This Is What The VMAs Looked Like 20 Years Ago
It doesn’t get more ’90s than the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
The awards show, which took place in Los Angeles, was the gift that just kept giving: Gwen Stefani showed up in a fuzzy blue bra, hoop skirt and platform flip-flops; Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan served up some Buffy and Willow realness; Mariah Carey shared a diva moment with Whitney Houston.
That year, Rose McGowan, then dating Marilyn Manson, also walked the carpet in her ultra-sheer, black beaded dress that left nothing to the imagination. McGowan, one of the most outspoken voices of the Me Too movement, said the dress ― widely considered one of the VMAs most memorable looks ― was actually meant to be a silent protest against Hollywood and Harvey Weinstein.
“That was my first public appearance after being sexually assaulted. I was like, ‘Is this what you want?’” McGowan told Dr. Oz earlier this year. “I’ve never worn something like that before or since. That was a political statement. Of course, there was no Twitter at the time or Instagram, no way to speak for yourself.”
See more top fashion moments from the 1998 VMAs below:
Kate Hudson
Peter Gun and Shaquille O'Neal
Usher
Darren Hayes of Savage Garden and then-wife Colby Taylor
Carson Daly and Jennifer Love Hewitt
Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool of Green Day
K-Ci & JoJo
Tyra Banks
Adrian Young, Gabrial McNair, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Stephen Bradley and Tom Dumont of No Doubt
Ben Folds and Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five
Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Lopez
Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean of The Backstreet Boys
Brian Setzer
Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Shirley Manson and Duke Erikson of Garbage
Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Isaac Hanson of Hanson
Tatyana Ali
Madonna
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Salma Hayek
Mya
Marilyn Manson with then-girlfriend Rose McGowan
Jackie Chan
Monica and Brandy
Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar
Aerosmith
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Cher and Rob Camilletti
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REO Speedwagon
Michelle Phillips and Herbie Hancock
Paula Abdul
Huey Lewis
Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles
Kenny Loggins
Robert "Bobcat" Goldthwait
Justine Bateman and Nikki Scorsese
Run-D.M.C.
Moon Unit Zappa and Katie Wagner
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Howie Mandel
Steven Tyler
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