Ooh-la-la, Gaga?
I give this shout out because "Bad Romance" has been running through my head, night and day, for the past three days.
Lady Gaga is infectious. Her voice is powerful and sultry at times. Her clothes? Futurama stripper-esque. Her long, platinum blonde hair and sexy legs strut the stage in an outright raunchy manner. But why do we all obsess over Gaga? Sure, her songs can be addicting and her name is a hot topic on any of the tongues of pop-music enthusiasts. Gaga is a style star, believe it or not.
Maybe wearing a bird's nest around your face isn't the most mainstream or stylish fad, but Gaga's never been mainstream. This backward-minded diva has been seen strutting the streets of Zurich, Switzerland in a bold, newspaper-printed suit, heavy on the shoulder-paddage. She rocks the Christian Dior Josephine (bug-eyed) sunglasses like they're attached to her temples.
Most recently, Gaga can be caught in her video for "Bad Romance" sporting [an authentic dress and heels by Alexander McQueen] (http://www.fashion-stylist.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/image/AlexanderMcQueen_lady_gaga_bad_romance.jpg). You know, the one that makes her look like something completely — out of this world. Gold studs everywhere, an off-kilter shape and shoes that look impossible for any human to walk in.
Yes, maybe not everybody can walk out the door in the morning to work or class wearing a police officer's hat and a leather jumper (or wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy), but Gaga gives us hope. One musician, one icon, one person is confident enough to give the middle finger to the public opinion of fashion and tell her own story, convey her own personality with her clothes. I think it's admirable. And maybe I'm going a little deep into this issue, but admit it. She's pretty ballsy — and ballsy in more ways than one, we shall never know.
So tonight, we salute you, Ms. Platinum Blonde, Diamond-Drenched Leaf-Wearer (cue cheesy Budweiser commercial).
