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MTV Music Video Awards

All the best and worst outfits on the 2023 MTV VMAs red carpet

Author: Editors Desk
September 12, 2023 at 18:26
At this point in my occasional cobweb journey, I am all flailing limbs and profanity-screaming. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
At this point in my occasional cobweb journey, I am all flailing limbs and profanity-screaming. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
The MTV Video Music Awards always offers up a spectacle – and based on this extremely daring look, this year is going to be absolutely no exception.

The first guests have started to descend on the red – actually, it’s technically pink – carpet for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

The ceremony will kick off from 10am AEDT and feature performances by stars including Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Demi Lovato, Doja Cat, Fallout Boy, Olivia Rodrigo and this year’s Video Vanguard Award recipient, Shakira.

But before all that gets underway, the red carpet:

The VMAs fashion never disappoints, and hours before it even started, Doja Cat really got things going with a very daring string dress - which looked like she’d experienced the Australian summer tradition of accidentally walking through several cobwebs at once.

However, unlike most of us in that scenario, she appeared pretty calm:
 

At this point in my occasional cobweb journey, I am all flailing limbs and profanity-screaming. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
At this point in my occasional cobweb journey, I am all flailing limbs and profanity-screaming. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
 
Doja Cat appears to be handling it much more smoothly. Picture: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV
Doja Cat appears to be handling it much more smoothly. Picture: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV

I can almost hear Karol G’s mum shouting as she walked out the front door tonight: “Take a jacket, you might get cold!”
 

Colombian singer Karol G. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
Colombian singer Karol G. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP


 
She leaned right into the “nude dress” trend. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP
She leaned right into the “nude dress” trend. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP


British comedian and TV and YouTube star Amelia Dimoldenberg went for a more elegant look, which honestly, is not really in the spirit of the VMAs:
 

Amelia Dimoldenberg. Picture: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV
Amelia Dimoldenberg. Picture: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV


As did singer Olivia Rodrigo:
 

Olivia Rodrigo. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Olivia Rodrigo. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
 

Megan Thee Stallion opted for a classic black strapless number, with a sheer twist:
 

Megan Thee Stallion. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Megan Thee Stallion. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
 

Saweetie’s outfit is giving “grown-up Pebbles Flintstone”:
 

Saweetie. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP
Saweetie. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP


Not since Aladdin has someone so boldly rocked a purple vest:
 

NLE Choppa.. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
NLE Choppa.. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images


Taylor Swift leads the 2023 nominations pack with eleven nods, followed by SZA with eight, and Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Blackpink and Olivia Rodrigo each with six.

Meanwhile, Minaj will also serve as host during the event – which will reportedly include a surprise reunion by former boyband, NSync.

Unfortunately, according to TMZ, it will be simply for an award presentation, not a performance.

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