Mariah's Fans Fear For Her Fashion Faux Pas

Mariah Carey has been getting some major flack for her outfit choices on tour, even on her own website's message boards. Fans reacted to the tour buzz, as well as the not-so-flattering pictures that have been floating around with comments like:




"The picture promises a night of glamorous, high fashion, truly sexy haute couture, but the reality, at least when it comes to that black get-up, is a tacky, too small, trashy embarrassment of a number. I don't know how Mariah, or her staff, think that this stunning woman would look good in this itty bitty cheap frock, but they need to ditch it before the concert moves on."

Another fan states "Mariah failed to create a buzz about her live performance during her album because she wore tacky costumes and stood in one place and sang, and a lot of times had some off key moments, not bashing, but telling the truth...Her outfits are too revealing to appeal to a massive adult audience, and the fact that she just stands in one place and sings, and waves her hands is not entertaining enough for younger audiences."

These comments are from Mariah's free message boards, the paid members also lash out on the "Friends of Mariah" message boards. Although Mariah has slimmed down quite a bit for the tour, it looks like her fans think she might need to consider a new stylist.

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61. Mariah's style is classic and cool...hot tamale!!! (a fan club member by the way ;-))!

Posted at 8:33PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Helen

62. oh please, go to the concert before you take peoples word for it. why not show her classy dressy outfits she wore here.....no you only show her 2 fun more revealing but it is okay when people like dianna ross do it right? PLEASE or tina turner showing off HER legs. so many peolple have problems with mariah but the point is she is classy not trashy like christina even though she is talented as well. mariah is awesome to her fans, sings her butt off, and definately shows class ......shes a singer not a dancer, not a fashion representative...take it or leave it...SHE ROCKS!

Posted at 8:44PM on Aug 14th 2006 by mad

63. Since she got it... she SHOULD flaunt it! She looks hot and if you don't think she looks good then you need to get your eyes checked!

Posted at 9:29PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Hope

64. I understad that people are going to say what they want to say about Mariah and her clothes....and the really funny thing is that it has been an issue since day one. Mariah bursted out onto the scene wearing some black tight dress off the shoulder in the video Vision of Love, people had a problem then. Despite the rumors of the outfits and the drama about the "big" hair, at the end of the day, it's about the voice. On her Charmbracelet tour people "barked" then about some of the outfits. She has deffended her apperance a million times and through it all she has always said that some of the stuff that she wears is "extreme" but it is all dress up to her. She's in her thirties and CAN still belt a song as if it were yesterday. Years go by and people change and I admire the fact that she has always held her own and stuck to her true self. Yeah I will agree some of the stuff the she wears is enough, but if I had to chose between Mariah and the black tops to the neck, afraid to be her own, or the tight dresses that reveals some ass cheek and loving who she is, hell, I prefer the Mariah that is happiest!! She has made her lifetime career about her fans and those that have been supportive of her. You know at some point in most careers they become a little more then what we expect, but again at the end of the day then it should be about the person.

As for the dancing, Mariah WAS NEVER KNOWN for the dancing, hell that's why she has the people dancing for her. When she did the honey video and danced, she got sh*t for that too. So when does she ever get to really please people. Whitney Housten didn't dance, she stood still and just sang. Celine Dion dosen't dance , yeah she entertains, but she doesn't bust moves with the dancers....Ok so Britnay danced, but she couldn't sing....and I have been to the girls concert, she does not sing!!!!, Janet Jackson dances, but she almost has to given her family history and she doesn't really sing...I mean she can sing but she can't bust a ballad, Madonna dances, but her singing isn't what it used to be. The point that I'm trying to make is that artist over the years change, some adapt to what people want them to do, more or less pleasing those that complain about it.So Mariah decided instead of jumping through hoops and learning two steps for a major world tour, she decided that catering to her voice was more to her liking. And as a result of the catering, she has given her fans 17 great number ones and hundreds of remixes of her fan favorites! Hmmmmmmm 17 years of catering is what produced her acclaimed "come back album" which to me, is not a "come back" album as much as it is what it is intitled, "The Emancipation of MIMI"

Posted at 9:40PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Veronica

65. So whats she's pushing 40? All that means is she's old enough n has the right to wear whatever she wants! Mariah is one of the most AMAZING women on this entire earth! She's pulled out 17 #1's n no doubt has more to come! Her REAL fans, like myself, will always love her for what she is. Everyone else needs to grow up n get over it.

