High definition TV was on overload last night trying to pick up every fleshy, vibrant pixel of Lady Gaga’s outrageous outfit changes.
First, an outfit fit for a queen made by McQueen. Ethereal gold feathers sprouted out of her head. Rounded armadillo shoes skyrocketed her 10-inches into the air. High-church angels and Bosch demons melted down the flowing chiffon layers of her ornate dress. Lady Gaga has arrived at the VMAs.
As she teetered on stage to accept her first award of the night, still in her red carpet attire, I could not help but remark that this is the prettiest, and daresay most normal, I have ever seen her look. Simple makeup, a healthy tan, and overall gleam surrounded Gaga; it was after all her night with a record breaking 13 VMA nominations.
Gaga, who has a flair for the dramatic, has been quickly embraced by the visionaries of the couture fashion world, including the house of recently deceased designer, Alexander McQueen. And the Lady did him justice tonight in one of the last pieces he created from the Fall/Winter 2010 season. Gaga embodies the “full realization of concept and showmanship” that epitomized McQueen. To top off the red carpet look, which was just the first of the night, her hair hung loosely from her middle part, iced with bright blue tips.
It is hard to imagine how she walked comfortably in those shoes. During McQueen’s runway show when the iconic armadillos first made their debut, some models refused to walk in them in fear of injuring themselves. But, Gaga is fearless when it comes to fashion.
Gaga took the stage for the second time to accept her award for best pop video, but no, she was not wearing the same outfit. She donned a spiked black headpiece with an origami, black, leather ball gown by Armani.
It must have been one heavy dress because it took two people to lift her out of her seat to get to the stage.
“I didn’t plan the outfits with the wins, I can’t really walk in this. Fashion Road Kill,” proclaimed the Goth-Lady Liberty-esque Gaga.
He last outfit, however, proved to be the most shocking of them all. She was draped in raw meat. Yes, that’s right, she was wearing a head (a slab rested on her fair locks) to toe (her shoes were made out of meat too) look of raw meat.
“ I never thought I would ask Cher to hold my meat purse”, Gaga exclaimed as she climbed onto the stage in the Franc Fernandez meat ensemble to accept the award for Video of the Year. I’m not sure what kind of statement raw meat makes, but surprisingly the dress had a lot of shape, draping and texture to it. I wonder what Cher thought while she was holding onto the purse?
I feel some sort of special connection to Lady Gaga because I saw her perform in LA at a small club right before she made it “big”. Right away, I knew I loved her style. She was wearing a white origami dress with matching headpiece that ripped away to a white leotard. Many stars may be following the “pantlessness” trend lately (ahem Taylor Momsen) but Lady Gaga was there first.
Now, Haus of Gaga, her creative production team, is behind the realization of the Gaga looks. They bring her wildest fashion aspirations to life, create sets, props, and sounds for her live performances.
Disco balls, bubbles, leather, red lace bodysuits with a matching face covering headpiece, bunny ears, white powdered face, Kermit body suit, no pants, yellow hair, orb-y solar system dresses, bows made out of hair, diet coke can curlers, burning cigarette glasses, the list goes on and on with the revolutionary, avant-garde fashions Lady Gaga has brought to the mainstream public.
This year’s 2010 VMAs were an all-encompassing glimpse into the many facets of Gaga’s fashion. Couture, avant-garde, and just plain out there, Gaga is never one to disappoint her fans, dubbed “little monsters”.
Whether you mock her and label her as insane, or follow in her wake as one of her little monsters it is hard to deny the fashion phenomenon Lady Gaga had generated.
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