{"id":26913,"date":"2014-08-24T23:07:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T03:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=26913"},"modified":"2014-08-24T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T03:07:27","slug":"mtv-vmas-fashion-flashback-madonna-in-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/mtv-vmas-fashion-flashback-madonna-in-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV VMAs Fashion Flashback: Madonna in 1995"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of tonight&#8217;s MTV Video Music Awards, <a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/2014\/08\/24\/hot-slut-of-the-day-399\/\" target=\"_blank\">the always-highlarious Michael K of the blog Dlisted<\/a> shared a classic clip from the 1995 VMAs, when Courtney Love threw a MAC compact at Madonna before crashing the latter&#8217;s pre-show interview with Kurt Loder. &#8220;Courtney Love is in dire need of attention right now,&#8221; Madonna observed.<\/p>\n<p>I remember that like it was yesterday! I also remember how much I loved Madonna&#8217;s look that night: <a href=\"http:\/\/sharontate4ever.altervista.org\/film\/valley-of-the-doll-s\/5valleyofthedolls1967shb.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Valley of the Dolls<\/em> hair<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/artsdivision.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/13\/tom-ford-magnificent\/\" target=\"_blank\">blue satin shirt by Tom Ford for Gucci<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 395px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 150.379747% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/115420115?et=byMW8MAxQaZ1yu8zSkHu7w&amp;sig=GhhpCd7tKCub4eSxd18Fd_jVBSu-i8Rty3k8rxFMD0U=\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>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 <em>years<\/em>. For proof, I present these photos of my favorite shirt &#8212; the blue one, of course, like Madonna! &#8212; which was taken in December 1996, over a year after Madonna&#8217;s VMAs appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26917\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/satincollage.jpg\" alt=\"satincollage\" width=\"435\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/satincollage.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/satincollage-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I still wear favorite tops obsessively. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?s=damien+hirst+t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\">Check out how many times<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/what-we-wore-on-the-town-with-gangsta-boo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Damien Hirst skull t-shirt<\/a> I got in 2012 has appeared on the blog. And I&#8217;ve worn it many other times without taking a picture of it. I even got a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/what-wendy-wore-madonna-inspired-for-nine-inch-nails\/\" target=\"_blank\">sleeveless backup t-shirt<\/a>, which is a good thing because the original t-shirt is starting to disintegrate.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna would probably give me this look if she knew how repetitive I am.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 394px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 150.761421% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/111191097?et=HTpGZqFARiBrHLd3NZyEbQ&amp;sig=c2JPXLL5Z2bIGH9CLB0b71h2UdkUS4mH7B6_H1AlRyQ=\" width=\"394\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/111191097\" target=\"_blank\">#111191097<\/a> \/ <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Madonna-Courtney moment was included by Rolling Stone in a compilation of 31 outrageous VMA clips <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/lists\/30-most-outrageous-mtv-vmas-moments-of-all-time-20140820\/kanye-west-interrupts-taylor-swift-2009-20140820\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. I&#8217;m proud to say I was there in person for seven of them: anything that took place in 1999 through 2003. <\/p>\n<p>For more VMA-related reading, I posted photos of my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/mtv-vma-flashback-gifts-from-2002-and-2003\/\" target=\"_blank\">VMA attendance souvenirs last year<\/a>. And Miley Cyrus&#8217;s notorious twerking performance last year inspired me to <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/i-had-to-call-a-psychologist-and-its-miley-cyruss-fault\/\" target=\"_blank\">investigate the effect of time on our memories of outrage<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/fading-affect-bias_b_3857096.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Huffington Post<\/a>. While I was doing that, I found some good information on the initial reaction to Madonna&#8217;s 1984 VMAs performance.<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of tonight&#8217;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&#8217;s pre-show interview with Kurt Loder. &#8220;Courtney Love is in dire need of attention right now,&#8221; Madonna observed. 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