Looking back on the many iconic looks of pop music's biggest fashionista. From raw meat to Mayhem: The evolution of Lady Gaga's showstopping fashion
Looking back on the many iconic looks of pop music's biggest fashionista.
From raw meat to Mayhem: The evolution of Lady Gaga's show-stopping fashion
Looking back on the many iconic looks of pop music's biggest fashionista.
By Mary Sollosi
Mary Sollosi is the former assistant features editor at **. She left EW in 2022.
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Lady Gaga at the 91st Academy Awards on Feb. 24, 2019; Lady Gaga performing at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; Lady Gaga attending the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Credit:
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For an artist as singular as Lady Gaga, her music only tells half the story. The pop superstar has used bold imagery in her fashion and music videos from the beginning. Her red carpet appearances have become events unto themselves, having created a level of expectation among fans eager to see her one-of-a-kind creative expression.
Some Gaga looks are iconic even among the most casual of pop culture followers, such as the "meat dress" she wore at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards or her "armadillo" shoes featured in the "Bad Romance" music video. But Gaga has also been savvy enough not to be pigeonholed as just the avant-garde lady, though, opting for high elegance depending on the event.
Ahead, we're looking back on Mother Monster's most memorable fashion moments from her early *The Fame* days to her latest *Mayhem* era.
At Lollapalooza in August 2007
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Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza 2007. Jason Squires/WireImage
Even before the release of her debut album, 2008's *The Fame*, Gaga had begun developing her early glitter-glam aesthetic. Performing at Lollapalooza in 2007, she wore a homemade disco-mirror bra with black panties and a matching belt. —*Mary Sollosi*
"Just Dance" music video, May 2008
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Just Dance'.
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In the music video for her first smash single, the singer's DIY-disco look evolved with a reappearance of the mirror bra and a nod to one of her inspirations, David Bowie, whom she acknowledged with some lightning-bolt makeup. —*M.S.*
"Poker Face" music video, October 2008
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Poker Face'.
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Gaga wasn't finished with her deconstructed disco-ball accessories when she released the video for her second single, which did up the ante, however, in the wardrobe department. Wearing now-iconic disco-mirror sunglasses and a sculptural latex bodysuit, she began her experimentation with more avant-garde details. —*M.S.*
On Good Day New York in October 2008
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Lady Gaga performing on 'Good Day New York' in October 2008. Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic
Performing on *Good Day New York *the week following the release of the "Poker Face" video, Gaga reiterated the aesthetic created in that clip with a white sculptural leotard, crystal-covered glasses, and, most notably, her signature blonde hair-bow. —*M.S.*
On German talk show Punkt 6 in July 2009
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Lady Gaga wearing a Kermit the Frog coat on the German talk show 'Punkt 6' in July 2009.
Gaga would later explain that this groundbreaking instance of Muppet-based fashion was a statement against wearing fur. —*M.S.*
At the MTV VMAs in September 2009
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards; Lady Gaga accepting a Moonman at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images
The Mother Monster hit her first VMAs red carpet in a corseted black lace dress by Jean Paul Gaultier, accessorized with a gold mask and neck brace by Keko Hainswheeler, in a look that neatly tied together her interests in vintage bodily constriction and modern metallics. That show brought her infamous bloody-hanging performance (not pictured), and, when she accepted the Moonman for Best New Artist, she did so in her fourth outfit of the evening (out of six!), a Red Queen-inspired getup consisting of a sheer lace dress from Alexander McQueen and a matching mask that entirely covered her face, all topped with a spiky red crown. —*M.S.*
"Bad Romance" music video, November 2009
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Bad Romance'.
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The "Bad Romance" music video is a high point of one of Gaga's greatest creative collaborations, and it's not with a musician. "Bad Romance" (the song, not the video) made its debut at Paris Fashion Week in October 2009, on the runway of Alexander McQueen's iconic "Plato's Atlantis" show. When it came time for Gaga to shoot the single's epic music video (directed by eventual *Hunger Games *helmer Francis Lawrence), the young designer sent pieces from that collection for her to wear, including its breathtaking, hard-to-wear final look (center).
"I just remember that, when I wore that outfit, I just kept saying to everyone on set, 'We can't wear anything else from any other designers except for young kids, and everything has to look good with McQueen's clothes,'" Gaga said about the shoot. She had to forgo the high fashion for the video's kinetic dance sequences, however, first draping herself in jewels and then strapping into a skin-baring lacy red leotard. —*M.S.*
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II in December 2009
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Queen Elizabeth II meeting Lady Gaga in December 2009. Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
The Edwardian silhouette is practically a costume of what one ought to wear to meet the Queen — if it were rendered in, say, an airy white lace. Gaga, naturally, opted for red latex and matching glittery eye decals. —*M.S.*
At the Grammys in January 2010
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 2010 Grammy Awards; Lady Gaga in the press room with her Grammys at the 2010 Grammy Awards. John Shearer/WireImage; Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Gaga went to the future for the 2010 Grammys, wearing a sculptural lavender Armani Privé gown with gravity-defying glittery shoes. And since she's rarely been to an awards show that hasn't merited a wardrobe change (or two, or five), she switched into a sparkly white minidress (gathered upward in the back, to reveal a rhinestone-stocking-covered derrière) and an enormous glittering glacier of a headpiece to accept her awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album (for *The Fame*) and Best Dance Recording ("Poker Face"). —*M.S.*
The "Telephone" music video, March 2010
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Telephone'.
