The "horns" on her face look like a makeup illusion and the shoulder "prosthetics" looks like the work of PhotoShop, not even consistent throughout the shoot. But yet Derek Blasberg insists on targeting her new look as "Mommy Monster" as some motivation for her fans to self mutilate.
Whaaaat??? Blasberg, I don't even understand why you write 60% of the articles in Harper's much less ask Gaga silly questions. And as left field as his interview was Gaga managed to serve some amazing ideas. See my faves below:
//GAGA ON FINANCIAL FREEDOM//
Financial freedom has been a tonic for any emotional fatigue. "The true luxury of my success is that I can do it all on my own terms now, even though the roller-coaster ride is still going." But now she owns the roller coaster. "I own the whole theme park, actually."
//GAGA ON HER DESTINY//
And what if it hadn't worked out? What if she was still struggling Stefani? Gaga says she'd be just as happy as she is now. "I would still be living next door to my friend Jennifer, playing at the clubs I've always played at. It was never not going to work out for me because I was already living my dream when I was playing music."
//GAGA AS AN ADJECTIVE//
But in getting people's attention, Gaga has been universally sensational. In an early video interview, she looks into the camera and uses the word gaga as an adjective. "I've always wanted to be an adjective," she says with a smile. But she adds, "Back then, I was just delusional. I'm going to make a T-shirt that says, I'M NOT A PROPHET, I'M DELUSIONAL."
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Lady Gaga's electric persona is one reminiscent of '80s rebels like David Bowie and Grace Jones. Manned with ebony voguing dancers and supergalactic get-ups, Gaga appeals to sexually-undecided dress whores and all that join the party.
Her live performances fought back against comparisons to the lipsyncing Brittany Spears and her evolving image has exceeded Christina Aguilera look alike jokes. Gaga has leaped lightyears before any of our favorite female performers, giving us fashion that seems only possible in dreams where every pair of shoe we own is some crazy Louboutin collaboration.
In NY Mag's 125 Minutes with Lady Gaga, the "disco diva" maintains her ferocious mystery. When asked what her least favorite food is, she replies, "I'm a pop singer. I don't like food at all." Perfect answer, Ms. Gaga.
“‘If I were to ever, God forbid, get hurt onstage and my fans were screaming outside of the hospital, waiting for me to come out, I’d come out as Gaga,’ she says, adding that she models her celebrity on Michael Jackson.” source
Oh, Gaga! She would "come ot as Gaga?" You know what that means don't you? She would come out, gurney and all in Alexander McQueen Armadillo platforms and a full face. If you're gonna be Gaga you gotta go all the way!
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"Gah-ments, Dah-ling!" Can't you here Gaga screaming that in the showroom?
Lady Gaga is said to be working on a fashion line with her little sister, Natali Germanotta who is currently attending Parsons and working on costumes for a new off-Broadway show. That combination already sounds devastatingly interesting...hope not predictable.
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In Cosmopolitan's April Issue [which Gaga covers] she takes the Cosmo quiz.
My fave answer was to the proposition: "If I could tell my 19 year old self one thing it would be..."
Gaga says, "Don't give up bitch, you've got a long way to go." Gaga is the bangee-est and I love it.
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Lady Gaga was named the new creative director of Poloroid. It's a recession and NO ONE has just one job.
Gaga at the CES 2010 press conference in Las Vegas
To the second question of the interview being: What is you inspiration? Gaga anwers as the following, which I had the pleasure of transcribing [journalism geek]
“I think there are two different kinds of artists. There are those who need to be plugged into a movement in music or fashion or the latest fishing techniques.
But I think for some of us, it’s a much more innate gift. It’s a much more spiritual experience. We don’t necessarily have to be plugged into a particular movement to be a part of it, its transcendent. It’s an inspiration that we’re born with”
Sidebar: I love this slight British accent that she’s adopted probably from being friends with Daphne Guiness and Elton John…Oh Gaga!
//SEE THE VIDEO INTERVIEW HERE!//
Gaga, are those painted on horns and a Chinese bang and a sculpted bun and blue leather [Spring trend alert!] and the almondi-est nails ever!?
Oh Gaga...and Nicola [Formichetti] thanks so much for coming back from that Vogue shoot so strongly!
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source: kanyeuniversecity.com, photo cred: nicolaformichetti.blogspot.com
Hedi Slimane and Nicola Formichetti play for Lady Gaga to form the cover for her re-release album cover, The Fame Monster [Due out November 24th]
Gaga for Madame Figaro Magazine, style by Nicola Formichetti. Fab as always. True to her Mother Monster personae and in Mercura sunglasses! Love these!
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I l-O-V-E Lady Gaga and I love her acoustic performances even more. So I was so excited to find the full acoustic version to "Poker Face" on Shaun's Prostituted Thoughts and the acoustic "Paparazzi" in related videos!
