11 MTV VMAs looks over the years that missed the mark sorry

Pink attended the 2000 VMAs in a look that combined all the extreme trends of the noughties. The singer gelled her hot-pink hair into spikes and wore a gold halter crop top with a chest cutout. She added hipster jeans with hoops and pins in them, a floor-length fur coat, and gold platform heels.

While the look was in keeping with Pink's distinct and daring style legacy, it combined a lot of clashing patterns and textures, and the jeans seemed too casual for a red-carpet look. The ensemble could have been elevated by swapping out jeans for a more red-carpet-approved pair of pants.

While Macy Gray's choice to promote her album through her fashion at the 2001 VMAs was entertaining, the dress missed the mark.

Gray wore a purple maxi dress with baggy pink place sleeves and silver writing that read: "My new album drops Sept. 18, 2001." The reverse of the dress read "BUY IT."

Gray finished the already busy look with a silver hat with pink flowers on it and matching purple shoes. The look was a mismatched combination of colors and could have been elevated without the additional oversized pink lace sleeves.

Fergie attended to 2006 VMAs wearing a tailored yet cropped look. The Black Eyed Peas alum arrived in a crisp white cropped shirt and a short green tie paired with tiny shorts in Burberry's signature material.

She added black leather knee-high boots, also with a touch of Burberry's print, and finished the look with a black bowler hat. It appeared quite disjointed and would have been improved by removing the unusual hat and tie for accessories that were more in keeping with the look.

In 2011, Nicki Minaj wore a smorgasbord of clashing prints, patterns, and even cartoon characters. According to Bustle, the Amato Couture dress was formed of a metallic bodice made of geometric panels with a layer of pink lace beneath it.

The musician also wore leg warmers with cartoon drawings on them and a puppet on her foot. She carried tubes, ice cream cones, and a chain, while her hair was blonde, yellow, and pink.

The look was so busy that it was hard to process the design or find any details to focus on. Scaling back the details on her legs could have allowed the bodice to speak for itself.

While Jeremy Scott brought a pop of color to the 2014 VMAs that was certainly fun, but the effort was not worth the payoff. The creative director of the fashion house Moschino opted for a bright-yellow leather longline tuxedo with a black smiley face on the back. He added black shoes and sunglasses to complete the look.

The surplus of yellow leather made the look seem overwhelming, and it could have been refined by breaking up the vibrant color with more black or opting for a different material.

Former Spice Girls member Mel B attended the 2017 VMAs in a sparkly gold midi dress by Discount Universe that read "you will never own me" in colorful sequinned lettering, Refinery29 reported. The singer finished the look with bright-red shoes.

While Mel B's beauty look was strong, the outfit consisted of an overwhelming amount of colors. Refinery29 reported that the look could have been a message to her ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte, from whom she filed for divorce earlier in 2017, though she did not comment on her choice of outfit.

Madonna faced criticism at the 2018 VMAs when she arrived in jewelry and black garb from North Africa's indigenous Amazigh people, NPR reported at the time.

NPR reported that Madonna's clothing and jewelry reflected the fashion of the Imazighen community, the plural form of Amazigh, who can be found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Western Sahara, the Canary Islands, as well as parts of Mali, Egypt, and Niger.

Cynthia Becker, an associate professor of African art at Boston University, told NPR that Madonna didn't wear the outfit as traditionally intended, and instead mixed pieces from different regions. Becker's husband, Addi Ouadderrou, who is a Moroccan Amazigh, told the publication: "If someone comes to Morocco and wants to wear our clothes, to me, that's an honor; that's not an insult."

Singer Ava Max opted for a cyberpunk look at the 2019 VMAs. She wore a red, blue, and black metallic full bodysuit complete with silver sleeves and leggings. She finished the look with a red cape, silver-and-black graphic eyeliner, and giant black platform boots with eight buckles on either side.

While the look was a fun choice, it was more like a costume than a red-carpet fashion moment.

Chloe Bailey arrived on the 2021 VMAs red carpet in a strappy metallic-silver maxi gown from Marni's fall/winter 2021 collection, Glamour reported.

The publication added that the singer wore a silver spoon necklace that was part of the original runway look designed by Marni's creative director, Francesco Risso. The unusual accessory was the best part of the look, which otherwise had an excess of the same creased fabric.

The look would have been stronger if it was shorter to minimize how much metal was on show, or by using a contrasting fabric to form the skirt.

Doja Cat wore six outfits to the 2021 VMAs, W Magazine reported, but not all of them missed the mark. The singer arrived on the red carpet dressed in a black corset with purple draped material, and red thigh-high patent tights, designed by Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood.

The look originally appeared on the fall/winter 2019 runway, according to W Magazine, but Doja Cat put her own spin on the outfit with wrap-around platform heels and purple eyeshadow.

The accessories and makeup meant that the look lost its sleekness and the disheveled scarf seemed out of place. A simpler eyeshadow with a vampy red lip could have also tied the outfit together more.

According to Just Jared, Ed Sheeran attended the 2021 VMAs alongside 22-year-old musician Maisie Peters, wearing a gold-and-white patterned Versace blazer, a black shirt with matching gold on the collar, and black pants.

While Sheeran's choice was unique, the gold color clashed with the rest of the look, and could have been improved if it was a white-and-black monochrome suit in the same design.