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MTV VMAs Fashion Flashback: Madonna in 1995

August 24, 2014 by WendyB

In honor of tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards, the always-highlarious Michael K of the blog Dlisted shared a classic clip from the 1995 VMAs, when Courtney Love threw a MAC compact at Madonna before crashing the latter’s pre-show interview with Kurt Loder. “Courtney Love is in dire need of attention right now,” Madonna observed.

I remember that like it was yesterday! I also remember how much I loved Madonna’s look that night: Valley of the Dolls hair and a blue satin shirt by Tom Ford for Gucci.

How much did I love that look? So much that when Ann Taylor came out with its version of the satin shirt, I got three: red, blue and black. I wore at least one of those weekly with my black stretchy pants from the Gap for a couple of years. For proof, I present these photos of my favorite shirt — the blue one, of course, like Madonna! — which was taken in December 1996, over a year after Madonna’s VMAs appearance.

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I still wear favorite tops obsessively. Check out how many times the Damien Hirst skull t-shirt I got in 2012 has appeared on the blog. And I’ve worn it many other times without taking a picture of it. I even got a sleeveless backup t-shirt, which is a good thing because the original t-shirt is starting to disintegrate.

Madonna would probably give me this look if she knew how repetitive I am.

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The Madonna-Courtney moment was included by Rolling Stone in a compilation of 31 outrageous VMA clips here. I’m proud to say I was there in person for seven of them: anything that took place in 1999 through 2003.

For more VMA-related reading, I posted photos of my VMA attendance souvenirs last year. And Miley Cyrus’s notorious twerking performance last year inspired me to investigate the effect of time on our memories of outrage for the Huffington Post. While I was doing that, I found some good information on the initial reaction to Madonna’s 1984 VMAs performance.

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Filed Under: awards shows, madonna, Miley Cyrus, music, vintage WendyB photos

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  1. Disneyrollergirl says

    August 25, 2014 at 8:02 am

    On Wendy, how cute are you in your blue shirt? And your signature red lippy is still going strong…! x

    • WendyB says

      August 25, 2014 at 9:12 pm

      Red lipstick forever!

  2. Miss Cavendish says

    August 25, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    I remember that Gucci moment well. My fave was Gwyneth in the red velvet trouser suit. I’d still wear that!

    • WendyB says

      August 25, 2014 at 9:12 pm

      I loved that suit!

  3. Monika Faulkner says

    September 1, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    Madonna knows what she likes, dear Wendy…and so do you!! I don’t think she’d give you “that look” at all; I think she’d high-five (does Madonna high-five?!) 😉

    http://www.StyleIsMyPudding.blogspot.com

    • WendyB says

      September 2, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      Madonna would have her people high-five my people.

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