VMA Fashion: The ghastly, the trashy, and the not-so-terrible

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It seems king of weird to talk about fashion for an event in which there is basically no dress code. Some people show up in ball gowns, some people show up in jeans and a t-shirt. So, let’s start with Gaga and her three fashion moments. One is the meat look, above. The first was this ball-gown-looking thing that she walked the red carpet in:

Lady Gaga arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

I actually didn’t hate it. Maybe I’m getting used to Gaga’s fashion. Or maybe I like autumnal colors. There was also a black version of the dress that wasn’t terrible. Eh.

Singer Lady Gaga accepts the best pop video award for 'Bad Romance' as presenter Cory Monteith (rear) from the TV series 'Glee' reacts at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, September 12, 2010.      REUTERS/Mike Blake  (UNITED STATES- Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (MTV/SHOW)

More fashion… Katy Perry looking… whatever.

Singer Katie Perry arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Nicki Minaj’s outfit was not good. Eh… at least it was tailored.

Nicki Minaj appears backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Nicki Minaj in the Press Room at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia - LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA Photo via Newscom

Cher looks like a plastic doll at this point, but you’ll never catch me saying that she looks anything other than fabulous.

Cher appears backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

I really, really like Jared Leto’s jacket. I want it.

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Jared Leto in the Press Room at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia - LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA Photo via Newscom

Mary J. Blige – proof that if you’ve got pipes, you don’t need to trick yourself out. I like Drizzy’s white jacket too.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Singer Mary J. Blige (L) and rapper Drake perform onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Ashley Greene needs a new style. She wears a version of the strapless mini-skirted cocktail dress EVERYWHERE.

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Ashley Greene. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

Sofia Vergara is adorable. A bit too dressed up, maybe. But she looks gorgeous.

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Sofia Vergara. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine is my new favorite person.

Florence Welch poses in the photo room at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California September 12, 2010.  REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni  (UNITED STATES- Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (MTV/BACKSTAGE)

Cory Monteith looked really cute.

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Cory Monteith arrives at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. Photo via Newscom

Taylor Swift is a pretty girl with terrible fashion (and a not so great voice). This dress was…zzz…. oh, she’s barefoot too.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Rihanna is just so terrible live, and this outfit… idiotic. Like a crackhead ballerina.

Singer Rihanna performs 'Love the Way You Lie' at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California September 12, 2010.      REUTERS/Mike Blake  (UNITED STATES- Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (MTV/SHOW)

The Bieb: settle down, Vestie.

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Justin Bieber arrives at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. Photo via Newscom

I get the feeling that this is Kesha “trying”. Maybe she should just stick to her drunken, comfortable fashion, right?

Kesha during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, held at the Nokia Theatre, on September 12, 2010, in Los Angeles. Photo: Michael Germana / Star Max Photo via Newscom

Rosario Dawson, who I actually like. She looks too “done” for the event, but I still like the dress and the shoes. Maybe with her hair down and messed up she wouldn’t look so “premiere party” you know?

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Rosario Dawson. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

I have no idea what Jane Lynch was wearing. But I’m tempted to call it fabulous, just because it’s her.

Actress Jane Lynch arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Emma Stone is adorable, and this is a cute little dress. But she looks like Mila Kunis here, doesn’t she?

Actress Emma Stone arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Lil’ Jon – YEAH! Love his necklace.

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Lil' Jon. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

Penn Badgley is so boring.

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Penn Badgley arrives at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. Photo via Newscom

Does anyone give a crap about Ciara these days?

The Video Music Awards 2010 Arrivals held at The Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, California in September 12th, 2010. Ciara                Fame Pictures, Inc

A little Joe Manganiello, for the ladies. That v-neck is making me think he loves some Gaga.

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Joe Manganiello arrives at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia - LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA Photo via Newscom

Dane Cook. No comment.

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Dane Cook. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

Jenna Jameson was there with her not-so-estranged husband Tito Ortiz. They are both so dumb.

Actress Jenna Jameson and boyfriend, Ultimate Fighting Championship star Tito Ortiz, pose at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, September 12, 2010.  REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (MTV/ARRIVALS)

Usher – I’m always surprised that he’s still so relevant to pop/dance music. Is it just because he can dance really well?

LOS ANGELES - SEP 12: Usher arrives at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia LA Live on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. Photo via Newscom

Awarding Snooki the “worst dressed” prize just feels like I’m phoning it in. Of course she looks terrible. She a weird little potato.

