{"id":30281,"date":"2015-08-31T20:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=30281"},"modified":"2017-08-27T18:24:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T22:24:20","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-2015-mtv-vmas-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2015-mtv-vmas-is\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the 2015 MTV VMAs Is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/2015-mtv-video-music-awards-recap-most-memorable-moments-winners-t41456\">Video of the Year<\/a>? Who cares! We all know that the most prestigious category at the MTV Video Music Awards is my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I gave out one of my coveted awards was <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2015-met-gala-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">in May for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala<\/a>. Before that, I had declared that the Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want honor would go to an event attendee who was dressed beautifully <em>and<\/em> interestingly, but, at the time of the Met gala, it dawned on me that conventional attractiveness in dress wasn&#8217;t mandatory.\u00a0 &#8220;It\u2019s more important to be eye-catching,&#8221; I wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Typical awards shows are too staid for my taste, but there is always a lot of &#8220;eye-catching&#8221; at the VMAs. This year&#8217;s red carpet was particularly lively. The tweet that best summed up the fashion vibe was this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Troublelovesme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30284\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mtvgohome.jpg\" alt=\"mtvgohome\" width=\"498\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mtvgohome.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mtvgohome-300x56.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean, there was a lot of craziness going on, starting with every single thing that show host <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/miley-cyrus-hosts-the-mtv-vmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miley Cyrus<\/a> wore.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 435px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 136.551724% 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\/486065614?et=_KAwM3TzQPh3vfIOzIKXHA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=FTY3K9YO_hFqQOq67qrMxCcocN7RXa8F45DG9JBHm_A=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"435\" 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\/486065614\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/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<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But Miley&#8217;s most striking look was her expression of shock when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/videos\/nicki-minaj-takes-home-the-moonman-for-best-hip-hop-video\/1231136\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicki Minaj ended an acceptance speech for the <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/videos\/nicki-minaj-takes-home-the-moonman-for-best-hip-hop-video\/1231136\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Hip Hop Video award<\/a> by calling out Miley for her recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=White-%27splaining\" target=\"_blank\">whitesplaining<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/28\/arts\/music\/miley-cyrus-2015-mtv-vmas.html\" target=\"_blank\">in the New York Times<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/spenceralthouse\/mileys-reaction-to-nicki-calling-her-out-lololol#.qyyOJ2j33Q\" target=\"_blank\">Back to this bitch, that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what&#8217;s good?<\/a>&#8221; said Nicki, with a look that nearly turned home viewers to stone. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3o85xA3RdJHdykPyhO\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/miley-cyrus-nicki-minaj-beef-3o85xA3RdJHdykPyhO\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Miley wasn&#8217;t expecting that (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/package\/article\/0,,20946992_20949219,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">MTV says this was not scripted).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/bYiW9PM8q0HG8\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/miley-cyrus-nicki-minaj-vma-bYiW9PM8q0HG8\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s something one doesn&#8217;t see often enough at award shows! Later, Kanye West tried to win back his VMA <a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/tag\/stunt_queens\/\" target=\"_blank\">STUNT QUEEN<\/a> crown (to borrow a term from the highlarious Michael K of <a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dlisted<\/a>) by saying he&#8217;d run for president in 2020 but &#8230; sorry, Kanye. That was no &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kanye-taylor-swift-joke-about-infamous-vmas-moment-vanguard-award-2015308\" target=\"_blank\">Imma let you finish<\/a>&#8221; moment. The ladies beat you this time in the newsworthiness department. Oh, and Nicki was totally right to do it too.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo<\/a> goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2015\/08\/31\/gigi-hadids-emilia-wickstead-emma-slit-front-jacquard-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\">model Gigi Hadid in her beautiful <em>and<\/em> eye-catching Emilia Wickstead bodysuit\/gown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 403px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 147.394541% 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\/486071428?et=JHPevmKKQTx3T6VLEhoDpA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=E9I42wLTf8tFqzOEF2IDadoQxM-zD2jmuWvUo0MrmgE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"403\" 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\/486071428\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/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<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always a big fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-at-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">mullet dress<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/in-love-with-mullets-and-style-icon-yolandi-vier\/\" target=\"_blank\">hairstyle<\/a>) and this is the ultimate mullet. (It&#8217;s also the inverse of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jennifer-lopez-grammys-dress-google-images-201584\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lopez&#8217;s famous 2000 Grammys bodysuit\/gown by Versace<\/a>, with the bare skin at the bottom rather than the top.) Gigi&#8217;s deep tan and tawny hair reinforce the mustard color of the gown. I just want to slap her on a hot dog and eat her up, and I mean that in the best possible way.