Beyoncé took to Instagram earlier today to show off a few of her latest accessories: $150
Matt Bernson Gitanes flats, $425 Maison Martin Margiela knuckle duster rings, and nameplate earrings etched with the word ‘Ratchet’:
One of ratchet’s many definitions in the urban dictionary is, “adj. A term for someone who is 1. A whore 2. dirty/nasty 3. ghetto as hell 4. being annoying 5. busted.”
Beyonce is anything but ratchet, so her sporting them is more facetious than anything else. Bey can rock them to get a few ironic laughs, but does everyone else have that luxury?
Would you wear ratchet earrings?
*If you’re digging her other accessories, get her flats at Piperlime…
… and her rings at Saks.
December 29, 2012 8:23 pm
Beyonce is so ghetto, im not surprised by those earringss
December 29, 2012 8:34 pm
I wouldn’t wear them, they’re not my taste but hey! Whatever floats her boat.
December 29, 2012 8:38 pm
I get that it’s probably meant as a joke or whatever but I don’t understand her fascination with trying to portray herself as street, hood, or ghetto, when she’s anything but. I just don’t buy it and seems somewhat disingenuous for someone of her status *shrugs*
December 29, 2012 8:38 pm
F*ck the earrings, must have those flats!!
December 29, 2012 8:46 pm
Not my style at all.
I agree with you, babyB. One of the reasons why I like Beyonce is because she is polished and glamorous. This whole ghetto fab business…I dunno.
December 29, 2012 8:47 pm
@BabyB you are so right. She does have a facination with this street image… I think its the whole being married to Jay… her sister don’t act like that… even they way she poses in some of her insta pics…trying to be hood
December 29, 2012 9:00 pm
Why is this acceptable? This woman is from the suburbs and grew up in a two parent home in what appears to be a classy family. I’m not buying it. Ratchet does not = hood. Hood is a way of life, A Keys hood, Rachet=ghetto is truly not knowing any better and she is probably neither. I know hood, and I know country hood. She is in the position to show young girls a better way. You don’t see Taylor Swift walking around with a “white trash” T-shirt on bcuz whites would not find that funny. This is not cute and she know better; too old for this. Show us a pic a you, Jay and Blue or you cooking dinner for your family…Bee urself!
December 29, 2012 9:02 pm
Umm I don’t know what Beyonce you guys have been following over the years but she has always had a playful hood side. Stop taking everything so seriously!
December 29, 2012 9:11 pm
Gosh, Beyonce is a suburban girl that has no natural swag and seems fascinated with ghetto culture. She’s gorgeous and glam but doesn’t have effortless style or any edge. Sorry, she didn’t inherit ANY street cred by marrying J. I am so over this character that she’s playing on Instagram. It’s getting so old.
December 29, 2012 9:42 pm
I don’t like the earrings, and kind of hope this was a joke…Maybe she’s just yanking our chain.
December 29, 2012 10:02 pm
girl bye
December 29, 2012 10:03 pm
@kisha thanks. Are ppl forgetting beys dchild days? Hello they had a whole song about wanting a hood dude. “I need a soulja” She has always been like this. The persona you ppl are speaking of is the fake beyonce…duh. Yall sound so stupid.
December 29, 2012 10:16 pm
And no, there is nothing cute about these earrings. those loafers however, i want.
December 29, 2012 10:50 pm
I agree with kisha. Bey has had that playful hood side form way back! stop taking HER life so seriously. She knows she is far from ratchet as well as everyone else does. Relax people. On another note…those flats are cute!
December 29, 2012 10:50 pm
Hell no i wouldn’t rock those earrings but I love chevron print so I’d definitely rock them loafers :)
December 29, 2012 10:53 pm
Isn’t this woman 31? Leave the Claires 10 for $10 clearance rack earrings where they belong Bey… why is she so pressed to look “cool” lately?
December 29, 2012 10:53 pm
No, why would anybody want to wear something that says rachet in anyway, shape or form? Solange is quickly becoming my favorite Knowles, Beyonce seems to be trying to hard these days…shrugs
December 29, 2012 11:07 pm
I cant read the label clearly..Can you guys please find out the designer of those flats. thanks!
December 29, 2012 11:16 pm
Maybe she is rachet and the jokes on all of her little fans that worship her…She’s telling you guys you just arent listening
December 29, 2012 11:17 pm
Beyonce doesn’t stand for anything. That’s exactly why she is so appealing. She’s an “every woman”. Ratchet could discribe her when she puts on one of her many faces (a la Sasha Fierce). Typical virgo. Charming, charismatic and commanding. Never gets too personal.
