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Kristin Cavallari, Katy Perry, and Amber Rose picked up Buzzworthy Fashion Awards for the silvery spectacles and primal get-ups they wore to the 2009 VMAs. Now see which fashion honors Buzzworthy has bestowed upon Madonna, Olivia Palermo, Hayley Williams and more celebs for their VMA style!

MOST COMMANDING: TIE! MADONNA & OLIVIA PALERMO
Some stars like Amerie and Cassie opted for full-on color on the VMA red carpet. Madonna and Olivia Palermo, who wore Susan Woo, commanded the carpet in head-to-toe black. How New York of them.
+ Watch Olivia Palermo on the VMA red carpet.
+ Watch Madonna open the VMAs with a tribute to Michael Jackson.
+ Photos: MTV Stars on the red carpet.

ALL-AROUND CUTEST: HAYLEY WILLIAMS
THANK you, Hayley Williams. See, THIS is how you dress for the VMAs. When I chatted with Hayley inside of Radio City that night, she told me that Katy Perry told her about Jeremy Scott, who designed the LP-inspired skirt she's wearing. Hayley's vintage-rock look is spot-on perfect for the VMAs. It's youthful but not ridiculous, fun and dressed up (especially with those heels and the bright pop of color from her lipstick), but it's not over-the-top. Ahhhdorbs.

HOTTEST, MOST MAD MEN-INSPIRED GUY: GABE SAPORTA
Gabe Saporta + Balenciaga = Yeah you did.
+ Watch Cobra Starship on the VMA red carpet.
+ Watch Gabe introduce Lady Gaga's performance at the VMAs.
+ Watch Gabe discuss his VMA Mad Men style.

COOLEST THING COVERING SOMEONE'S BOOB: PINK
The sparkly pink heart covering Pink's boob during her death-defying performance of "Sober" was just one of the coolest elements of her jaw-dropping performance. I don't know what that heart thing was, but I kind of want one to stick on my laptop.
+ Watch Pink perform "Sober" at the VMAs.
+ Watch Pink on the VMA red carpet.

MOST REFLECTIVE/ SELF-REFLEXIVE: TIE! ADRIENNE BAILON & BEYONCE
Get it? GET IT? Because Adrienne, in a Stephen Sprouse dress, used to be in the Cheetah Girls, and Beyonce's wearing mirrors!
+ Watch Beyonce's "Single Ladies" VMA performance.
+ Watch Beyonce on the VMA red carpet.
+ Watch Adrienne Bailon interview everyone on the red carpet at the VMAs!

MOST THOUGHTFUL TRIBUTE TO FALLEN HOMIES: TIE! KID SISTER & DJ PREMIER
Buzzworthy idol Kid Sister took her red carpet fashion opportunity to pay tribute to the late Aaliyah, wearing in a shirt she bought on Aaliyah.com. Later that night at Lyor Cohen's VMA after party, DJ Premier (pictured with DJ Cassidy) remembered DJ AM by wearing a t-shirt with a photo of them together.
+ Watch Kid Sister discuss her amazing nails on the VMA red carpet.

MOST CASUAL FRIDAY ON SUNDAY: TIE! BRENT BOLTHOUSE & ANDY SAMBERG
Lazy Sunday? More like casual Friday. Brent Bolthouse kept it biznass casual like a BAWSE in Vans on the VMA red carpet, and Andy Samberg was his usually perfectly-bedheaded-and-a-little-unkempt-but not-in-a-way-that-he-smells-and-I-wish-all-guys-dressed-like-this self. I digress.

MOST LIKELY TO BE SEEN SPREAD OUT ON TOP OF A CAR ON HER MYSPACE: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL'S JADE COLE
I mean, I'm just sayin'...

+ Check out more VMA fashion photos and fashion videos, and watch all-star VMA fashion videos after the jump!

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From wet paint to silver spikes to see-through lace and snoods, fashion at the 2009 MTV VMAs was avant garde, revealing, and capable of drawing blood (and at times all three!)

Check out the best, the weirdest, and the barely dressed at the 2009 MTV VMAs. It's Buzzworthy's first-ever VMA Fashion Awards! And check out PART 2, with fashion wins by Beyonce, Madonna, Olivia Palermo and more!

