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| Laura Perlongo and fiancé Nev Schulman at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images |
he red carpet at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards was different from those of all the other awards shows in the land. First of all, it was white, making all the stars look like they were strutting into the living room of their grandma’s condo in Naples. It was also trodden upon by an unprecedented number of women in pants.
Men have long worn pants to awards shows, but few female red carpet–walkers have been able to capture each of their respective celebrity legs into individual sheaths. However, thanks to the ever-grinding gears of feminism and the slightly looser dress code of the VMAs—a veritable who’s Who? Weekly of pretty people you’ve never heard of if you’re not a 14-year-old gossip-site addict—this year’s show saw more than a dozen pairs of women’s fancypants.
By Christina Cauterucci