Paper Mag’s 25 Most Stylish Songbirds

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

The HOT MESSES

The OLD SCHOOLS

The OUTSIDE THE BOX

PaperMag has officially named it’s 25 most stylish songbirds.

“From Stevie Nicks’ billowy dresses, to Grace Jones’s power-suits, to Madonna’s Gaultier bra, to Björk’s swan get-up, female musicians have a long history of making fashion statements. These days, the current crop of songstresses, both up-and-coming and fairly established, are carrying on the tradition. To honor these women and their impeccable senses of style, we decided to compile a list who we think are the 25 most fiercely fashionable femmes doing their thing in the music biz today. As a way to keep things organized, we divided up the gals into those that rock an ethereal, very L.A. flower child look, those who go for the chic high-fashion thing, those who dress like an early-’90s club kid, those who think outside of the fashion box and those who we lovingly like to refer to as hot messes.

Here are a few:

Zooey Deschanel

MIA

Beth Ditto

Aubrey O’Day of Danity Kane

And dare I write it: Amy Winehouse. Now, how this train wreck made this list is just unclear to me!

Museum of Modern Art’s 40th Party in the Garden

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Museum of Modern Art’s 40th Party in the Garden last night brought out the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly.

The Always Good

(Not going to mention anything bad about DVF’s Louboutin’s)

The Bad

(Too plain, boring, and doesn’t fit, just like Claire)

And the Just Plain Ugly

(nothing against MIA, the outfit is awful)

M.I.A. in Day-Glo

Edited by Lauren Garroni

What I love about M.I.A. is she wears things that no one in their right mind would wear, except for maybe Corey Kennedy. But unlike our ‘favorite’ Cobrasnaker M.I.A. makes it work. The early 90′s never looked so good. Here she is performing at MOMA Garden Party las night.

Marc Jacobs Back to Models for Fall

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

It has been reported that Marc Jacobs is going back to using models for his fall campaigns. Celebs of the current campaign are Victoria Beckham, Dakota Fanning, and M.I.A., which could not be any more different from each other, or completely wrong for his desired customer. Hopefully, who ever he finds next season can make his clothes look more desirable, because Becks looking like a character for Planet of the Apes does not make me want to buy his clothes, neither does a thirteen year old girl, so lets leave the modeling to professionals!

MIA’s Clothing Line Isn’t Really Worth Stealing, But In Case it Is…

Edited by Saynt

Sri Lankan rapper and Marc Jacobs covergirl M.I.A. has a clothing line.  I know very, very shocking that another celebrity has another clothing line. wow.

The self titled collection is inspired by M.I.A’s own tour gear and the tiny raptress wears the line while on stage. Made up of really bright bomber jackets, leggings and T-shirts, all done up in the bold hues and graphic prints for which the singer is known, the collection is available in London (but I’m sure there are some plans in the works to get them in the States soon).

Aside from being a perfect way to express you love of Paper Planes, M.I.A’s line also offers a bit of security from theft.  Explains the pint-sized rhymesmith to WWD: “With my stuff, because everything’s really bright, if you lose it or someone steals it, you can see it from miles away and you can be like, ‘Oy! Give me my shirt back!’”

Of course the question remains, who would actually want to steal your neon bomber jacket?  Aside from this guy, that is.