> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Black & White & Black-and-White at the VMAs - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/black-white-black-and-white-at-the-vmas/ - Published: 2022-08-29T17:45:28.000Z - Updated: 2022-08-29T03:48:21.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:20 ## Sofia Carson in Carolina Herrera ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273328fn-1661734690.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock (13273328fn) Sofia Carson MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 This is evocative of a mantilla, which I didn't expect from Carolina Herrera. All I know is, I want to watch a show about this person IMMEDIATELY. Like, she is hexed so that every time she meets a new person, someone in their extended circle drops dead, so she tries to make other things in their lives right instead. It's like... Quantum Leap meets Pushing Daisies meets God Friended Me meets Six Feet Under, and it's probably terrible so Sofia should develop something juicier and better. ## Lili Reinhart in Fendi ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233il-1661734632.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233il) Lili Reinhart MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 There is a role for Lili on that show. She's clearly a junior editor at a fashion magazine and the challenging editrix was one of Sofia's unwitting victims. I am pretty sure Lili becomes evil. ## Ashley Graham in Houghton ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233gw-1661734608.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233gw) Lauren Graham MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 This is like a very low-energy homage to the Versace safety-pin dresses. ## Maneskin in Gucci ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330pd-1661734785.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330pd) Måneskin MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Do The Avengers have an in-house musical group? Asking for four friends. ## Blackpink: Lisa in Celine, Jisoo in Dior, Jennie in Chanel, and Rosé in Saint Laurent ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13330473aa-1661734836.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jeremy Smith/imageSPACE/Shutterstock (13330473aa) Lisa, Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé of Blackpink MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 I think I like Jisoo's Dior the best? I do like that each woman is in her own thing, rather than all being dressed in the same designer. They don't look like distractingly unrelated aesthetics but they also don't look too uniform. ## Conan Gray in Harris Reed ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233fp-1661734600.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233fp) Conan Gray MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Harris Reed has designed for Harry Styles, and this absolutely does feel like someone trying to break off a piece of that action. I am not even sure if Harry's considerable charisma could have carried this off, though. (I also think Conan could rework this into a great Dua Lipa Halloween costume, as he appears to be her doppelganger.) ## Billy Eichner ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233hv-1661734621.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233hv) Billy Eichner MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 It's always nice to eyeroll a sheer and have it be on a guy. ## Avril ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273328iw-1661744784.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock (13273328iw) Avril Lavigne MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 This is sort of sedate for Avril. There's no plaid. ## Camille Kostek ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233kc-1661734655.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233kc) Camille Kostek MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 That "jacket" is, I believe, actually just the shirt. I don't know why people have to keep doing denim dirty like this (and later today, we'll have someone who literally is in dirty denim, so that's neat). But the PANTS, Marty. Something's gotta be done about those pants. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332233ka-1661734643.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (13332233ka) Camille Kostek MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Even worse, they have the surprise fake thong attachment. ## Joel Madden ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273328ej-1661734667.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock (13273328ej) Joel Madden MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Okay. But next time please bring Cameron Diaz! I miss her. ## Bebe Rexha in Vivienne Westwood ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273328ff-1661734680.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock (13273328ff) Bebe Rexha MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Once again, it strikes me that Bebe Rexha looks slightly different every time we see her. I once opined that maybe there are three or four similar -- but not identical -- versions of her that get deployed to conserve her energy, and I'm sticking to it. Perhaps this was tailored around one of the other ones. ## Sarah Ramos in vintage Chanel ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273328je-1661734700.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock (13273328je) Sarah Ramos MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 This is cute. I like seeing people dig out the vintage (this one is from [Tab Vintage](https://www.instagram.com/tabvintage/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)), and while she is a top hat and cane away from breaking into her tap routine, I am not upset by that. ## Rachel Lindsay in Randi Rahm ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330a-1661734712.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330a) Rachel Lindsay MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 She looks good, but I find myself wishing the feathers either covered the whole thing, or started at her waist, rather than this empire situation. ## Jack Harlow in Hermes ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330cs-1661734723.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330cs) Jack Harlow MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 It seems this may be brown, not black, but we're here now. I made an assumption and now I have to live with it. ## Kaycee Clark and Nany Gonzalez ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330ia-1661734746.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330ia) Kaycee Clark, Nany González MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Kaycee won Big Brother a few seasons ago, which seemed like a really random person to invite until I Googled it and learned that she's on The Challenge right now. A LOT of random-seeming reality TV people showed up to this, and I have since learned MTV is employing them now. ## Johnny Middlebrooks ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330hj-1661734736.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330hj) Johnny Middlebrooks MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Like Love Island Johnny, who -- despite being a dog to Cely on/from season two -- is really incredibly handsome, and is on All-Star Shore. Which is basically a marriage between Love Island and Jersey Shore, except that it literally has NOTHING to do with the latter other than the word "shore" and Pauly D narrating it. So really, it's Paramount Plus's attempt to recreate Love Island after they lost it to Peacock. Credit to Paramount: They at least shelled out for a villa in Spain. Love Island is "somewhere on the coast of California." So, not an island. ## J Balvin in Louis Vuitton ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330jl-1661734755.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330jl) J Balvin MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 This was shown on the runway [with one of those full-face Phantom masks](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/shows-reviews/gallery/louis-vuitton-mens-fall-1235043099/louis-vuitton-mens-fall-2022-55/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (that are a very weird marketing choice for that musical, given that it is inaccurate!), and if one cannot show up in THAT at the VMAs, then where CAN one?!? Come on, J. ## Offset ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332195mw-1661734848.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (13332195mw) Offset arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center, in Newark, N.J 2022 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals, Newark, United States - 28 Aug 2022 This is a better white suit. The green shoe trim is a good touch. ## Kane Brown ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330ng-1661734765.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330ng) Kane Brown MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Speaking of green accents. Apparently Kane Brown is the first male country singer to perform at the VMAs, which... what the??? Good for him, but that is surprising to me. Garth Brooks has been right there for 100 years. ## Mae Muller in Rick Owens ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330oi-1661734775.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330oi) Mae Muller MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 Mae is serving "I have a Pinterest board dedicated to Julia Fox." ## Peppermint ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330pm-1661734799.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330pm) Peppermint MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 SURPRISE, this dress is overalls. ## Blackbear ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330pq-1661734814.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330pq) Blackbear MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 From another angle I saw a bit more of his shirt and really had a moment where I thought it said PENCE. It does not. It's Givenchy. Parenthetically, Givenchy continues to bewilder me. ## Betty Who ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13332207af-1661734861.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (13332207af) Betty Who arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center, in Newark, N.J 2022 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals, Newark, United States - 28 Aug 2022 However, this is classic and great. ## LL Cool J in Dapper Dan x Rock The Bells ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_13273330w-1661734823.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (13273330w) LL Cool J MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA - 28 Aug 2022 We got a press release about this which said, "LL reminded everyone why ladies love Cool James." This PR angle made me giggle. 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