Livin' large: Celebrities were anything but subtle on the red carpet at the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards held at the Paramount Pictures Studio Lot on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.

Here, singer-songwriter and producer T- Pain shook the red carpet as he arrived on this fashionable elephant (and T-Pain dressed to match — he certainly made a bold style statement all his own with his flashy top hat and coordinating coattails).

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