12 September 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Nicole Polizzi aka Snooki. 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Photo Credit: Kevan Brooks/AdMedia

Lady Gaga in the header, credit: WENN.

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  1. malachais says:

    thank you, no one cares about Ciara! I’m sick of hearing about her. And that pic of Jenna Jameson is the best I’ve seen her in a few years.

  2. Marjalane says:

    “Settle down, Vestie” Heh. Funny.

    How big are Ciara’s feet?? They looked about a 12.5 in that pic!

  3. hapygoleslie says:

    what will she wear next?? raw egg yolks?? water? coffe beans. i bet she stinks and everydog follows her home

  4. Fluffy Kitten Tail says:

    I guess I have poor hearing, because I thought Rihanna was good last night.

    I think people do still give a crap about Ciara because she has a new CD out soon. I like her. She has a great voice and she is way beautiful

  5. Atticus says:

    “she’s a weird little potato”

    BEST.LINE.EVER.

  6. A. says:

    I’m quite the carnivore, I’m not morally offended by Gaga’s outfit, but I hate it because it seems like such a waste of good meat! Fair enough, kill animals to eat them, but it’s just going to waste here…

  7. Eleonor says:

    Cher looks tranny!
    Lady Gaga was wearing two fo the last dress Alexander McQueen ever realized, I loved the autunnal one.
    Rhianna reminds me the Madonna’s like a vergin dress, and with red hair sucks.

  8. QQ says:

    Gaga’s First 2 dresses as i understood are from McQueen’s last collection, the tailoring on her second one is SICK cause hello! full leather dress Ball gown!?

    Ciara: For HER didn’t look horrid But also WTF why is she important (hot body I’ll say!?!)

    Let’s Say Kayne Is a Douchebag but that along with Neyo was one of the Better male dressers of the night

    Florence Welch can do NO wrong in my book NONE! I love her like I love Thom Yorke, so much promise on that one and all her bootleg recordings along with everything in “lungs” (Howl is my fave) are BRILLIANT

  9. waldemar says:

    I wonder how PETA feels about that meatdress. And if she has a new look, she will work it to death, doesn’t she? Cover of Vogue Homme Japan, now this, next: the video for her new single. She is soooo unique, not.

  10. geenie says:

    The fashion choices this year weren’t so great. There was nothing amazing on the red carpet and the avant-garde pieces weren’t so avant-garde.

    Ashlee Green looked the best from all the women IMO.

  11. Samigirl says:

    I almost think it is irresponsible to have the most famous porn star at an MTV event. MTV mostly caters to the 12-24 yo crowd….and really, porn stars don’t need to be around teens.

  12. Kaboom says:

    Jane Lynch only needs a peacemaker and she could join the cast of Firefly in that outfit.

  13. Stephie says:

    Ok I feel old. Don’t know most of these people so really, (yawn), whatever.

  14. chasingadalia says:

    I’m convinced that dress isn’t real meat. It doesn’t have that nice juicy sheen to it. Can you even tailor meat like that?

    Oh, Snooki. I’ve lost words for you.

    Loved Florence’s dress, but her makeup makes her look 40, and not 23.

  15. LisaMarie says:

    I read on a differenst site that Ke$ha made her outfit for the evening. Not hard to believe.

  16. vibius says:

    Its like shes asks the designers – “Give me something that is so far out there, no one in the right mind would wear it. ” Shes like a 6 year old girl who puts on pretty dresses because she is looking for attention, only now they are butt ugly dresses.

  17. Mandy says:

    Snooki looks like she’s in blackface…

  18. bb says:

    I’m not a vegetarian, but Gaga’s meat-dress makes me wretch.

  19. Sandy says:

    Me too Stephie,
    Don’t know who most of these people are and don’t care. Remember when there were music videos on MTV? And why would anyone take seriously an award show that features Justin Bieber as best new artist? Unless of course you are twelve

  20. danielle says:

    I like Ciara’s music! Also, Penn may be boring, but he’s pretty.

  21. ViktoryGin says:

    I hate everything. I really do.

    And that people are questioning the relevance of Ciara when she’s got an album due out in a couple of months DOES NOT bode well for her career. She’ll shortly be just as irrevelant as Brandy, having to take contracts with Dancing with the Stars in order to stimulate the cash flow. Tsk tsk. I almost feel bady for these mainstream “pop” chicks. They’re washed up by 25, most of them.

  22. a says:

    gaga: LOVE the mcqueen dress but that meat outfit and shoes were disgusting.

