Showbiz Commentary: Heidi Oringer

Oct. 25 -- Have you ever had a haircut and had to put your shirt back on then go all day with those little cut hairs sticking you in the back and neck?

You go to the bathroom, take your shirt off, shake it out, splash your back with water, put the shirt back on, and one minute later, it feels like all the hairs are sticking you again. No matter what you do, you just feel uncomfortable, like you need to change your clothes. That's the way I felt after watching the VH-1/Vogue Fashion Awards. Homage to the Ultra Hip

The show kicked off with the coolest man in rock, Mr. Lenny Kravitz, singing from the roof of a 40-story building. As I'm not a fan of heights, this didn't sit especially well with me, although conceptually it was neat-o. Unfortunately, it also didn't appear as though he was singing. One of my pet peeves is, if you're going to perform at an event, then perform. But hey, from that high up, no one would've actually been able to hear him anyway.

So there we were, off and running with the The VH-1/Vogue Awards. The point of the show is not abundantly clear to me. Many never are. I can only figure that the awards are supposed to honor the ultra hip genre and alienate the rest of us.

Case in point, they give The Sharp Dressed Man Award to Puff Daddy, Puffy, Sean Combs, P.Diddy...him. Granted, when he dons a suit, he does indeed exude a style and savoir faire that is to be reckoned with. But, I have seen this guy in a white fur coat, looking much more like an undersized pimp in an oversized coat, than what one would consider a "stylish" man.

Combs has also been spotted, time and again in sports jerseys and pants that are so big in order to tie his shoes he must open his fly. His clothing line features this oversized look, which while popular, certainly wouldn't do for the average male. Imagine your boss in some Sean John jeans and a fur lid?Underwear as Outerwear

There was not an award for Stylish Female, instead they went with the category of Rock Style. The winner was the incredibly talented and attractive Gwen Stefani. Ms. Gwen surely has a style all her own, one that would be difficult to copy. After all, it is not every girl that can wear a fishnet halter-top with a sequin bra over it, and look like that's the norm for dressing these days.