Monday, September 13, 2010

You don't win friends with salad.

Lady Gaga at the recent Video MTV Awards:

My woman in the know tells me that this is the original incarnation of Gaga's meaty ensemble:

Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic
Jana Sterbak
1987
mannequin, flank steak, salt, thread, color photograph on paper
Walker Art Center


Though I am on the whole majorly icked-out, I'd like to note two rather awesome things:
1. The line (uttered by Gagaloo herself), "I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse"
2. That salt is mentioned as the medium.


Edit: And now here's a dress from Jeremy Scott's Spring 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week:

Ridiculous. This is NOT a trend.

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