BEST USE OF SILVER: SHORT FORM: KRISTIN CAVALLARI
True, she wasn't a nominee, and she's not a musician, but resident Hills villianess Kristin Cavallari stole the show before it even started in her silver sequined mini dress.
+  Watch Kristin on the VMA red carpet.

BEST USE OF SILVER: LONG FORM: TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor Swift, in a Kaufman Franco dress accented by Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, went for a silver-screen siren look and lived out a fairy tale adventure that night, braving Cinderella hardships up against Kanye but emerging the belle of the ball by the end of the night. (TEAM TAYLOR!)
+ Watch Taylor Swift on the VMA red carpet.

MOST DANGEROUSLY SEXY: KATY PERRY
Katy Perry followed the night's silver trend, but took it to a potentially painful level in her spiked silver mini dress by The Blonds.
+ Watch Katy Perry on the VMA red carpet.

MOST SUBTLE: AMBER ROSE
Get it? Subtle? Because Amber Rose wasn't subtle at all! Paradoxically though, she managed to cover up her almost her entire body while exposing almost her entire body all at the same time! Maybe she really IS from another planet.

LEAST IN NEED OF SLEEVES: JENNIFER LOPEZ
This Louis Vuitton situation reminds me of when you get your neck stuck in an armhole, except usually when that happens you're free to experience your shame in the privacy of a dressing room. Not on a red carpet. Oh wells. At least Jennifer Lopez's makeup was fuh-lawless.
+ Watch Jennifer Lopez on the VMA red carpet.

MOST NEAR A WARDROBE MALFUNCTION: KERI HILSON
Keri Hilson, in a Charlotte Ronson jumpsuit, certainly has the body for the peekaboo sensation, but still, I saw her hugging lil Justin Bieber on the red carpet, and I was bracing myself for a "big reveal."
+ Watch Keri Hilson on the VMA red carpet.

CUTEST NEWCOMER: JUSTIN BIEBER
Squee!
+ Watch Justin Bieber explain how he's "just wearing clothes" on the VMA red carpet.

MESSIEST/ MOST PAINTERLY: TIE! PEREZ HILTON & THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS' TYSON RITTER
Perez, in a tea garden blazer, went all matchy-matchy, carefully coordinating his yellow Doc Marten boots to coordinate with his... hands. Tyson Ritter had a run-in with some arts supplies. Rawk.
+ Watch Perez Hilton and The All-American Rejects on the VMA red carpet.

+ Check out more VMA fashion awards after the jump!

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You've seen Fefe Dobson's style evolution and voted on what you thought Fefe should wear to the 2009 VMAs.

Now check out Fefe Dobson's smashin' fashion and find out more about what she wore to the 2009 VMAs -- a very Alexander McQueen/ Joan Jett- inspired look -- a red plaid Smythe jacket, bad-ass Rebecca Taylor animal-print booties, and black sequined leggings by Hanii Y.

Plus, watch Fefe and Kim Stolz complete their VMA fashion expedition, and check out Fefe Dobson on the VMA red carpet with Adrienne Bailon.

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The 2009 VMAs were packed with OMG moments, some intentional -- Janet Jackson's tribute to Michael Jackson, Beyonce's "Single Ladies" army, Lady Gaga's fake death -- some not -- Kanye's Taylor Swift hijack. But there were lots of VMA moments you may've missed.

Check out 10 moments from the 2009 VMAs that you might've missed.

1.) When Janet Jackson first appeared on stage during her tribute to Michael Jackson, and during several other moments during her tribute, she was perfectly in sync with Michael's choreography on the screen behind her.

2.) Janet sending a kiss up toward the sky at the end of her dance tribute to Michael Jackson.

3.) Pete Wentz solemnly bowing his head during Madonna's tribute to Michael Jackson.

4.) Jennifer Lopez's face-to-face encounter with her ex! Cris Judd was one of the dancers in Janet's Michael Jackson tribute, and Jennifer Lopez was sitting right in front of the stage.

