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Black leather, red gowns rock VMA red carpet

You weren't expecting ruffles and Fred Leighton jewels were you?The MTV Video Music Awards are all about bold, sexy fashion — and whatever it is Lady Gaga feels like wearing that day. On Sunday, our nation's most popular singers and musicians sported a variety of eye-catching (and confusing) styles, but a good chunk opted for chic, black leather outfits while others went the dramatic red gown r
Seeing red: Rita Ora, Demi Lovato, and Cher Lloyd rock the MTV VMA awards.
Seeing red: Rita Ora, Demi Lovato, and Cher Lloyd rock the MTV VMA awards.Getty Images. EPA
Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice, and Lucy Hale hail black leather.
Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice, and Lucy Hale hail black leather.Today

You weren't expecting ruffles and Fred Leighton jewels were you?

The MTV Video Music Awards are all about bold, sexy fashion — and whatever it is Lady Gaga feels like wearing that day. On Sunday, our nation's most popular singers and musicians sported a variety of eye-catching (and confusing) styles, but a good chunk opted for chic, black leather outfits while others went the dramatic red gown route.

IMAGE: Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus went with black leather at the VMAs.Jason Merritt / Today
Adam Levine and model Behati Prinsloo, Chanel Iman, Ireland Baldwin and Angel Haze.
Adam Levine and model Behati Prinsloo, Chanel Iman, Ireland Baldwin and Angel Haze.Today

Miley Cyrus, with the help of her loose tongue, wore a two-piece outfit that may have finally given credence to Kanye's leather jogging rant; Chanel Iman was likely sweating in the California sun; and Ariana Grande was straight up wearing boots in August.

Seeing red: Rita Ora, Demi Lovato, and Cher Lloyd rock the MTV VMA awards.
Seeing red: Rita Ora, Demi Lovato, and Cher Lloyd rock the MTV VMA awards.Today

On Team Red, Demi Lavato channeled old school Hollywood glamour, while Rita Ora mastered the high slit style (sorry, Angelina.) Cher Lloyd, ever so polite, straddler both of the night's styles: red and leather.