December 29, 2012 11:24 pm
that’s hott! *Flips blonde weave* That is all.
December 30, 2012 12:09 am
I love this look on Beyonce because… well because she’s BEYONCE! She can wear those earrings and pull it off because we all know that even though she is many things, “Ratchet” aint one of em. But on anybody else (except for maybe Rihanna) ummm no.
December 30, 2012 12:40 am
Whatttt…the almighty classy queen of nursery rhymes is promoting “RATCHET” earrings?? Who would have THUNK (in her voice)
I suspect this airhead generation to go out buying them by the case load all because she has given the green light to it!
Chileeeeee…she proves she is a fraud everytime she over promote her CD’s! LMAO I will be so glad when she is totally played out!
December 30, 2012 12:42 am
I wonder if Blue has a pair….I mean its only right, since she is promoting it to yall daughters! LOL
December 30, 2012 12:45 am
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December 30, 2012 3:15 am
People need to relax sheesh! I’m sure its not that serious….like Claire said she’s obviously being facetious. I don’t like them but I can see her getting away with it. I just hate the term ratchet in general…its the new “swag”
I doubt the earrings are meant to be some bold statement/coming out party. I doubt it has anything to do with Jay either (Lol that just sounds crazy)
It’s a pic of a pair of earrrings and shoes. Why does it have to be anything more than that?
December 30, 2012 5:18 am
She’s been getting on my damn nerves as of late. Bye!
December 30, 2012 7:59 am
It’s not that serious. They’re just earrings.
December 30, 2012 9:34 am
The more you are able to laugh at yourself in life the better time you will have. Their earrings, not a tattoo, not words shaved into her head…earrings. She put them on one day – have a little fun, and when the fun is over, she can take them off.
Loosen up.
December 30, 2012 9:50 am
The name Beyonce its ratchet and the earrings are stupid no matter who wears them. I love those flats though.
December 30, 2012 11:28 am
They are just earrings but have you seen Dereon? There’s a ratchet bone in there somewhere. I’ve never been a huge fan of her personal style but she’s not stocking my closet so it doesn’t really matter to me that much. So “Queen B” can’t cash in on the “pole chic”, hood princess fashion,you all obviously seem to covet due to the enormous amounts of Basketball Sluts and Real House Nutjobs inquiries? GTFOH
December 30, 2012 11:45 am
Lmao at the comment saying that ‘the name Beyonce, is ratchet’!
December 30, 2012 11:52 am
I’m not ratchet or any of its synonyms so my answer is a resounding no.
December 30, 2012 11:54 am
I love Bee, but those earrings are dumb. I agree with the earlier comment that she should get a baby pr for Blue, maybe that’ll help her to see how stupid dumb wrong they are.
December 30, 2012 12:16 pm
I think they are a tad bit tacky the earrings I make a way more classy!
December 30, 2012 12:23 pm
Hey Beyhive, ive always had my ratchet moments. I just know how to distance my professional life with my home life. I’m human..lol.
December 30, 2012 12:26 pm
I’d where them… Nothing wrong with being a little RATCHET sometimes… I get straight ratchet when my favorite song comes on :) and I define the word on my own terms! WHAT!
December 30, 2012 12:29 pm
…I think this is Beyonce’s misguided attempt at irony and trying to appear dynamic… she wants to be the the everywoman so freaking bad. Bey Bey needs to stay in her lane… I liked her better when she wasn’t accessible. She had an air of mystery and folks dreamt about how fabulous her life is. Now, it’s like… yeah she’s hella rich and hella corny.
Still love her.
December 30, 2012 12:53 pm
All of you need to have SEVERAL SEATS, all the way in the back of the sense of humor bus. Clearly, Beyonce is being tongue in cheek. We all have our “ratchet” guilty pleasures like nene acting a fool on Housewives of Atlanta. These moments do not define us; they merely provide us with entertainment.
I also find it hilarious that Fashion Bomb readers have decided to have some sense of moral authority only when Beyonce is involved. YOU are the same people obsessed with the “ratchet” women love and hip hop and all those other trashy shows. It is because of YOU that these women are featured on this site because you guys are constantly storming Claire’s inbox with questions about their outfits. You guys are the ones obsessing over the HOOD couture fashions of people like Teyana Taylor and Draya, yet all of a sudden you decide to take offense to Beyonce facetiously posting pictures of “ratchet” earrings?? LOL
Do me a favor, sit your hypocritical a*ses ALL THE WAY DOWN smh I can’t.