<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up is <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/concert-for-valor-fka-twigs-and-other-music-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">FKA twigs<\/a>. She knows how to work a strappy look and this sheer number is quintessential Versace.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 434px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 136.866359% 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\/486102230?et=ZyHqSq32T4lWU_Msow9dzA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=tTL2TQ4NU-0y8SQm2bYJMZ-fMlSMSAlrmcPLljwYBbQ=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"434\" 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\/486102230\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/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<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I must admit that it was a challenge for me to focus on the Best Dressed element of my selection process when I was so intrigued by the literal statement outfits worn by friends Amber Rose and Blac Chyna, designed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/package\/article\/0,,20946992_20949194,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">to fire back at haters and slut-shamers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 446px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 133.183857% 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\/486060934?et=ZaTbrND0Tsl8MFI6ORDmiw&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=J_42g5ru9Nxx0gF3i_sXnAG30E37xca72zYCKfhdVHs=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"446\" 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\/486060934\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/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<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The women became known through their relationships with rappers. Amber Rose dated Kanye West from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kanye-west-slams-amber-rose-had-to-take-30-showers-after-they-dated-2015202\" target=\"_blank\">2008 to 2010<\/a>, and married <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vh1.com\/news\/54866\/wiz-khalifa-amber-rose-custody-fact-or-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wiz Khalifa<\/a> in 2013. (They have a son; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/685809\/amber-rose-and-wiz-khalifa-all-smiles-with-their-divorce-counselor-before-son-sebastian-2-joins-rapper-on-stage\" target=\"_blank\">they&#8217;ve also filed for divorce<\/a>.) Blac Chyna has a son with rapper Tyga, <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2015\/06\/03\/blac-chyna-son-kylie-jenner-tyga-king-cairo\/\" target=\"_blank\">who had a hit with &#8220;Rack City&#8221; in 2012, but whose bigger claim to fame is that he left Chyna for the then-underage Kylie Jenner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/2015\/06\/17\/amber-rose-says-her-time-as-a-stripper-was-the-best-time-of-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amber<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/2012\/11\/the-10-hottest-strippers-whove-dated-rappers\/blac-chyna\" target=\"_blank\">Blac Chyna<\/a> have gotten a lot of abuse for working as strippers, so, Chyna explained, &#8220;We basically wanted to paint a picture of what everybody already says about us.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-style\/news\/amber-rose-blac-chyna-make-a-statement-at-vmas-2015-in-slut-outfits-2015308#ixzz3kREBMx9X\" target=\"_blank\">Talking to Kelly Osbourne on the red carpet<\/a>, Amber added, &#8220;&#8221;They call us sluts and whores all the time, so we just embrace it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This gave me a flashback to the 1990s, when Courtney Love <a href=\"http:\/\/fuckyeahcourtneylove.com\/post\/21710416513\/nirvana-hole-courtney-patty-eric-and-kristen\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on her body with lipstick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 463px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 128.293737% 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\/51103165?et=JDnCe4lkS95B4mqNkQGIfg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=Ho19S9ZFpnmCyfpD7xL2cqgtxXbHBFxSBoS8i0PDkMA=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"463\" 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\/51103165\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/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<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0I loved Courtney&#8217;s whole &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinderwhore\" target=\"_blank\">kinderwhore<\/a>&#8221; style.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30296\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theperfecthidingplace.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/hero-courtney-love.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30296\" class=\"wp-image-30296\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/courtneyloveslutwitch.png\" alt=\"courtneyloveslutwitch\" width=\"498\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/courtneyloveslutwitch.png 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/courtneyloveslutwitch-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/courtneyloveslutwitch-300x365.