Fashion ditches the 1970s hippie middle parting for the 1920s Jazz Era side parting that is as glamorous as it is convenient

The MTV Video Music Awards, popularly referred to as the VMAs, is now recognised as a platform to showcase the wackiest styles.

This year, while Lady Gaga appeared in drag (as her alter ego who she has named Jo Calderone), Nicki Minaj strolled in wearing a dress made from bit-mirrors.

MUMBAI, JULY: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor on Simi Selects India's Most Desirable show. Her waist-length hair gets character with curlers, and the diamond clips to hold the side parting in place works with the sparkling spiderweb dress she's wearing.

But it was the hair that drew the most attention, with an entire line-up of the famous sweeping their hair to a side in a low-down parting.

Singer Katy Perry sported retro curls with a side parting underneath an atrocious yellow cube that balanced on her head, and so did singers Beyonc ufffd and Demi Lovato.

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