5.) Beyonce jokingly singing along to "Motown Philly" during Jimmy Fallon and Andy Samberg's Boyz II Men joke.

6.) Katy Perry grabbing her crotch and kissing Joe Perry after singing "We Will Rock You" to introduce Russell Brand.

+ See more VMA moments that might've flown under your radar after the jump!

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You've seen Fefe Dobson's style evolution. Now get an exclusive look at Fefe's VMA shopping trip in New York City with MTV's Kim Stolz. Fefe and Kim tried on lots of amazing outfits, but only one will make it to the MTV VMAs this Sunday, September 13.

Check out these photos of Fefe Dobson in her potential VMA outfits, and vote to help decide what she should wear to the 2009 VMAs! Check out more photos of the pair figuring out what to wear for the big night.

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Fefe Dobson -- the Canadian rock singer-songwriter who's toured with Justin Timberlake, written for Miley Cyrus and Jordin Sparks, counts Demi Lovato as a fan, and earned herself two Juno Award nominations -- is a style chameleon whose ever-evolving sense of fashion is clearly reflected in her musical tastes, which range from the White Stripes to Kurt Cobain to the Vines to Britney Spears, and her and collaborators, which include Cyndi Lauper, and Cobra Starship, who she'll be performing live with at the The 2009 Video Music Awards Battle for the Best Breakout NYC Artist this Friday, September 10 in New York.

Fefe's new album, Joy, is coming out soon, and we'll see if her style continues to evolve as her music does too. But first, she's going shopping with MTV's Kim Stolz for something to wear to the 2009 VMAs this Sunday, September 13.

Check out a few of Fefe Dobson's looks to get a feel for her style, and stay tuned for an inside look at what goes into celebrity shopping for the VMAs!

Like Britney Spears, one of her many musical influences, Fefe Dobson rocks a faux fur jacket at Lauren Conrad's "Head for the Hills" party in Toronto in March 2008. And those glasses? Gabe Saporta and Justin Timberlake would be proud.

Fefe goes glam -- think a cross between Vanessa Hudgens and Rihanna (who Fefe's accused of stealing her style) -- without shedding her rocker-girl edge at an entertainment event in Toronto in September 2006.

At a June 2009 party thrown by wil.i.Am in Toronto, Fefe pulls off a classic Joan Jett rocker-girl look in cut-offs and lots of leather.

+ Watch Fefe Dobson's "I Want You (Remix)" video after the jump!
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Tags 2009 MTV VMAs, Buzzworthy Style Files, Cobra Starship, Fefe Dobson, VMA Style, What To Wear

Yep. And there it is. The stupidest thing anyone's ever wore on the VMA red carpet. Besides everything Lil Kim's ever wore to the VMAs, including but not limited to her 2000 VMAs sparkly Superheroine of Boob Bondage situation.

(Haigurlhai)

Anyway, Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy rolled onto the red carpet at the 2006 VMAs with a REAL LIVE FREAKING MONKEY. Not like a metaphorical "monkey on my back" monkey. An actual real one. A Capuchin monkey.

I've been on the VMA red carpet (PLEASE! NO PHOTOS!), and let me tell you, the VMA red carpet is NO place for a monkey. The VMA red carpet is a place for ass-less dresses. But it happened. And I'm still talking about it, so maybe the joke's on me. Oh yeah, Pete Wentz was also wearing a cape, but you hardly noticed. BECAUSE HE ALSO HAD A LIVE MONKEY WITH HIM.

Pete's already said that he and Fall Out Boy will be at the 2009 VMAs -- see which VMA they're up for -- but this year they better BRING it on the red carpet. Live elephants, a blimp, upsidedown taxi, or ELSE.

Check out more red carpet photos from the 2006 VMAs and get more VMA Fashion.

+ Don't miss the 2009 VMAs live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm!

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Today was a whirlwind day in the category of Announcing the MTV VMA 2009 Nominees. The nominees are IN, the names are OUT, and this year there are some new categories, such as Best Video That Should've Won A Moonman (I mean Beastie Boys' "Sabotage"? Duh.) Also new this year is the VMA Best Legs Category!

