Cojo's VMA Fashion Report
August 30, 2004
Miami white was the theme at Sunday night's MTV VMAs, as music's best and brightest lit up the night in their most pristine duds. Fashion angels JESSICA SIMPSON, CARMEN ELECTRA and CHRISTINA AGUILERA strutted their stuff in the heavenly shade, while USHER, SEAN "P.Diddy" COMBS and JAY-Z backed them up in gangsta white.
Our STEVEN COJOCARU was on the carpet and has the latest on who soared and who bored!
"It's a new breeze in fashion," the fashion guru declared.
Defying the sticky Miami heat, the stars showed off their brightest whites. The always luscious Carmen vamped it up in a billowy number with a draping neckline and a silver diamond broach at the waist by AZZARO. Jessica Simpson wore a classic dress with silver bodice, while her sister ASHLEE arrived in a strapless, shirred, white JENNIFER NICHOLSON number with a flirty, lace hem, and shoes by SERGIO ROSSI.
"I am almost 20, so I thought I would dress as a woman," Ashlee told Cojo. "I have never really had a chance to wear dressy dresses. "
Usher stepped off his ocean-skimming ride looking sharp in his yachting whites, with his shirt open to the waist, nearly revealing those solid abs. Yeah!
"You have a 15-pack," Cojo kidded the multi-VMA winner, who responded, "You haven't seen the show yet."
Usher was Cojo's pick as Best Dressed Man of the evening, but the R&B singer didn't want to be compared to Sean. "Don't make it a competition between us," Usher declared. "He is like family. Some of [my style] comes from his early days. That was my glamour school. Now I am doing things my way."
His are-they-or-aren't-they-dating? duet pal, ALICIA KEYS shimmered in an embroidered gold gown by DOLCE & GABBANA.
"When you feel a certain way, you want to look a certain way," Alicia claimed. Then asked, "Are you going to stop dissing me now?"
And Cojo promised. "Tonight I am going to say you look like a bombshell, glamour girl."
Speaking of precious metals, solid-gold winner BEYONCÉ looked just that in a dazzling metallic jacket and hot pants with sparkling, sequined trim, designed by her mom, TINA KNOWLES. Her dapper date, Jay-Z, put on the ritz with a fedora hat and matching gold and white striped tie.
Another fashion rave was the always glam GWEN STEFANI, who channeled '40s pin-up BETTY GRABLE in a curve-hugging, scarlet skirt with a matching floral headpiece and a girlish bustier with white and black ribboned trim.
"They only told me yesterday I was coming to Miami," Gwen shared. "Luckily, I tired this amazing outfit on the other day."
And JENNIFER LOPEZ did her own thang with a bronze, strapless gown with red, yellow and gold colored panels and a hippie-dippy brown hat.