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Apparently, Dancing With The Stars viewers had one collective thought on Monday night: what in the world is Tyra Banks wearing? Though the show hosted a truly epic elimination mix-up, Twitter was fixated on the wardrobe choices—which they called less-than-flattering.
During the episode, Banks wore two different outfits. She opened the show with a nude-colored, sparkly one-sleeved dress. It had a diagonal sash over the bodice and hip, and Internet users didn't love it. But that was only the beginning.

Banks stepped out in a second dress later in the show. She revealed on Twitter she'd had a wardrobe malfunction on stage. "OMG! When I changed outfits, I wasn't zipped up and had to hold my outfit up while introducing the next act. Live TV, y'all!" she wrote.
No one seemed to notice the mishap because they were enthralled in the dress itself. The second look was a strapless dress with a corset-inspired top, along with two hip enhancers. It appeared that a corset was slipped over a silk slit dress, though it was obviously a one-piece look.

There's no nice way to phrase it: fans hated everything about it. Twitter was outraged at the style choices, questioning who was hired to dress Banks and how they can make it stop. Hundreds of tweets regarding the second dress, and general fashion choices from Banks on the season surfaced as the celebrity competitors spun across the stage, minds still fixated on Banks.
I donât know what Tyra Banks did to her stylist but they are out for revenge⦠and they got it! ð¬ #DWTS #DWTS29 pic.twitter.com/fUhSBsBYUo
— Bachelor Bitchð¹ (@bachelorbitch_) October 6, 2020
Whomever is dressing @tyrabanks needs to be voted off next!!! @DancingABC
— Amy Love (@AmyLove96623345) October 6, 2020
Does anyone else think that @tyrabanks stylist on DWTS is on crack? Just me...? #thisaintit #smize
— harrietconnie (@harrietconnie1) October 6, 2020
Was really trying to give Tyra Banks the benefit of the doubt as host of #DWTS but....nope. She fumbles way too much. Seems lost and flustered. And don’t even get me started on her terrrrrible outfits. Holy. Have you SEEN what’s she’s wearing right now!! ?
— Sarah Bartok (@SarahBartok) October 6, 2020
Was Tyra dressed for Halloween? Where is the wardrobe team? The worst season ever! Sorry!!
— Laura Grady Rogers (@gringatwo) October 6, 2020
You're only human Tyra. I get it. I would like to comment on your outrageous makeup, hair and outfits. They look like you're one of the competitors resembling some type of nightmare dream sequence. I don't blame you but the shows creators.
— Rita Tobey (@rita_tobey) October 6, 2020
Tyra Banks’ makeup artist hates her with a passion. There’s is no way they both think her looks are acceptable.
— why would i host a pandemic? (@KiyoshaJ) October 6, 2020
#DWTS @tyrabanks gets worse every week. She has made this show about her and she looks like a clown in the outfits they have chosen the last two weeks. She needs to go away!
— Susan Bollinger (@bevsusan11) October 6, 2020
And the list goes on. Banks' name has been thrown around with a claim of terrible fashion sense. But it turns out, she might not care too much. Banks already knows her stylist Brandon Alexander is "bananas."
"His mind is bananas," Banks told ABC's VirtuFall panel, as reported by Parade. "He actually wants to sometimes change three times a show and I have to slow him down."
Though the stylist gives major input, Banks revealed it's not up to just them. "The great thing with my outfits is it's not just Brendon and me in a bubble," she noted. "We share it with the stage manager and the creative director. We're like, 'OK. So, this might be the dress. What do you think?' And then, 'What are the lights going to do?' So, it's a whole production. It's not just a dress. It's a whole thing."
Newsweek reached out to Alexander for comment on the criticism following Banks' Week 4 outfits but didn't hear back at the time of publication.
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