Posted at 10:04PM on Aug 14th 2006 by mimi'shottamale

66. Get a life, TMZ. Anyone who's seen her on the current tour can see that she can dance and does not stay in place (where the hell have you been, stuck in a time warp?). And if you're calling her fat, you obviously have a twisted idea of what a woman should look like.

Posted at 11:02PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Rachael

67. MARIAH RULES! HER OUTFITS ARE FLAWLESS! MC IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE! AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE HER OR WHAT SHE WEARS, THEN KEEP THE MEAN COMMENTS TO YOURSELF! YOU GO MARIAH! REPRESTIN'! HOLLA!

Posted at 11:04PM on Aug 14th 2006 by SHAY

68. MARIAH RULES! HER OUTFITS ARE FLAWLESS! MC IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE! AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE HER OR WHAT SHE WEARS, THEN KEEP THE MEAN COMMENTS TO YOURSELF! YOU GO MARIAH! REPRESTIN'! HOLLA!

Posted at 11:07PM on Aug 14th 2006 by SHAY

69. Nasty!! She ALWAYS looks like nasty trash. Does she honestly think she is that hot?

Posted at 11:11PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Susan

70. I am a member of the fan club & I think you need to realize that there are people who post on the fan club website that are questionable to say the least. There are some of us that actually pay the yearly fee & then you have those who come on the boards for free & start a lot of trouble including Racist comments about Mariah. Do you really think a racist person is a real Mariah fan? So before you post about our fan club website you should really take the time & read ALL the posts of some so called fans. Then you will see that for the most part nobody cares how Mariah dresses, the bottom line is that she can sing. So if that is the only negative comment about her concerts, then she is pretty much still 99% better then anybody else out there today.

Posted at 11:53PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Kathy Burke

71. Duh...have u guys just close your eyes everytime Mariah sings? Granted she got the voice, but girlfriend can't move fo'sho and it is always apparent eveytime she makes a show. And true, all she does is stand at one spot and start waving her hand up and down, left to right as she tries to reach or hold a note.
Amen to the outfits too..... tacky!!!

Posted at 12:36AM on Aug 15th 2006 by BAYBEE

72. I love how they ask if Mariah's stage outfits are too revealing but only show the first outfit. FYI the rest of the outfits are gowns, capri pants and a top and a sailor jacket, not really revealing. She has a nice body and she should be allowed to show off her hard work. If I was her, I would change the first outfit because to me, the first outfit should be spectacular (and it's the most photographed) and the black getup isn't very spectacular. The pink thing she wore on the Charmbracelet tour, that was amazing.

Posted at 12:38AM on Aug 15th 2006 by Newton

73. I'm a really big fan Mariah has the most impressive voice out of any one ive heard. No one can hold high notes like her.Thats y she has so many awards.She's really pretty with or without the weight.d never hate on her its just that sometimes i wouldnt agree with what she wears but every one has a diffrent style.

Posted at 2:40AM on Aug 15th 2006 by Antoinette

74. WHY doesn't TMZ show us her more-covered up outfits??

Mariah looks beautiful..... its not about what she wears. its about the music!

Posted at 2:44AM on Aug 15th 2006 by Johnny

75. I LOVE Mariah Carey A LOTt!!! If that's what she wants to wear, so be it!!! She looks hot in anything she puts on that magnificent body!!! I wish she would put me on her!!! LOL!!! And to everyone out there who is jealous because they don't have the money or power she has, kiss her a** and mine!!! If you don't like what she wears then don't buy it because she doesn't have to conform to what everyone else is doing. That;'s what i like about Mariah, she doesn't try to be everybody else, she just tries to be Mariah!

Posted at 3:33AM on Aug 15th 2006 by Eddie Williams

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