By the looks of the 2025 MTV VMAs red carpet , you’d never know that Claire’s just filed for bankruptcy for the second time. The aesthetic of the accessories store that made tweens in the late ’90s and early aughts the divas they are today appears to be back in full force on the red carpet — it looks like crimped hair, bedazzled dresses, and the dreamy pastel shades of the early 2000s are making a hard comeback.

Of course, I’m ecstatic about this. Singer Rhea Raj walked the carpet in a little pink butterfly set that my 12-year-old self would have had recurring daydreams about, and Sabrina Carpenter’s pink feather boa is something I would’ve begged my mom to let me spend my last babysitting dollars on. Zara Larsson showed up in a sheer dress bedazzled with at least seven jeweled hibisc

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