The Most Outrageous Outfits From The VMAs (Like, Ever)

The Most Outrageous VMA Outfits (Ever)
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As MTV's annual Video Music Awards approaches, we're eagerly anticipating the sartorial choices of all involved.

There'll no doubt be a lot of show-stopping get ups and we can guarantee there'll be a handful of outrageous ensembles too.

To prepare you for the crazier numbers, here are a few from years gone past that we haven't managed to remove from our minds yet...

(Warning: there's nudity.)

Most Outrageous VMA Outfits
Lady Gaga - 2010 MTV Video Music Awards(01 of09)
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Who could forget the meat dress? FYI, dressing like a steak is never a good idea. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
OutKast - 2001 MTV Video Music Awards(02 of09)
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Big Boi and Andre 3000 look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee here. The furry trousers, that bright orange and green yodelling outfit, those black and white cowboy boots - it's next level bat shit. (credit:Theo Wargo via Getty Images)
Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson - MTV Video Music Awards(03 of09)
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ALL the leopard print. ALL the sheer... (credit:Ron Galella via Getty Images)
Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson - MTV Video Music Awards(04 of09)
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SO MUCH NAKEDNESS. (credit:Ron Galella via Getty Images)
Nicki Minaj - 2011 MTV Video Music Awards(05 of09)
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Minaj looks like she's just emerged from a box of Japanese toys. This look, combined with the face mask, is a little bit terrifying. (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
LMFAO - 2011 MTV Video Music Awards(06 of09)
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Crotchless trousers will never catch on. Neither will those boxers... (credit:FREDERIC J. BROWN via Getty Images)
Alicia Keys, 2001 MTV Video Music Awards(07 of09)
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Remember that time Alicia Keys thought it would be a good idea to throw everything in her wardrobe on? (credit:Vinnie Zuffante via Getty Images)
Miley Cyrus, 2013 MTV Video Music Awards(08 of09)
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This was always a questionable outfit choice - the leotard, the nude undergarment (that isn't actually nude), the weird cartoon face with blood shot eyes and an extra long tongue *shudders*.

And then there was the foam finger... And the twerking.
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Lenny Kravitz - 2004 MTV Video Music Awards(09 of09)
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An interesting look from Lenny. At least, on this occasion, his trousers are intact... (credit:KMazur via Getty Images)