December 30, 2012 1:32 pm
I want those flats, need those in my life lol
December 30, 2012 1:48 pm
I agree with earlier comments. This is just Beyonce’s “tongue in cheek” humor on the world of being hood. Yes, her own upbringing was far from it. While I wouldn’t wear the earrings, I do get the humor of the pic. She’s just having fun with these pics, that’s all.
Now, the shoes I love. I would wear those in a heartbeat. Honestly, the only thing that offends me about this post is having to pay $425 for a set of rings (which I like too BTW.)
December 30, 2012 2:03 pm
I want them and can’t find them anywhere!!!! :(
December 30, 2012 2:21 pm
@Lola couldn’t have said it better myself!
These commenters get so PRESSED over what this woman does it is really amazing. and also pitiful. Can’t please this ratchet faceless horde.
December 30, 2012 2:25 pm
Ugh! Finally a word on who the wrings are by and they are wayyy out of my budget. F21, ASOS, Topshop where are you when I need you most?
December 30, 2012 2:59 pm
Love IT!!!!
December 30, 2012 3:22 pm
Love the shoes.
December 30, 2012 3:22 pm
I didn’t know you had to be from the hood to be ratchett…. I went to a private high school with a whole rack of ratchett girls who ended up just like the hood rats I grew up with. Everybody has their days when they want to be ratchett… why can’t Bey?
December 30, 2012 3:34 pm
I agree with Baby B as well! I don’t get the fascination either. I stopped following her in Instagram b/c she bore me w/ some of her “hood” images.
December 30, 2012 4:31 pm
@Lola I agree with you 100%. All of you hating on a silly pair of earrings are probably the same women who request info on Emily B’s “outfits” on the regular.
December 30, 2012 4:45 pm
Lola your comments are so true. Beyonce is one of the more positive images of our culture. If Beyonce “sense of fashion humor is ruffling some feathers , I wonder if there also emailing cable networks inbox demanding more positive images of black women be featured on these shows. We need to evaluate why we hate so badly on the wrong things. At least she opened a school in Brooklyn that trains women to have better jobs . How do you make a difference ? Its fashion & isn’t always meant to be taken so literal, when Dior , Gaultier interpert the look on the runways it’s celebrated ,sometimes we have to offer our own take on the concept as well .
December 30, 2012 4:51 pm
The earrings are just eh!
The shoe is the ish.
and the acting hood thing well I could say it’s because she’s with Shawn Carter but I think he’s far from hood now too…
I think she’s trying to hard to please people, trying to hard to get everyone to like her. Not everyone will like or love you so be happy with the stans you have and keep it moving.
“Hood” is also a state of mind because some people that grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth act just as ratchet as the one’s who didn’t, if not worse.
December 30, 2012 5:27 pm
@Stats… you think this you think that. How about you stop forming judgments about people you don’t know and mind your own?? And that’s to you and everyone else singing your tune on this forum.
December 30, 2012 6:24 pm
lol they ARE just earrings. to say beyonce is obsess with the street life is bogus clearly she is just having fun from what looks like a photo shoot or video. everybody has a ratchet moment and i would definitely wear this cute lil bamboo earrings while doing my laundry with my hair tied up because i definietly will be looking ratchet on laundry day
December 30, 2012 8:44 pm
These comments are HILARIOUS! Whether Bey is about that life or not..mission accomplished–us debating back and forth is keeping her relevant. She has an album coming soon, all artists show out when their album is in the works. ijs. HAPPY NEW YEARS!
December 30, 2012 9:46 pm
I’m really glad Beyoncé is finally showing her true colors people need to stop acting like she isn’t just a manufactured diva. If left to her own devices I’m sure she would run around looking ratchet.
December 30, 2012 11:02 pm
A long drawn out discussion about if this woman is ratchet or not. I believe this is alluding to a song. I heard rumors that she was collaborating with Lady Gaga on the song but I could be wrong. But lady Gaga did post something about Ratchet on her twitter..instagram..something. However, in a world of BBall wives, Real Housewives, etc, when black women are being shown in such a negative light and being ratchet for real, bad move on Beyonce to associate herself with that term. I thought it was similar to being trifling? Anywho…
December 30, 2012 11:38 pm
I like the look, its fun. You really don’t need to be super serious all the time. Plus, I’m pretty sure Lil Boosie (the words creator) intended it to mean, hood/ghetto. The whore thing and that other crap on urban dictionary is probably a bunch of stuff some young white kids added.
