Another wardrobe low note: Frumpy Janet Jackson morphs into Ugly Betty

She's the woman who inspired the term 'wardrobe malfunction' after she spilled out of her costume in front of 90million viewers at the 2004 Superbowl.

And yesterday Janet Jackson had yet another fashion disaster, albeit of a decidedly less racy nature.


The singer stepped out in Los Angeles looking just like the famously frumpy lead character from the hit US series Ugly Betty.

She was almost unrecognisable in thick reading glasses and a shapeless top that was about as flattering as Miss Suarez's trademark Guadalajara poncho.



The 42-year-old, a notorious yo-yo dieter, kept her curvier frame hidden under the floppy sweatshirt and oversized tracksuit trousers.

She finished off her less than glamorous look with a pair of grey Ugg boots.

Janet has been keeping a low profile in recent months after she cancelled a string of of tour dates late last year due to illness.



Her producer boyfriend Jermaine Dupri later denied rumours the pair were expecting a baby.