So, the MTV Video Music Awards are coming up this Sunday, and I have been watching this shit for legit 20 years which makes me feel old af. In celebration of me watching my 20th MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, I decided to spend this weekend looking back on some fond memories of mine.
Today, I’m going to look back at 10 of my favorite outfits from the VMAs over the years. I mean, I say the best outfits of all time, but I obviously mean since like 1995. Yes, I realize the awards have been around since like ’84, but I wasn’t alive then and MTV didn’t exist to me til ’95 so, you know, deal with it.
Obviously when it comes to MTV awards show fashion, I’m not talking about ‘best looks’ in terms of genuinely great fashion, I’m talking about the outfits that are iconic as fuck that people still talk about and dress up in for Halloween. Outfits that could only be worn on the MTV red carpet. And though I said 10 best outfits, I’m clearly going to put couples and groups together, so it’s more like 20 best outfits, but whatever. So, in no particular order…
When Lil Kim went tit out in this iconic purple number.
When Rose McGowan went everything out and Marilyn Manson rocked this amazing suit.
When Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were a fucking dream in full out denim.
When the Spice Girls wore the most Spice Girls outfits EVER.
When Lady Gaga dressed as a dude and looked pretty good doing so.
When Madonna invented her quintessential Madonna image.
When TLC somehow managed to make wearing rags look cool.
When Beyonce and Jay Z showed up looking like a ’70s pimp and his trophy wife attending a boxing match.
When Gwen Stefani decided wearing a blue fur bra was definitely red carpet appropriate.
When Courtney, Kurt and Drew were the most ’90s people to ever fucking exist.