December 31, 2012 12:33 am
I swear if this word gets rolled out to the masses because of B I’m gonna die. I find the word funny when used a certain way but if the masses start using it daily it’s gonna get played out so fast. I wouldn’t wear those earrings, not with that word in them.
December 31, 2012 12:43 am
I guess Beyonce is passing out checks the way some people are going harder than a hand basket to defend her. If you find it funny and tongue in cheek fine just because others don’t and questions her intentions doesn’t make them haters. Some people need to realize we all aren’t monolithic so speak for yourself not others.
December 31, 2012 3:00 am
The word ratchet is really sooo played out now. Why is Beyonce so late on the wave? And agree with @Liz.. the more she reveals her “self” the cornier she seems.
December 31, 2012 8:02 am
I LOVE YOU BEY! You can do NO wrong to me! I understand the earrings…the look overall. I am not offended, as a designer I’m inspired!
December 31, 2012 9:46 am
I def smh when I saw this. I would not wear these ear-rings.
But I’m not surprised, Bey can put on the class act show, but we know who she is deep down…we know who Jay fell in love with. I’m not mad though, I think we all know how to play both sides of the fence when its necessary. Its really a survival skill.
Blesisngs
December 31, 2012 10:48 am
I love B. She is country and from texas. Always done things big and flashy – always hood, ghetto or whatever ya’ll call it. But these pix on instagram – this post motherhood cry for attention, I completely understand and can not get with…sorry.
December 31, 2012 11:02 am
According to other blogs this is a promo pic for her new single called “Ratchet” idk
December 31, 2012 11:04 am
No to the earrings. Love the flats. Bey has always had a playful side. Stop taking everything she does seriously.
December 31, 2012 12:39 pm
Was this post meant to talk about the earrings/shoes or Beyonces life??? O Okay…. A shame.
December 31, 2012 2:32 pm
Beyonce a positive image???? Are you serious?
December 31, 2012 2:55 pm
I love me some gold name earrings oohhwee! I wouldn’t rock a pair that says ‘ratchet’ but I don’t see anything wrong with them.
I think folks should get off their high horses…..hood style whether you are from the ‘ghetto’ or not has influenced High Fashion in many many ways. Don’t wait til it is on a couture runway in France to co-sign!
xo
December 31, 2012 4:24 pm
I don’t care
December 31, 2012 4:25 pm
She’s very ignorant! My goodness talk about regression… she’s a mother and now its okay to promote ignorant azz behavior – whew chile she hasn’t ever impressed me nor have I ever been a fan – I had no dislike for her but she is getting a side-eye from me
December 31, 2012 6:11 pm
Heck to the no!!!!
December 31, 2012 8:23 pm
PREACH LOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many of you are too young to remember her few bars in “Kitty Kat” (which makes me feel old as hell), but I KNOW you haven’t forgotten about DIVA. WTF did you think that was, a cute ballad for the children?? I mean… It was pretty ratchet if you ask me. Think about it.
Also I’m not sure if it’s a TX thing or what but I sincerely feel that the women in my home state are somehow able to strike a good balance of “street” and effortless class.
January 1, 2013 9:12 am
No one should want to be ratchet. Also, this is not irony; it’s too intentional. She actually thought about this foolishness beforehand.
January 1, 2013 10:23 am
Comme des Fuckdown everyone! Bee’s first single to be released in 2013 is titled “ratchet”. Just a promo shot lawd have mercy
January 1, 2013 5:38 pm
She is doing too much.
January 2, 2013 11:01 am
Actually guys Beyonce grew up in the 3rd ward of Houston, Tx (where i’m also from) and though she was raised by both parents and lived in what was then considered a suburb she was still around a lot of hood people. She grew up in the 80s when crack hit Houston and i’m sure she’s seen a lot. So though her neighbor may not have been a hot ghetto mess i’m positive her neighbor’s neighbor was. Either way I still hate the earrings but I guess I understand why she feels she’s entitled to portray herself as a hood chick.
January 3, 2013 11:07 am
Bey is going to take ratchetness to a whole new level once the song comes out. I would be lying if I didnt say that I had a pair of gold hoops with my name from my teenage years in my jewelry box :)
January 3, 2013 12:04 pm
As soon as the song comes out it will be both cool and uncool to be “Ratchet”
January 13, 2013 9:26 pm
y’all b*tches really sound dumb, why are y’all so serious about some earrings that say “Ratchet”.. i happen to think they are really cute and fun, just because she wears them does not make her ratchet.. i mean y’all are acting like the earrings say “Nigger”.. damn. And Beyonce has more money than any of y’all will see in a lifetime, so do you really think she cares what y’all say? NOPE.