I made my own Lady Gaga Meat dress costume! I debuted it at SPACES gallery's POP ROYALTY benefit costume party.
I've been itching to make a costume based on Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress. I bought the materials for it last year, but hadn't got around to creating it. For the wig, I purchased an all white long haired wig, then spray painted it with turquoise and silver temporary hair spray paint. For the necklace and bracelets, I glued gems onto leather strips and turned them into velcro bracelets. As for my "Meat Dress," I made entirely out of red felt, red jersey knit for the lining, and fabric paint <3 (I like using knit fabrics for the stretch in costumes - it's more forgiving on fit than wovens. However if you are more comfortable with wovens, follow this tuturial but leave 1" to sew in a side seam or back zipper to get in or out.)
Personally I loved all the outfits she wore to the 2010 VMAs, she looked gorgeous in her S/S 2010 Alexander McQueen 1st outfit, and her custom black Armani couture gown for her 2nd look. Her 3rd look, now known as "the Meat Dress" left people loving it or disgusted. What draws my attention to this outfit are the colors: The white/grey and turquoise ombre hair with the start contrast of the red and white of the meat. I LOVE IT. Her shoe wraps remind me of chunky platform shoes of the late 90's. Not to mention she was dripping in jewels. That's what I liked most about it, the colors...THE COLORS. I loved her Meat Dress 2010 MTV VMAs outfit so much I even included it as an illustration in my 2011 Sketchbook Project.
Meat
has been used in art as material and fashion photo shoots time and time
again. It was a very Dada-esque thing to do. (Marcel Duchamp, Elsa
Schiaparelli, and Salvador Dali would have approved). Kind of a big
"F*%& You" to the red carpet and PETA.
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| Meat Gaga" by Lisa Malanij, The Sketchbook Project 2011 |
In this video of the Pop Royalty party from CoolCleveland.com, you can see myself and my Katy Perry girl friend at :15 sec, and my girls Pam, Laurel, and Carolyn at 1:26 sec.
The Pop Royalty party was a blast. Among many other pop stars running around, I made friends with a girl dressed as Katy Perry (Though she had an awesome blue bob wig that could have totally passed for CFDA Fashion Awards 2011 Gaga). After the party, my friends and I decided to get food at XYZ Tavern in the Detroit Shoreway area. I didn't have a change of clothes, so in my full Gaga ensemble I bravely went to the bars with no shame. HAHA. I am truly a brave soul.
Here are my "red carpet" photos taken at SPACES Gallery during their Pop Royalty event :]
