The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards featured several memorable moments, including a powerful tribute performance by Janet Jackson honoring her late brother Michael, a particularly extravagant and “Gaga-esque” performance, and an infamous on-stage interruption by Kanye West during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.

However, one of the most talked-about occurrences was when two music superstars, Pink and Shakira, showed up to the event wearing the exact same studded leather dress by Balmain. Despite the potential for fashion faux pas, the singers did not seem bothered and even posed for photos together, seemingly unfazed by the matching outfits.

This led to questions about how such a fashion mishap could have occurred, with speculation that the fashion house that lent the dress should have been more aware of which celebrities it was being provided to. Nonetheless, the incident sparked a debate over which of the two artists – Shakira in thigh-high boots or Pink in classic pumps – ultimately wore the dress better.

The paparazzi-captured moment of Pink and Shakira posing together in the identical Balmain dress became one of the more entertaining and talked-about events of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards show.