... Okay, or not. That'd be basically sexist. But with the number of barely-there ensembles -- in Mariah's parlance -- we pretty much COULD make Best Legs its own award category, and I'm fairly confident Katy Perry would win after she showed just about EVERY. INCH. OF. LEG. GOD. GAVE. HER on the red carpet at the 2008 VMAs. And yes, I basically Stan for Katy Perry. Though in fairness, Beyonce did hot pants too at the 2004 VMAs. Katy just did it a little better. You also maybe didn't notice because Beyonce was apparently wearing a Miss Piggy wig and was dressed like a cross between Tina Turner and an Emmy.

And I bet you didn't even notice Britney was WEARING pants at the 2002 VMAs, where she arrived rollin' deep in dominatrix gear. (Also, she was not wearing pants.)

+ See who had the hottest legs in VMA history, tell us who we missed, and watch another video that should've been nominated for Best Video That Should've Won A Moonman -- ZZ Top's "Legs," which came out in 1983, which is a whole year before the VMA were even invented!

+ Don't miss the 2009 VMAs live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm!

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The 2009 VMAs are JUST AROUND THE CORNER, which means many things (late nights, pizza-related breakouts, coffee jitters for a month straight), but one of the most fun things it means is that it's time to talk FASHION and make FUN OF DUMB THING CELEBRITIES WEAR! Except for celebrities who wear cool things, and I'm sorry but when you have a body like Katy Perry -- a body that I have been in extremely close proximity to (seriously, I interviewed her in a dressing room backstage at TRL, and the whole [closet of a] room was completelye jam-packed with Katy Perry's amazing legs, perfect arms, and glorious boobs) you can wear whatEVER you want.

Katy Perry is presenting a Moonman at the 2009 VMAs, which leads me to wonder what the hell she's gonna wear.

Last year at the 2008 VMAs, Katy Perry wore a vintage pin-up girl outfit on the red carpet and a naughty peel-away banana playsuit in which she performed "Like a Virgin."

In the past 10 months alone, Katy Perry's worn a Manish Arora carousel dress to the 2008 EMAs, a massively hardcore Hello Kitty corset (designed by The Blonds), a giant sequined playing card dress by designer Asish in her "Waking Up In Vegas" video, and of course there was all that vintage Bob Mackie that gives me a fashion coronary just thinking about. The full-on sparkly fruit bowl (also by the Blonds) from the 2009 Grammys, and that Matthew Williamson peacock dress, the other peacock dress from the MTV Video Music Awards Japan. Don't forget her mermaid outfit from the Life Ball, and her dice dress from the Today show.

The bar has been set extremely high (or low, depending on your perspective, though I'm a total Katy supporter and apologist when need be), and if I were Katy Perry, I might be a little nervous right now looking at my closet. (I'd also probably look at myself in the mirror A LOT.) Should she pull a Brüno and wear a Velcro outfit with EVERYTHING she owns stuck to her? Go in disguise as Miley Cyrus? Wear Zac Posen on her back? What the hell is Katy Perry going to wear to the 2009 VMAs?

+ Check out more VMA Fashion for more greatests hits, misses, award-winning looks and total disasters. And don't miss the 2009 VMAs live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm!

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Today's present for you/ us is brought to you by the Jonas Brothers, menswear, the letter "V," and the adorably obviously fashion fact that no one can rock a vest like Nick, Kevin, and Joe -- especially Joe. (And sometimes Lil Wayne!)

But you're a perfect runner-up. Which is why you should pick up this Brunette Vest from ModCloth.com:

It's a cool $39.99 (but they're giving you 15% off today only with promo code "final15" - ho ho ho!), and while the plaid button-down front says "Joe Jonas at the 2008 VMAs," (watch their "Lovebug" performance below) the crocheted back is all Demi Lovato. Kevin Jonas ice cream man bow tie, sideburns sold separately.

And because finding photos of any or all of the Jonas Brothers wearing vests is like shooting fish in a barrel, here are a few faves from our vast Jonas Brothers archives:

+ More Buzzworthy S*** We Wanna Get: Britney's "Circus" Necklace & Beyonce's "Single Ladies" Robo Ring!

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