There wasn’t a shortage of places to spot celebrities on Sunday, September 7. But the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted at New York’s UBS Arena, had the US Open Men’s Final and the Toronto Film Festival beat for the most memorable red carpet fashion.
It’s a time-honored tradition for music’s biggest names to push the envelope with their VMAs red carpet style. This isn’t the arena for polite speeches and demure gowns, after all. Accepting a “Moon Person” trophy is a venue for daring cut-outs, jarring prints, and jaw-dropping risks. Last year, Taylor Swift shut down the carpet in Dior tartan and Chappell Roan channeled Joan of Arc, while Lisa poured herself into a Mugler corset gown and Halsey tapped the Versace archive. If there’s a dress code, it’s be your loudest, most adventurous self.
Hours before the 2025 MTV VMAs broadcast began, stars got a head-start to rank on Marie Claire’s annual list of the most memorable looks. Doja Cat arrived ahead of her performance in Chopard jewels and ’80s-inspired Balmain, and Katseye coordinated in lingerie-like mini dresses. Highly anticipated guests like Sabrina Carpenter were also set to make a splash—even without Taylor Swift in attendance. Ahead, catch up on the most noteworthy MTV VMAs red carpet fashion, straight from New York.
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Doja Cat
Doja Cat was a harlequin pin-up for her 2025 VMAs appearance.
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News that Doja Cat would perform at the 2025 MTV VMAs guaranteed a set list with head-turning outfits to match. But first, the star and her stylist, Brett Alan Nelson, collaborated on a harlequin Balmain mini dress for the red carpet, sourced from the label’s Pre-Fall 2024 collection. Teeing up her ’80s-inspired new musical era (Prince is an influence cited in the New York Times), she coordinated the dress’s pink accents with megawatt fuchsia gemstones from Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie Collection–plus, piece-y bangs and curls Dolly Parton would approve.
Katseye
Katseye attends their first MTV VMAs.
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First, girl-group Katseye set the internet alight in their Gap ad campaign. Now, all six members are attending their first MTV VMAs in outfits that let Sophia, Manon, Daniela, Lara, Megan, and Yoonchae each have her moment—a blazer and exposed bra here, metallic fringe there—while sticking to a united color palette.
Gabby Windey
Gabby Windey attends the 2025 MTV VMAs.
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The Traitors breakout star and Nice Talk guest Gabby Windey honored the MTV VMAs canon of lacy, little-to-the-imagination dresses with her black lace number. Wide cut-outs in the front were upstaged only by a thong-revealing back.
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