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Gaga took a break from disco-mirrored everything to experiment with theme in the "Telephone" music video (which also, lest we forget, featured Beyoncé, but her fashion evolution is a whole other conversation). As an inmate in a women's prison, Gaga first appears in a shoulder-padded black-and-white striped dress — but it's with the accessories that she really got into the spirit of the setting. She draped herself in chains and wore sunglasses covered in (still-smoking!) cigarettes, used Diet Coke cans as hair rollers, spoke on a telephone that was actually a hat, and wrapped herself in police tape over the course of the video. —*M.S.*
At the MTV VMAs in September 2010
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Lady Gaga arriving at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards; Lady Gaga in her 'meat dress' at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
When Lady Gaga hit the VMAs carpet in 2010, people probably thought her Alexander McQueen gown — worn just a few months after his death — paired with the late designer's impossible-looking armadillo shoes, was an extravagant look. "Wow," they must have thought, "Gaga's really done it again." How little we knew! How innocent we were! Who could ever have guessed how outrageously she would outdo herself before the night was over?
Later, to accept the Video of the Year award for "Bad Romance" (from Cher, no less), the star took the stage in a dress, hat, and shoes made of raw beef — making a statement that "I am not a piece of meat." PETA, which had previously applauded her Kermit coat, did not approve. —*M.S.*
"Judas" music video, May 2011
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Judas'.
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Gaga, a progressive practicing Christian, has explored religious themes in much of her music and many of her videos, but perhaps none quite so explicitly as "Judas."
The music video for the *Born This Way *track casts the star as Mary Magdalene, opposite Norman Reedus as the holy traitor of the song's title, a member of a motorcycle gang consisting of the 12 apostles. Her divine costumes throughout the clip mash up sacred imagery with biker style, including a blue hooded top with the sacred heart across the chest, and a whole lot of cross jewelry. —*M.S.*
The "Yoü and I" music video, August 2011
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Yoü and I'.
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Lady Gaga tried on many personae in the "Yoü and I" music video, appearing as a half-bionic woman traveling across the Midwest; a girl playing a piano in a cornfield; a man—Gaga's alter ego Jo Calderone (more on him later)—sitting atop that piano smoking a cigarette; a girl being tortured in a barn; a blue-haired dancing Gaga; and, of course, Yüyi the mermaid. Following the release of the video, she celebrated the distinctive looks by releasing five "fashion films" branded "Haus of Ü." —*M.S.*
At the MTV VMAs in August 2011
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Lady Gaga as Jo Calderone at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Jo Calderone, wearing a white T-shirt under an oversized suit and smoking a cigarette, took the stage at the 2011 VMAs to deliver a long monologue about his love life with Lady Gaga, perform "Yoü and I," and then honor Britney Spears. In the press room following the appearance, Gaga would only answer questions in character as her alter ego. —*M.S.*
"Applause" music video, August 2013
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Applause'. Lady Gaga/YouTube
The "Applause" music video, released in advance of *ARTPOP*, leaned heavily into that album's theme of the intersection of art and pop. The clip's many costumes referenced Ingmar Bergman's *The Seventh Seal *and Sandro Botticelli's *The Birth of Venus*, among other iconic works of art. —*M.S.*
At the Academy Awards in February 2015
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015; Lady Gaga performing a 'Sound of Music' tribute at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The 2015 Oscars came just a few months after the release of *Cheek to Cheek*, Gaga's decidedly old-school release of jazz standards recorded with Tony Bennett. The moment marked another rebirth for Gaga, who showed up to the Academy Awards looking...like a lady. She hit the carpet in a custom textured Alaïa gown, on which she closely collaborated with the designer, paired with bright red gloves. To perform a stirring tribute to *The Sound of Music* during the ceremony, she wore another Alaïa with a classic, voluminous silhouette. —*M.S.*
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Lady Gaga reacts to 'reheating her nachos' on 'Mayhem': 'My nachos are mine — I invented them'
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At the Golden Globes in January 2016
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in 2016. Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Gaga won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie in 2016, for her performance in *American Horror Story: Hotel. *She showed up to the ceremony, however, not invoking the horror of the TV show at all, but channeling Marilyn Monroe with a platinum-blond retro bob and a custom black velvet Atelier Versace gown with a plunging neckline and padded hips. —*M.S.*
At the Grammys in February 2016
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 2016 Grammy Awards; Lady Gaga paying tribute to David Bowie with a performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards. Larry Busacca/Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Gaga's early sartorial Bowie references came full circle at the 2016 Grammys, which took place just over a month after the latter's death. She honored the late icon in a cobalt coat and bright red hair on the carpet, and then performed a tribute to him wearing a white cape, lightning bolts projected onto her face, during the show. —*M.S.*
At the Academy Awards in February 2016
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet of the 88th Academy Awards in 2016. Jason Merritt/Getty Images
The star continued her takeover of the 2016 awards season at the Oscars, where she was nominated for Best Original Song for "Til It Happens to You." Though relatively understated (for her) on the carpet, Gaga still stood out in a white strapless jumpsuit by Brandon Maxwell with a long train. —*M.S.*
At the Met Gala in May 2016
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Lady Gaga at the 2016 Met Gala, which featured the theme 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology'. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
The 2016 Met Gala theme, "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," seemed like an ideal fit for Gaga. She hit the carpet in a Versace jacket over a cutout leotard, sky-high platforms, and bright blond hair, letting fans know that despite her demure awards season showing, she still had some daring looks up her sleeve. —*M.S.*
"Million Reasons" music video, December 2016
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Lady Gaga in her music video for 'Million Reasons'.
