ENTERTAINMENTSabrina Carpenter Turns Heads in Sheer Lace Floor-Length Gown and Feather Boa on 2025 VMAs Red Carpet: See Photos
Sabrina Carpenter brought glamour to the 2025 VMAs red carpet. The star's look channeled Old Hollywood glam, as the dress was adorned with red lace and glitter.
Sept. 7 2025, Published 7:50 p.m. ET
Sabrina Carpenter brought glamour to the 2025 MTV Video and Music Awards red carpet.
The “Please Please Please” singer, 26, turned heads in a sheer floor-length gown at the Sunday, September 7, award show held at New York’s UBS Stadium. Carpenter’s look channeled Old Hollywood glam, as the dress was adorned with red lace and glitter, completing the look with her blonde hair styled in loose waves.
Sabrina Carpenter Stunned in Lace and Glitter
Sabrina Carpenter added a playful leather boa.
The “Manchild” singer finished the over-the-top look with a lavender feather boa.
This likely isn’t Carpenter’s only look of the night, as she is set to hit the stage later that evening to perform at the awards ceremony.
Sabrina Carpenter Is Nominated for 8 Awards
Sabrina Carpenter is one of the most nominated artists of the evening.
Carpenter is nominated for eight awards at the 2025 awards show, making her one of the most awarded musicians of the evening. Her nominations include video of the year for “Manchild” off her latest album Man’s Best Friend, best pop artist and album for Short n’ Sweet.
The musician’s VMA award show appearance comes weeks after she released her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend, on August 29.
"This creative process was all about embracing spontaneity, all about embracing impulses that I was having and experiences I was having that were very urgent to write about, knowing that if I didn't make this album and have it represent the chapter of my life that it represents, it would've never been this album," Carpenter said at a Spotify album release event on August 28.
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Sabrina Carpenter Is Criticized for Her Racy On-Stage Persona
Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover sparked backlash.
Carpenter has received backlash for her racy on-stage persona, especially after revealing the Man’s Best Friend album’s art, which showed the singer in a suggestive position as she stood on all fours in front of a man, who used his hands to pull her hair.
"It’s always so funny to me when people complain. They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this,’" she clapped back in a June interview with Rolling Stone. "But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love s--. You’re obsessed with it. It’s in my show."
Sabrina Carpenter Pays No Attention to the Backlash
Sabrina Carpenter is determined to not let the hate effect her.
Despite the criticism, the pop star is determined to always do things her way.
"I’m at that point in my life where I’m like, 'Wait a second, there’s no rules.' If I’m inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years? It’s all about what feels right," she explained. "I’m learning to listen to that a lot more, instead of what is perceived as the right or wrong move."
