See the 20 Best- and Worst-Dressed Celebs at the 2021 VMAs

Every music awards show red carpet is something of a free-for-all, just because singers and musical performers tend to have bigger, louder, and flashier personalities (and branding) than, say, your average Oscars attendee. The point is always to make as focus-pulling a statement about yourself as possible in the short time you walk that red carpet. Absolutely no event on the celebrity calendar ups the ante more on celebrity flash and attention-seeking than the MTV VMAs. This is the Olympics of loud fashion and these are this year’s champions along with the ones who… let’s just say they failed to place.