Bold and colorful dresses at the MTV Video Music Award…

Stars gathered at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday night for the MTV Video Music Awards. Many colorful outfits and dresses with quite a daring edge graced the red carpet. An overview of the most striking looks.

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Alicia Keys in a catsuit with a voluminous jacket that looked a bit like a piano key.

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Rapper SAINt JHN proves that men also shine when they are dressed in pink from head to toe.

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Billie Eilish stands out for her simple gothic outfit in black.

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Meghan Fox turns all the attention to her sweetheart Machine Gun Kelly in her see-through dress. Or just not?

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Billy Porter stays true to his flamboyant self in silver.

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Leather showed up more on the show, and in the case of Maisie Peters’ dress, it contrasted nicely with Ed Sheeran’s lavish blazer.

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The sexy side of Charli XCX.

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Kourtney Kardashian is with rocker Travis Parker and that includes – completely matchy with his spiked pants – a leather dress.

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Paris Hilton took the classic tour of glitz and glamor in… a glittery dress.

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Playing with volumes and ribbons à la Normani.

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As if she was magically pulled out of the red carpet: Camila Cabello in a red dress with a bow and candy pink top.

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Avril Lavigne and her partner Mod Sun prove it together: punk is not dead.

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Halle Bailey with the most daring cleavage of the evening, Chloe Bailey opted for foil.

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Not Prince, not Rick James, but Lil Nas who masters lilac – the color of autumn.

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It could also be purple for Kacey Musgraves, who added a feathered hat to complete her outfit.

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Not only Kim Kardashian appears in public with an SM mask, also namesake Kim Petras does that. She makes it a little sweeter with a religion-inspired dress.

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Olivia Rodrigo pulled out a colorful 2001 Versace dress.

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Simple, but with a good bit of eighties: the suit of Shawn Mendes.

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