  23. dingle says:

    wow lada gaga actually looks pretty. usually she looks like a beast face.

  24. sickofit says:

    love love love the alex mcqueen ball dress. it looks stunning, even on her…
    the meat dress? art, right, what a crap…
    snooki is just no words..
    whoa and kesha her dress looks like something selfmade my friend put on her barbie when we were young. incredibly ugly.

  25. mamalama says:

    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I don’t think Snooki, although definitely being one “weird little potato,” is the worst dressed here. Trashtastic? Definitely. But the girls aren’t falling out, her hair looks brushed, and it appears like someone has let her in on the Spanx secret – for Spudki, that’s a winning fashion moment.

  26. marge says:

    LOVE Gaga’s autumn dress… and she looks amazing in that pic.. I mean, ugly, but reminds me of Belle-Epoque / Toulouse-Lautrec posters

  27. Cam says:

    I loved the 3 looks of Gaga just because they were so… GAGA. But I liked the black dress more. My secret lover Cory Monteith looked innocently hot, I just love him.
    And OH GOD, I don’t like Nicki Minaj at all, ugh… the stupid faces she kept making made me wanna puke, her outfit? makes me wanna puke even more.

    I totally loved Katy’s dress, and yeah, I loved Jared’s jacket too, besides HE’S HOT AS HELL.

    The last thing I’m going to say is: I THINK I LOVE KE$HA, don’t know why… but I love her style, love her songs, love HER (PLEASE, don’t judge me, it’s something I cannot control just like my love for Cory Monteith, hell yeah), she looked just amazing.

  28. serena says:

    katy perry is always so.. naked! :S

  29. dholmas says:

    I honestly do not think any person looked that great. Where are the stylists when they are needed. CACA looked the worst.

  30. Shay says:

    I think Cher outdid Gaga here. I doubt GaGa will look as good as Cher does at Cher’s age.

  31. Anna says:

    All I want to know is: how does Cher go to the bathroom in this outfit? Come to think of it, a lot of them must have this problem. Hollywood must be the town with the highest bridal diaper sales in the world.

  32. kelbear says:

    I really think Snooki would look sooo much better 15 lbs lighter. She has definitely gained some weight since Jersey Shore first aired.

  33. B says:

    Sir Gaga’s outfit with the feathers was by the late Alexander McQueen. He was a genius! I’m so sorry to see his clothes worn by this rat.

  34. These comments are so funny, I liked Gaga in the beginning of her career, but she is taking things too far, who walks around in a meat dress for crying out loud!!

  35. Kiska says:

    Cher…wow, oh, wow.

    Lady Gaga makes me gag. The meat outfit is vile.

    I didn’t recognize Snooki with the bangs and no pouf.

  36. kim says:

    This just prves beyond a doubt that Lady Gaga TRIES so hard to shock & she just comes across desperate and stupid. She knew the meat dress was controversial so she wore it on purpose AGAIN. SOOOOOO LAME!!!! Her 15 mins are up. How many times is she going to tweak her nose? We can all see how you are widdling it down lady.

  37. Raz says:

    On the Usher thing… ‘Oh My God’ or ‘OMG’ or whatever it was called was a good song. Either that or whenever I’m out and I hear it I’ve had enough cocktails to make it sound good.

    Oh, and he’s Bieber’s mentor/father figure. And he tells him what to wear, I’ll bet.

  38. original kate says:

    gaga: whenever i see gaga in the meat outfit (didnt she do this before?) i think of the primus song “shake hands with beef.”

    florence: i saw florence + the machine live earlier this year and they were amazing.

    cher looks good but she needs to cover it up now.

    the bieb looks my aunt lucinda, aged 60.

    mary j. blige can really rock a fedora.

    snooki: um….why the hell is this little wishnik doll at any award show?

    jenna jameson’s hubby sets off my gaydar.

  39. XXXO says:

    Wow, Lady Gaga got eight VMA awards Sunday night. I’m extremely excited for her achievements and I enjoyed that Born This Way song Lady GaGa belted also.

  40. Ron says:

    Cher. Attention singers of today…look at Cher. She is wearing the same outfit she wore in 1986 and is still rocking your asses off. Love.

  41. girl says:

    I love that Lil’ Jon wore an old dookie chain 🙂

  42. jzhz says:

    I don’t see what the big deal is about Taylor Swift. Something looks wonky with one or more of her eyes.

    Cher is nuts, but I love her.

    Lady Gaga, so much effort…so little interest.

