Highlights of the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards

Taylor Swift in David Koma

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13619328ha) Taylor Swift 29th MTV Europe Music Awards, Arrivals, Dusseldorf, Germany - 13 Nov 2022

I don't know if Shapewear Under a Fancy Barbed Wire Fence is a vibe that really fits with Taylor's aura anymore. Or ever, honestly.

Taylor Swift in David Koma

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13619328hk) Taylor Swift 29th MTV Europe Music Awards, Arrivals, Dusseldorf, Germany - 13 Nov 2022

I do like the tuxedo stripe. But this feels a little half-baked and not really on brand for T. Swift. Wouldn't she look rad in like a really, really perfectly cut le smoking, or a vintage Tom Ford for Gucci velvet suit?

Taylor Swift in David Koma

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13619328gz) Taylor Swift 29th MTV Europe Music Awards, Arrivals, Dusseldorf, Germany - 13 Nov 2022

In case you needed to see this from all angles to make up your mind.

Rita Ora

In which Rita Ora enters her J.Lo period. I can't wait for the iconic Gucci gown to make its appearance!

Maya Jama

NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE SHEEEEEER!

Bebe Rexha in Fjolla Nila

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13619328ai) Bebe Rexha 29th MTV Europe Music Awards, Arrivals, Dusseldorf, Germany - 13 Nov 2022

They're doing amazing things with windshield sunshades these days!

Becca Dudley in Mugler

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13619328a) Becca Dudley 29th MTV Europe Music Awards, Arrivals, Dusseldorf, Germany - 13 Nov 2022

This DOES work if you're going to be doing some light cat-burgling on the way home.

Riccardo Simonetti

Somewhere, Billy Porter is like, "EXCUSE ME!!"

Muse

Muse is obviously a real band but I feel like you could tell me this was the new board of directors at Twitter and they all used their signing bonus to hire a stylist to make them look "with it."

GAYLE

I LOVE the two-tone Cruella do, and I also love her song ABCDEFU. She is carrying this off, but I personally think it might have worked better if it didn't feel SO Regulation Bra and Panties under there. I might have gone for a leotard?

Victoria Swarovski

That IS the bag you carry when you are a crystal heiress. She is literally a Swarovski crystal heiress. I'm not just making a joke. Although I WOULD have made that joke.

Leomie Anderson

"Perhaps I, too, am a crystals heiress. YOU DON'T KNOW."

Ava Max

I am a very pale lady so no shade but I DO think her makeup is inching a little towards Vampiric in a way that is either unintentional OR needs clothing that just REALLY LEANS INTO IT.

Leonie Hanne

I don't love that we can see her nipple covers, but I suspect that was inadvertent -- there but for the grace of god! -- and this dress is generally delightful.

David Hasselhoff

THEN THE HOFF APPEARED.