Last night my ABSOLUTE favourite award show, the MTV Video Music Awards, took place at the
Nokia Theatre in L.A. What I love about this award show is that it's a different experience every year and you never know what to expect.
My favourite thing about this year's show was the venue! From the carpet to the inside of the
Nokia Theatre, everything looked so modern, fresh and futuristic. This year MTV decided to ditch the traditional red carpet and go for a white carpet. I LOVED!!! That was the best thing about the show. All the celebs literally looked like they were floating on clouds. It was really elegant and just different. Everyone just shined and stood out a bit more.
Unfortunately this year, the biggest surprise, besides Cher, was suppose to be
Rihannah performing with
Eminem.
Ummm, I don't know about you, but that wasn't that much of a big surprise. Usually a big surprise for the
VMA's is a music legend/icon performing or something like that. But
Rih-
Rih just wasn't it for me. Sorry!
The biggest surprise to me was the fashion or the lack there of. Of course Lady Gaga stole the show with her theatrical outfits. First she sported an Alexander McQueen Fall 2010 gown with shoes from his spring collection and topped with a gold feathered Philip Tracey hat. Then she switched into a black Giorgio Armani. Gaga finished off the night in her most dramatic outfit, her meat dress designed by Franc Fernandez. For Gaga her
outfit was more of a political statement, then a waste of a good meal. The pop superstar said, "For me this evening, if we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights pretty soon, we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat.” Either way, Gaga you and your fashions always have me on the edge of my seat.
But, overall I wasn't very impressed. To me, many of the ladies on the white carpet went for fashion choices that were very nice but predictable and safe. Don't get me wrong, the ladies still looked stunning and I would still borrow any of their dresses right off their back if they gave me the chance. But their outfits could not hold a candle to
Gaga's fashion flame last night. Here are our top three fashion choices for the ladies.
1. America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 Winner, Eva Marcille in a sparkly dress paired with blue platform heels.
2.
Ciara in
Givenchy Fall 2010 Couture
3. California Girl, Katy Perry in a sheer one-shoulder black sequined embellished dress by
Marchesa from the Fall 2010 collection.
For me, the men stole the show!! I think their fashion and swag totally outdid the ladies of the night. I think Kayne's line described the look for the guys at the show, "Let's have a toast to the
Jerkoffs!" To me it's basically was saying, I don't care what you think, I'm going to do what I want and let's have toast to me. And that is what the boys did.
Pharrell and
Travie McCoy's relaxed, "I don't care," skater boy swag was flawless.
But
Kanye and
Pusha T really looked the cutest to me. No one expects to see
Pusha in a coral blazer! No one. And he pulled it off so well. I actually said, "Oh, he looks so cute" when he made his debut during
Kanye's performance. And Ye in his red pants and jacket, with deep black v-neck, gold chains and matching red sneakers screams SWAG!
And for their killer performance, undeniable fashion and killer swag Kayne and
Pusha are our
Liipstik Approved choices for the night.
Watch the performance here! "Let's toast to the scumbags!"
xoxoLiipstik
Loves this song, has a street-holiday feel to it and its relatable, I mean it may not be Christmas in Harlem but it's definitely Christmas in T.O! 'Ye brought together some dope artists to jump on this track to make this a classic NY Christmas anthem. 
I know this track was released a few Fridays ago for Kanye's "G.O.O.D Friday" release but I'm posting it this week because its been in my head and playing on my ipod all week. The track is called Christian Dior Denim Flow featuring R.Leslie, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Lloyd Banks, and John Legend. In the track Kanye does a model tribute mentioning 21 top models past and present (Arlenis Sosa, Selita Ebanks, and Kate Moss to name a few). I love this song its an ode to fashion and the runway queens and it includes a few of my fave artists right now! 
