits. This gaudy leopard suit would be a clear show-stealer, if his then girlfriend, Rose of 'Charmed' fame didn't wear black threads for a dress revealing everything!
Cher
Ok we're impressed Cher has managed to keep her good figure, but we would have believed her if she had told us rather than showed us. Does anyone think the dress might have looked better without that strange hat?
Lil Kim
If this were a competition, we know who the winner would be huh? Lil Kim appears in this gallery for the 5th time. As if her purple pantsuit with a cut-out to reveal her left breast wasn't shocking enough! She decided to go with matching hair as well.
Katy Perry
In keeping with her characteristic sensationalising dressing, Katy Perry wore a transparent body-hugging outfit to this year's MTV Movie Awards. The fit may have been perfect, but the stone-spangled material looked incredible, straight from a children's art class.
Lindsay Lohan
Keeping Katy company was Lindsay Lohan who also wore a stone-spangled jumpsuit. But unlike Katy's perfectly fitting outfit, Lohan's looked every inch a product of art-class homework badly done. Aww Lindsay, better luck next time.
Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez
It is no wonder that people go ga-ga over Tom Cruise's versatility as an actor (he's posing here as Les Grossman from the film Tropic Thunder). This picture is perfect for an identify-the-star contest. Doubt there will be any winner (only of course if those who know of Tropic Thunder are excluded)! Hats off Tom Cruise, the bald and fat avatar may not be anywhere near how you actually look but is neverthless a fantastic disguise. And look who's giving the fat man comic, shining relief. Oh JLo! that's too much of a shine!
Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank's dress at the Oscar after party didn't leave much to imagination.
