Billy Porterbrought his boundary-breaking sense of style to the 2022Grammy Awards!
ThePosestar, 52, always playfully experiments with fashion, and his look at Sunday night’s Grammys were certainly no different. Porter hit the red carpet wearing a ruffle-detailed hot pink Valentino ensemble, matching fuchsia opera gloves and a crystal-embellished clutch and dark blue lipstick.
“The color of the season I hear is fuchsia and Valentino sent this over for me to wear from the runway. So you have to say yes to that,” Porter toldLaverne Coxduring the E! red carpet pre-show.
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When asked if he would have ever envisioned getting to borrow clothing from Valentino when he wonStar Searchin 1992, Porter replied, “Actually yes to part of it, but not to the part to where I get to be myself. I was trying to be somebody else. I was trying to be masculine enough to fit in. That didn’t work out so well, so when I started to be authentic and be myself, stuff started to happen. So I am happy. It’s nice.”
“We are living proof of that,” Porter continued. “It’s only inside of us, standing inside the power of our authenticity and truth, that we can change the world for other people. We in this space give the whole world permission.”
Porter joins astar-studded lineup of presentersat this year’s Grammys, includingMegan Thee Stallion,Joni Mitchell,Questlove,Lenny Kravitz,Dua Lipa,Ludacris,Keith Urban,Kelsea Ballerini,Avril Lavigne,Jared Letoand more.
Performers this year includeSilk Sonic, who will open the show,Lady Gaga,H.E.R.,Chris Stapleton,Nas,Jon Batiste,BTS,Billie Eilish,Brothers Osborne,Olivia Rodrigo,Lil Nas Xand Jack Harlow,Brandi Carlile,J Balvinwith María Becerra,John Legend,Maverick City Music, Aymée Nuviola, Billy Strings andCarrie Underwood.
Porter has become the one to watch on the red carpet, known for flipping the style script with his daring looks, like the now-famous2019 Oscars tuxedo dressand themetallic feather bodice and full ball skirthe wore at the same award show one year later.
“This is not about me wearing a dress on the red carpet. It’s actually not a dress. Balance is what I’m going for,” hetold PEOPLE last year. “The conversation is in the balance.”
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While Porter says he loves and respects the drag culture, he explains that his approach to dressing is different.
“No shade to drag queens — I love drag. But I’m a cisgendered gay man choosing to play with a feminine silhouette in my clothing and gender. [It’s] non-binary fluid silhouettes in my clothing. That’s different,” he shared.
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Porter added: “All I’m doing is picking the clothes I want to wear. People say, ‘I could never pull that off.’ You know how you pull it off? Put it on.”
source: people.com
