(Luckily, there are more than enough costume options to last my lifetime.)
But through all thereinventions, fashion has remained a constant medium.
Ahead, five of the stories behind five of Lady Gaga’s most iconic looks.
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People didnt get it.
But making real art elicits hatred before indifferencebecause ultimately hate is still passion.
And real pop is fleeting yet powerful in that it creates waves of novelty that change the status quo.
Jeff Kravitz
It changes what will never be the same again.
But the thing about Lady Gaga is that shes extraordinarily earnest.
That allows her tocreaterather than ride the waves of pop culture.
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Its a form of authenticity that cant be shackled or manufactured.
It was like a bomb went off.
Muto cites Gagas unified vision of fashion and performance as the groundwork for the future of pop.
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This twenty-something-year-old came in and showed the music industry what it really meant to put on a show.
It wasnt just about a song to her.
It was about a visual experience; it was about fashion; it was about stylizing the music.
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She wanted to convey this idea of undereating and sickly body dysmorphia that comes with abusive relationships.
The dress stood as a visual counterpart to her headline at a For the 14,000 rally in Maine.
Antoinette adds that she was so groundbreaking in her thinking.
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But as one could only imagine, making the epic meat dress was no easy feat.
I was actually couch surfing at my friends apartment in LA at the time.
I said I had the opportunity to make this for Lady Gaga but didnt have space, Franc shares.
The dress changed a lot as I constructed it since it was a biological object.
People wanted to see her fame and her vision rot.
But ultimately the dress was preserved on display atthe Haus of Gaga at the MGM in Vegas.
I was twenty-three and witnessing someone my age taking over the world.
I remember sewing her backstage and realizing that nothing would ever be as viral.
I was so emotional, and I knew that pop culture would never be the same.
An oversized crystal crossa recurring trope that became increasingly at odds with sexual undertonesglistened on the back.
Her piss blonde hair referenced a Monroe-esque style with the electric yellow Warhol used in female caricatures.
She really followed fashion on a deep level.
Thats because the money was all in buying records and not in concerts.
Concerts were just intended to promote and sell records, Antoinette recalls.
Then Gaga came along and put on a SHOW.
I was imagining Lady Gaga landing on the planet Chromatica, de Medici says of his extraterrestrial headpiece.
It was a mask where he could see and breathe?
He didnt connect with the colorso he coated the black mask with an experimental concoction.
de Medici says his personal fascination with poisonous dart frogs also informed his design.
You dont understand what Ive been through.
