GaGasign?

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Simply, she is Lady GaGa. She is considered to be the most popular pop artist, has had six constant number one hit songs (making music history), she has sold the most digital records, and she has won infamous amounts of awards including a Grammy. So, her being a pop artist, why is she in my design blog? Simple answer being that she is a walking design. Above I have supplied a picture of three of her clothes designs, ending up in tabloids after she worn them to award shows. Watching the media, seeing it in print or just by word of mouth, we, as a society, are used to being conservative about what we wear but huge on brands like Dolce and Gabbana, Prada, Louis Vuitton and etc. Naturally, Lady GaGa entered the industry and she completely left everyone with a wide open mouth; from wearing leotards, to wearing a meat dress with matching purse and Alexander McQueen shoes. She challenged, and is still challenging, the boundaries and goes extreme with the limits, making sure that when she is out in public, she will be noticed and recognized, not simply because of her celebrity figure but because of what she is wearing.

After Lady GaGa goes in public and the media reports about her clothing design all around the world, friends come up to me and ask me, “Did you hear and see what GaGa was wearing? What did you think of it?” Being a GaGa fanatic, I answer “Yes and I thought it was fabulous”. Many people may disagree with me by this time in blog, stating that GaGa is just being crazy and she does it for the attention but to that, I say poppycock. Lady GaGa is a woman that is aware of who she is and most definitely, what she wears; she wears those “crazy” and “outrageous” attire to show society that her clothing, her design of who she is and what she wears, is as real as society can get. Her clothing design proves to the international society that there may be boundaries, but those boundaries are fun to play with, just like art. The design of her clothing altogether bothers society simply because it’s nothing that we are used to seeing on celebrities or on people. Simple enough, Lady GaGa is design, and for that, I thank her.

dG