--- title: VMAs 2017: See Celebrities on the Red Carpet description: Some of the best looks from the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet canonical: https://time.com/4917806/vmas-2017-red-carpet/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-28T00:43:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:25.455Z og:title: See Celebrities on the VMAs Red Carpet og:description: From Lorde to Kendrick Lamar og:url: https://time.com/4917806/vmas-2017-red-carpet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4107be1c65c92f3/6988db6122fb85766ae22931/mtv-video-music-awards-24.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: MTV-VMAS-2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Celebrities on the VMAs Red Carpet twitter:description: From Lorde to Kendrick Lamar twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4107be1c65c92f3/6988db6122fb85766ae22931/mtv-video-music-awards-24.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # VMAs 2017: See Celebrities Hit the Red Carpet > Sponsored content. 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