--- title: MTV Video Music Awards: Jared Leto Wears Sequin Cape description: Jared Leto's look was magical canonical: https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-28T00:16:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:49.952Z og:title: The Internet Loves Jared Leto's Sequined Cape at the VMAs Red Carpet og:description: He sparkled at the VMAs og:url: https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60f49f9f9a0aae71/6988db5e0b72e3289d6ef2bf/mtv-video-music-awards-14.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MTV-VMAS-2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Loves Jared Leto's Sequined Cape at the VMAs Red Carpet twitter:description: He sparkled at the VMAs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60f49f9f9a0aae71/6988db5e0b72e3289d6ef2bf/mtv-video-music-awards-14.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Loves Jared Leto's Sequined Cape at the VMAs Red Carpet by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 28, 2017 12:16 AM UTC  Jared Leto attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 27, 2017 in Inglewood, Calif. Jared Leto attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 27, 2017 in Inglewood, Calif.Christopher Polk—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 28, 2017 12:16 AM UTC Jared Leto sparkled down the [2017 MTV Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4914128/mtv-video-music-awards-2017-winners/) red carpet on Sunday. The actor and 30 Seconds to Mars singer arrived with his band wearing a blue and green sequin Gucci cape over a high collar shirt patterned with flowers. People online went nuts for Leto’s enchanting look, comparing him to a magician: > [](https://twitter.com/alyssabailey/status/901945756164251648) > [](https://twitter.com/voicelessdreams/status/901959624382959616) > [](https://twitter.com/KirstenAcuna/status/901953325192679424) > [](https://twitter.com/CraigSJ/status/901952975291252736) > [](https://twitter.com/alyssavingan/status/901947890104455168) He promised the band’s performance later in the evening would employ some never-before seen “new technology,” but demurred when asked to explain exactly what that might mean. MTV Video Music Awards: Jared Leto Wears Sequin Cape ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/"},"headline":"The Internet Loves Jared Leto's Sequined Cape at the VMAs Red Carpet","datePublished":"2017-08-28T00:16:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:49.952Z","description":"Jared Leto's look was magical","url":"https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60f49f9f9a0aae71/6988db5e0b72e3289d6ef2bf/mtv-video-music-awards-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60f49f9f9a0aae71/6988db5e0b72e3289d6ef2bf/mtv-video-music-awards-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MTV-VMAS-2017","caption":"2017 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet","creditText":"Christopher Polk—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4917820/jared-leto-mtv-vmas-cape/","name":"The Internet Loves Jared Leto's Sequined Cape at the VMAs Red Carpet"}}]}] ```