Ain't That Peculiar! Rita Ora channels the bad fashion of The Jackson 5 in a striped jumper and red PVC wide-legged trousers

By Hanna Flint

Published: 16:32 EST, 22 April 2014 | Updated: 19:33 EST, 22 April 2014

They had some great hits, but the Jackson Five won’t go down in history for their fashionable wardrobes.

So it’s no wonder Rita Ora’s take on the seventies style didn’t translate too well forty years later.

Ora stepped out in New York wearing a multi-coloured striped jumper with some rather questionable-looking red PVC wide-legged trousers.

Don't want those trousers back! Rita Ora fails to impress in red leather wide-legged bottoms

Don't want those trousers back! Rita Ora fails to impress in red leather wide-legged bottoms

Certainly the material looked more plastic than leather and not even a chunky gold necklace or cool rectangular shades could distract from the ugly bottoms.

 

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But Rita is known for pushing the boundaries of fashion, and doesn’t seem to mind if she makes a style hit or miss.

The singer is currently in New York to promote her new single ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ which was released across the US on Tuesday.

Coordinated: Rita wore a striped jumper with a purple clutch bag and gold chain with the plastic-looking bottoms

Coordinated: Rita wore a striped jumper with a purple clutch bag and gold chain with the plastic-looking bottoms

On her way: The singer was spotted leaving her New York hotel
On her way: The singer was spotted leaving her New York hotel

On her way: The singer was spotted leaving her New York hotel

  
Not their best looks: The Jackson 5 were known for their outlandish outfits complete with garish patterns and flared trousers

Not their best looks: The Jackson 5 were known for their outlandish outfits complete with garish patterns and flared trousers

On Tuesday night she will be appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, and it seems she’ll be giving an arty performance.

Rita shared a picture to her Instagram feed which showed her wearing a white dress and standing on a canvas with pots of paints surrounding her.

‘I have a surprise for #Fallon make sure you tune in and everybody take a picture of your tv and #RitaIWNLYD so I can see all your pictures!! #excitedbots (sic)’, Ora wrote.

Nice shades: Ora wore rectangular sunglasses with a red lipstick

Nice shades: Ora wore rectangular sunglasses with a red lipstick

I Will Never Let You Down: The singer is promoting her new single in the States
I Will Never Let You Down: The singer is promoting her new single in the States

I Will Never Let You Down: The singer is promoting her new single in the States

Big night: Rita will be appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Big night: Rita will be appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

The singer collaborated with her boyfriend Calvin Harris on her new single, and she says she finds him sexiest when in the studio.
‘I thought he was even more sexy when I actually saw him working in the studio,’ she told The Sun.

‘We’d had this pact that we’d never work together for fear it could cause problems but quite the opposite.

She added: ‘I’d look at him there, so in control of everything, so creative, and just yelled, “Please turn the air-con on to make it cooler in here, as I’m seriously hot!”’

Arty permanence: Ora was surrounded by paint pots as she prepared for the chat show

Arty permanence: Ora was surrounded by paint pots as she prepared for the chat show

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Please don't mention someone as iconic as the Jackson 5 in the same sentence as this Rihanna/Gwen Stefani clone. Thank you.

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Hideous outfit!!

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Does she want to look like gwen stefani???

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Why is this young woman in the DM everyday? We don't need, or want to know her every move, do we?

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Huge fashion fail.....................

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I bet you cannot get those trousers at M&S......;

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No 12 continuous fashion fail, go away fool!!

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Those trousers are horrendous

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I think she ought to go away now!!

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god she's so arrogant the way she poses for the paparazzi your 15 minutes are up accept it stop trying new things for attention

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It's a conspiracy!! Someone working in DM is being paid to promote Rita Ora. Because this unnecessary countless post on her is not needed. STOP IT!!

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