Mariah Carey

It says a lot about her arm sling that Mariah is cleaving out of a lace-up dress AND has a glitter microphone, and yet I'm studying her arm, wondering if somewhere Big Bird is dreaming of wedding bells and a registry at PetSmart.

Mariah Carey

This is also such a gentle, subtle touch. It looks like she's waiting to pull an item out of it, like a magic trick, or a rifle. And indeed, she DID have something up this sleece...

Mariah Carey

... and that item is ANOTHER SLEEVE.(Well, fine, it's a bejewelled cast, but I like better the idea of her having a sleeve up her sleeve.) She double-bagged it. This whole thing is like an elegant/campy strip-tease for sleeve fetishists, and of course, a big Up Yours to the elbow lovers of the world, who left with nothing.

Well Played, Mariah Carey

Apparently Mariah hurt her shoulder sometime between the BET Awards and now, and has coped with this setback by turning it into an accessory. Like a boss. [Photos: Getty]