The MTV Video Music Awards are a notorious fashion free-for-all, but this year’s red carpet really upped the ante. (Think skin, sparkle, slurs … even a rainbow suit!) Let’s have a look at the best and worst style moments of the night:
Best leg bomb: Emily Ratajkowski
Nothing communicates “I’m sexy but I do have a brain” quite like Altuzarra.
Best subliminal messaging: Cara Delevingne
This model-slash-actress isn’t a flop, she’s a star! The Saint Laurent dress says so.
Best Solange impersonation: Hailee Steinfeld
OK, she almost seems overdressed for the VMAs. But you’ve got to give props to 18-year-old Steinfeld, who pulled this Stella McCartney ensemble straight out of Solange Knowles’s minimalist playbook to prove she has more class and common sense than others twice her age.
Best S&M: Ciara
It’s Alexandre Vauthier couture now, a cat o’ nine tails later …
Best underwear: FKA twigs
Victoria’s Secret? Please. If you’re going to wear as little as possible, stick to Atelier Versace.
Best WTF: Z LaLa
We don’t know who the hell she is either, but this is throwback Dior haute couture by John Galliano and it’s both crazy and kind of cool.
Worst arm cape: Jojo
Someone rip. That. Off. Right. Now.
Worst glam squad: Aubrey O’Day
It’s as if the dress, hair and makeup are all competing to ruin what little is left of her career.
Worst Lana Del Rey impersonation: Gigi Hadid
She should leave the bouffants and ’60s wardrobe flavoring to people who are fabulous enough to pull them off.
Worst Technicolor suit styling: Jeremy Scott
The tux is fine, considering the event and the fact that outlandish is his thing. But Jeremy, babe, put on a shirt.
Worse than Amber Rose: Blac Chyna
For some reason, the words “stripper,” “gold digger” and “whore” work much better on a jumpsuit.
Simply the worst: Miley Cyrus
This is trite — and terribly unhygienic.