#vmas 2010

[imsolament]

Kesha - trash bag dress (MTV Video Music Awards 2010 // Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2024)

[nessa007]

TAYLOR SWIFT attending the MTV VMAs through the years!

[gnsnroses]

lady gaga at mtv VMAs (2009)

[platinumxkisses]

lady gaga + one direction at the 2013 VMAs

[popclture]

Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj perform Side To Side at VMAs (2016)

[referencetaurus]

zendaya as joan of arc, 2018 / chappell roan as joan of arc, 2024 / fiona apple as joan of arc, 1997

[gettyarchive]

[amengaga]

[hyunjinspark]

STRAY KIDS WON THE VMA 😭

[itsyounggaga]

Gaga on her Twitter.

In this same day, she announced Born This Way at the VMAs

[demonspeeding666]

The Mother Monster Lady Gaga

[userparamore]

Ooh I also loved the bright orange and bangs for this performance:

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[mlesarina]

Reactions to the Lady Gaga meat dress at the 2010 VMAs.

[disarmluna]

[jtrocks]

[septembersghost]

Lol, when you pointed out Marilyn Monroe's dress color, it made me think of TS's midnight blue Grammy dress. Wow- 70 years ago, MM entertaining about 100K servicemen in 4 days of 10 shows (about 10K/show). Both ladies maximized their time- TS will be doing 4 day stretches on tour soon. Another thing they had in common- a couple of Kennedy guys (the cousins). [Whoa- Ethel K was only a couple years younger- now 95.] Hmm, Soviet Union/Russia & China vs. United Nations & US- familiar figures.

they are a similar color and sparkly! best believe they're still bejeweled

taylor's done two other great dramatic sparkling dark blues on the red carpet, grammys 2010 and vmas 2013:

also makes me think of this dress marilyn wore for a press conference at the savoy in london for the prince and the showgirl, which was the first feature helmed by marilyn's own production company and such a pioneering move from her. fashion-wisr, the mesh panel was very ahead of its era:

there are some real echoes between them and across time (including judgements leveled at their talents, their femininity, their intelligence, their relationships), luckily enough has changed and circumstances are different and have allowed women/artists like taylor much more freedom, safety, and creative control. certainly not without its heartaches and trials, but we hope for better outcomes for our stars of today. 💙 the ones who came first certainly blazed a trail.

it's SO strange to think of her existing seven decades ago, and embarking on the things she did, having the dreams she had. she's one of those rare people who feels so tangible to me, like if i were to drop into hollywood, she'd be right there around the corner. to repeat something i said earlier: she's not here with us, but she isn't gone.