The AMAs Style Recap: Red, Prints, Metal, and Whatever Nicki Minaj Wore

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To sum up this year's American Music Awards, Bieber got all acoustic-y on us, Ke$ha got all '80s acid zombie on us, and then there was this weird Whitney Houston/Chris Brown transition which was just...awkward. As far as AMA red carpet style goes, let 2012 be forever known as "The Year of Tame" (read: kind of boring). Where were J. Lo's multiple ensemble changes? Why oh why didn't Beiber show up with a scantily clad lingerie model (like we'd hoped he would). Perhaps chic expectations for the evening teetered somewhere between soap opera and the Grammy Awards. Ah, well. There were highs, there were lows, and then there were basement-level lows. Peep the steeze below…

1. RED

Pattie Mallette (with son Justin Bieber)

Pattie Mallette
Pattie Mallette



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Taylor Swift



Click Here to See Who Else Was Ravishing in Red (Including Tyga in a 100% Red Tux...)!

2. PRINTS

Jordin Sparks




Gwen Stefani



Kelly Rowland



3. TEXTURE

Pink (with husband Carey Hart)


Pink
Pink



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Elisha Cuthbert



Hayden Panettiere



Click here to see who else rocked a texture!

4. NICKI MINAJ




Then again, remember what she wore to the Grammy's...?

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