Madonna's matador outfit sends Twitter wild at the Grammys
The best reactions to the Queen of Pop's Givenchy outfit
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Your support makes all the difference."What are you looking at?" Madonna asked her fans in her hit track, "Vogue."
Fast forward 25 years and the answer to that never-ending question was, "Madonna dressed as a matador."
Ever the diva, ever the maverick and ever so slightly over the top, the American singer waltzed into this year's Grammy Awards in a Givenchy 21st century-take of a Spanish bullfighter, although it is safe to say Madonna's version would not allow for much protection from the horns of any charging mammal.
The hat was reminiscent of a similar fascinator that Madonna wore in the 1994 video for "Take A Bow," though the idea that the Queen of Pop, net worth around $800 million, would ever recycle an outfit is a rather outlandish thought.
Of course, with the 56-year-old singer unafraid to show off her figure and dare to be different, Twitter had a lot to say about Madonna living in a matador world, particularly when she seemed to flash a certain part of the body which rarely sees a ray of light:
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