the best red carpet looks from MTV's Video Music Awards 2024 MTV's Video Music Awards VMAs were pushed back a day to avoid clashing with the US presidential debate between Donald Trump and kamla Harris so all eyes were on New York's UBS Arena Wednesday night the annual award show has a reputation for outlandish style dating back to 1984 when Madonna wore a wedding dress to perform Like a Virgin at the very first VMAs almost 40 years ago to the day and several attendees appeared to pay homage to the Queen of Pop on this year's red carpet Addison Ray and Anita both opted for bold takes on bridal wear with the latters Dolce and gabana look completed with a veil and stiletto heels artist of the year nominee Sabrina Carpenter meanwhile arrived in a strapless vintage Bob Macky gown originally worn by Madonna to the 1991 Oscars there were several other fashion Throwbacks on a Nostalgia heavy night from Holly's archive versachi gown which was last worn by Elizabeth Hurley in 1996 to gorilla's Lisa left ey Lopes inspired hairdo Taylor Swift appeared to channel the iconic yellow plaid look worn by the character Sher horowits in '90s hit clueless in an edgier iteration by Dior social media users meanwhile joked that lilas X's bold helmeted outfit was also a reference to another 1990s icon the Pink Ranger this year's red carpet was in fact black and many stars arrived in suitably Dark Shades and Goth inspired looks Suki Waterhouse and Margaret quali IND doce and gabana and chenel respectively were among those opting for elegant and in their cases feathery black gowns singer Benson Boon wore a lacy see-through black top with embellished Footwear elsewhere award host Megan the stallion's eye-catching take on the little black dress featured a corseted bodice and a skirt that flared out above and below the knee rather than the waist Chapelle Ron nominated as Best New Artist went full goth Glam in a floorlength y project gown with a cross pendant and long nails emerging from fingerless chain mail gloves