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Does anyone know the original source for this photo? It&#8217;s all over the Interwebs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once I started looking for Courtney photos, I couldn&#8217;t stop. I was literally up till dawn scrolling through <a href=\"http:\/\/fuckyeahcourtneylove.com\" target=\"_blank\">pictures of Courtney<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2011\/11\/courtney-love-201111\" target=\"_blank\">rereading<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burntout.com\/kurt\/interviews\/int8.html\" target=\"_blank\">her<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nirvanaclub.com\/index.php?section=info\/articles&#038;file=09.00.92.html\" target=\"_blank\">interviews<\/a>. Even though I find <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/what-wendy-wore-smells-like-teen-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\">some of Courtney&#8217;s behavior intolerable<\/a>, there&#8217;s no denying her talent as a musician. I still think 1994&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Live-Through-This-Hole\/dp\/B000003TAY\" target=\"_blank\">Live Through This<\/a><\/em>, by her group <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/throwback-thursday-eurythmics-and-courtney-love\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hole<\/a>, is a perfect album. Not one bad song on it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30299\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/courtneylovedotorg.tumblr.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30299\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fatugly.jpg\" alt=\"Click for source.\" width=\"376\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fatugly.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fatugly-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fatugly-300x534.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like Amber Rose, Blac Chyna and someone I know personally (ahem! <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/never-is-the-next-new-thing-my-bio-and-columbia-spectator\/\" target=\"_blank\">me<\/a>), Courtney has often been viewed as an appendage to a man &#8212; in this case, Courtney&#8217;s late husband, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/gone-too-soon-kurt-cobain-and-peaches-geldof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nirvana frontman<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/mo\/juliejess\/spin1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Cobain<\/a>. People have gone as far as suggesting that Kurt wrote the very <a href=\"http:\/\/genius.com\/4894220\" target=\"_blank\">female-centric<\/a> songs on <em>Live Through This<\/em>. To me, that makes as much sense as saying this.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30300\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/morrissie.tumblr.com\/post\/16730626435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30300\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hmmm.jpg\" alt=\"Click for source.\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hmmm.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hmmm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hmmm-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For me, no other musical performer has embodied female anger and power on stage, with a guitar, quite like Courtney Love. <a href=\"http:\/\/fuckyeahcourtneylove.com\/post\/113636673095\/a-friend-of-mine-for-years-came-to-see-the-band\" target=\"_blank\">When someone called her the &#8220;female Jim Morrison,&#8221;<\/a> she declared she wasn&#8217;t the female version of anything: She was her own breed of rock star. I agree. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30301\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/throwback-thursday-eurythmics-and-courtney-love\/http:\/\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30301\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hole.jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Click for original post.\" width=\"301\" height=\"477\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hole.jpg.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hole.jpg-189x300.jpeg 189w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hole.jpg-300x475.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Offstage, Courtney knows all about creating a good VMAs moment. Basically, if you feel an overwhelming urge to throw your makeup at Madonna .. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/briangalindo\/the-12-best-moments-from-courtney-loves-infamous-1995-vma-in#.faPnvyPmmd\" target=\"_blank\">go with it, girl<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:100510\/cp~series%3D3160%26id%3D1730374%26vid%3D100510%26instance%3Dmtv%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A100510\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;\">Get More:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">2015 VMA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/artists\/\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">Artists.MTV<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/music\/\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/artists\/madonna\/\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In Madonna&#8217;s 1991 <em>Truth or Dare<\/em> documentary, her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102370\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\">then-boyfriend Warren Beatty said<\/a>, &#8220;She doesn&#8217;t want to live off-camera, much less talk. There&#8217;s nothing to say off-camera. Why would you say something if it&#8217;s off-camera? What point is there existing?&#8221; Four years later, Courtney Love succeeded in driving Madonna away from the camera. Behold, the power and craziness of Courtney Love! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of the Year? Who cares! We all know that the most prestigious category at the MTV Video Music Awards is my Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo. The last time I gave out one of my coveted awards was in May for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala. 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