  43. BeeCee says:

    I don’t care about anything. I’m just saying thank you for Joe Manganiello.

    I wanna sex him up.

  44. Persistent Cat says:

    Why doesn’t Cher earn the same venom that Madonna is given?

    I love Gaga’s ballgown.

    I loved how Rosario Dawson’s shoes don’t match her dress in colour but they match in shine factor and in brightness so it works. In a really weird way.

    Seriously, that Florence woman is 23? Really? That can’t be right.

  45. coucou says:

    Lil Jon is BADASS…so is Mary J Blige…where is my Missy Elliot, i MISS her, she is HAWT…no way! Florence is 23? Are we sure? Ashley Greene is gawgeous, i hate her! Ciara is amazing, too…but those shoes…nah…Rosa needs to let her hair down…

  46. Alarmjaguar says:

    first, there’s a product called bridal diapers!!!??? That’s so wrong.

    second, I am a huge meat fan, so that part of it doesn’t bother me, but I’ve also got major meat germ phobia (thanks to my home-ec teaching mom), so when I look at that outfit all I can see is the bacteria swarming off of those shoes!

  47. Ruffian9 says:

    Bieber: HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Oh man, the vest/whatever is ok, then I scrolled down….THE PANTS OH MY GOD THE PANTS.

    LOST IT. Too funny.

    Oh, and that Florence person is 40 if she’s a day.

    Cher…what can one say. She’s obviously way past any degree embarassment or modesty, plus she must be at least 90% plastic by now.

  48. Camille says:

    Emma was the best dressed (She looks gorgeous), Rosario second and everyone else is either ‘meh’ or massively fug.

  49. tuscan sun says:

    It’s weird, I’m not a vegetarian, but I was revolted by Gaga’s meat dress. I have to quickly scroll past photos of it because it makes me sick to look at it.

  50. Sally says:

    I guess I’m one of the few who liked the meat dress, I think it’s interesting! Although I like the autumn coloured McQueen better.

  51. Cynical Ray says:

    I raise a toast to the greatest douchebag in America, aka Kanye West, an adolescent posing as a man who appeals to the lowest common denominator mentality.

    I don’t blame Kanye for being a sub-literate talentless douchebag. After all, he was born to be the living joke he happens to be. Instead, I blame the brain dead and immoral music biz for promoting this kind of douchebag rather than others who actually know how to create REAL music with intelligent lyrics.

    Nor am I racist, since I believe that the white trailer park trash aka Eminem is equally terrible as a singer/songwriter. Every little jingle he creates sounds the same: hostile and frustrated. He is truly one of the most tiresome performers out there, only appealing to masochistic bimbos who think cute is a substitute for talent.

    As for Taylor Swift, she is no more than the current pretty airhead babe for zit-faced young boys, and nobody realistically can expect more from her.

    Then, of course, you have Chelsea Drunkly, a crude obscene and witless alcoholic whose “jokes” are born of the gutter, certainly not from any kind of smart perspectives on life.

    Meanwhile, the music biz deteriorates from year to year, and they wonder why people do NOT wish to buy their CD’s anymore or watch their excessive number of narcissistic award shows. LOL

  52. Confuzzle says:

    Why does that Beaver kid always look squinty, buck toofed and stooped?

  53. chasingadalia says:

    Okay, because I brought it up…

    Florence is 24. I had to look it up, because I had serious doubts about MTV playing a 40-year-old pop/rock act, and all her interviews the last year have cited her as 23.

    This one cites her as 24. Again, sorry, I think she must be a new 24.

    http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/09/13/florence-and-the-machine-interview/

    SO WEIRD. Someone needs to teach her how to look her age while she can.

  54. DrM says:

    I thought Katie Perry looked fab..as did Cher…

    Favourite Cher quote (when criticised for plastic surgery): “If I want to stick my tits on my back I will…”

  55. Lynda says:

    Snooki as a WISHNIK???? and a weird little potatoe??? OMG…I peed myself.
    At least we know that Jenna J is a ho. This one…makes believe she is not.

    BTW…what is a bridal diaper? Sounds…kinky.

    And Alcide was wayyyyy too overdressed, if you all catch my drift.

  56. gem says:

    Why is Jenna J there? the only thing she’s done recently is get into a public fight w/ her hubby why is she at the VMA’s

  57. Diva says:

    I’m just stunned to hear Florence is 24.

    Oh, and Ke$ha said, on the WHITE carpet, that she made her dress out of trash bags. She said she bought them at Home Depot. {=0)