I wrote a fairly thorough sysnopsis of her as a performer and talent earlier this year. View it here.
Nicola Formichetti, Dazed & Confused Creative Director and stylist to Lady Gaga, sat down with T Magazine to discuss how he really feels about celebs in fashion, the deets on his success and more.
How did you start working in fashion, and what has your trajectory been?
In my early 20s, Dazed and Confused magazine gave me a small monthly column called “Eye Spy,” where I edited and highlighted things that I liked, took pictures and styled. Ten years later, I’m the creative director. I’m always trying new things, and so I never stay in one place. I like to move forward, which is why my career is made up of so many different parts: I direct magazines, I consult for fashion brands, I work with other artists, etc. I try to do as much as possible to keep inspired and learn about new things.
Many people in the business have a love-hate relationship with fashion. Is there something you’re not so crazy about?
There’s way too much celebrity in fashion. I don’t really like working with celebrities, so I try to stay away from that whole machine. But of course I have met some incredibly nice and creative people who just happen to be a “celebrity.”
Your work with Lady Gaga has brought you a tremendous amount of recognition. The “Bad Romance” video even gets played in New York City taxis. How did you two start working together, and what has it been like?
I first met her at a photo shoot for V magazine. It was an instant love. I had always stayed away from celebrity and musicians before, but she was so different. Instantly we understood each other completely. We started working naturally — all the videos, shows, tours, etc. She has such an amazing team around her, too, especially her creative director, Matthew Williams.
Read the rest at New York Times' T Magazine
After first seeing this cover a week ago, I was super excited for the spread. Now that it's out...not so excited.
Vogue gives us Annie Leibovitz type shots: epic, Victorian-esque. But that's punctuated by shots against a textured green wall that look more like outtakes or test shots. Vogue flopped their moment in the sun to do "edgy."
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//ANNA DELLO RUSSO IN CUSTOM PUCCI BALL GOWN AND HEADPIECE BY GARETH PUGH//
A reason to channel your inner Gaga...
//ELENA PERMINOVA WEARING GIAMBATTISTA VALLI GOWN, MAISON MICHEL MASK AND BURBERRY PRORSUM ANKLE BOOTS//
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Shimmy shimmy, snap up right & head snap left. I have that part down. And the opening 8-count or so.
If you know all the choreo to every Beyonce video...at least in your head...you'll love this video. These dancers werked out in that garage with all their little nuances like the shoulder acrobatics and the pink tulle headband puff! And Ms. Girl in the orange leggings doing the low-key solo in the beginning. Admit it, those deserve a shout out: Werk Phish!!! [I sound like Stephanye, hahha]
Mute "Laaazy but-terflyyy...napping on me..." and watch this real quick. Oh and Happy Friday!
Their eyes were made to look like they hadn't slept in a hundred years and their faces as if there was a fire that everyone else missed, but them.
Pugh's show was apparently a doom-filled fairytale where some models played mystical forest creatures.
And watching from the front row? Who else but Rihanna. I'm sure we'll see her suited in slashed pants and laced up boots soon...and I have a feeling that Lady Gaga may take the winged-face piece straight to the street!
See the rest here.
Kate Moss, Gaga and Noami Campbell cover i-D 30th anniversary issues theme 'Then, Now and Next'. Over the next issues Pre Fall, Autunm and Winter the limited editions will be released. Spanning popular culture, the feature highlight about 200 stars from those who are legendary, those who have made it and those who are coming up.
"Over 300 issues and for 30 years, this August marks the anniversary celebration of i-D. Welcome to the funhouse where through Pre-Fall, Fall and Winter issues, the past, present and future stars stand under the umbrella of THEN, NOW and NEXT!
With more names than you can shake a bag of monkeys at, we have brains, beauty and the downright gorgeous, back-to-back-to-back in our non-stop birthday festivities. From rapstars to trapstars, supers to trannies, we conducted a 3 week celebratory photoshoot at Somerset House collaborating with Nick Knight to document the turn of the decade.
The first installment is available now and also other images from the exhibition at SHOWstudio.
I heart the onesie, romper, jumpsuit and any other pseudonym you prefer to call it. It's no fuss--the throw-on-and-go solution to getting dressed and your wallet. But the one-piece idea is kind of brilliant and if Lady Gaga keeps it up, we may be able to walk the streets with just that!
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“It’s not just for the old garde anymore. There’s a youth energy pulsing through the couture collections, and the only accessory required is a little bit of attitude.”
V magazine's 62nd issue features Natalia Vodianova in Armani Prive, Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci, Dior Haute Couture as styled by Nicola Formichetti [who also styles Lady Gaga]. The issue hits stands on 11.03!