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Gaga had appeared on the *Joanne *album cover wearing a pink cowboy hat, and the video for the album's second single, "Million Reasons," solidified it as the defining look of this era of her career. In the video, she plays the guitar while wearing the hat and a matching pink suit. —*M.S.*
Performing the Super Bowl LI halftime show in 2017
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Lady Gaga performing the Super Bowl LI halftime show in 2017. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
The Mother Monster returned to theme dressing for her Super Bowl halftime show performance in 2017, during which she wore bedazzled football shoulder pads along with matching booty shorts. —*M.S.*
At the Grammys in February 2017
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet of the 2017 Grammy Awards; Lady Gaga performing with Metallica at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS
Leaning into heavy-metal vibes for the 2017 Grammys, Gaga hit the red carpet in a two-piece shiny black leather ensemble with spiky long sleeves and chains hanging from her hips, accessorized with aviators and thigh-high, very-high-heeled leather boots. Taking the stage with Metallica during the show, she wore studded shorts and a cropped T-shirt emblazoned with the band's name, all over a fishnet bodysuit. —*M.S.*
At the Grammys in January 2018
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet for the 2018 Grammy Awards; Lady Gaga performing at the 2018 Grammy Awards. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Theo Wargo/WireImage
Gaga was a study in contrasts at the 2018 Grammys, first going a little goth on the carpet with a sheer, sequined lace bodysuit under an enormous black skirt (and crazy-high platform shoes, of course), her platinum-blond hair in two fishtail braids corseted together with black string. To perform during the show, she went angelic, keeping the hair but changing into a voluminous pale pink gown with huge, ruffled detached sleeves and beads down the front. —*M.S.*
At the Venice Film Festival in August 2018
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Lady Gaga at the 'A Star Is Born' premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in August 2018. David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock
A star was born in Venice in 2018, when Gaga made her first grand entrance as a bona fide leading lady at the premiere of *A Star Is Born*. She hit the carpet with co-star and director Bradley Cooper, wearing this voluminous pale pink Valentino princess dress. The film's positive reception set Gaga on a long awards season run filled with fabulous fashion. —*M.S.*
At the ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards in October 2018
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Lady Gaga at ELLE's 25th annual Women in Hollywood Celebration in October 2018. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
Gaga took a break from the Old Hollywood glamour of her *A Star Is Born *press run when she accepted the honor of being one of ELLE's Women in Hollywood for 2018. For the ceremony, she opted for an exaggeratedly oversized suit by Marc Jacobs, explaining her choice when she took the podium. After trying on "10 or so dresses," she chose "an oversized men's suit made for a woman. Not a gown," she said. "In this suit, I felt like me today. In this suit, I felt the truth of who I am well up in my gut. And then wondering what I wanted to say tonight become very clear to me."
She continued by identifying herself as a survivor of sexual assault, a woman with chronic pain, and simply as a woman raised to live in a man's world. But "I decided today I wanted to take the power back," she said. "Today, I wear the pants." —*M.S.*
At the Enigma Las Vegas residency show in December 2018
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Lady Gaga performing at her 'Enigma' Las Vegas residency show in December 2018. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images (2)
Ever the fashion enigma, Gaga cycled through a wild wardrobe on opening night of her aptly titled Vegas residency, *Enigma*, which kicked off in December 2018. She opened the show — which follows a story in which Gaga enters a futuristic simulation wherein she can "solve the mystery of who you are" — in a mirrored bodysuit, which one can imagine refracting back all the various prior versions of Gaga the audience was projecting onto her from the start.
As the show concluded (after a few changes in between), the star wore this structural, iridescent latex bodysuit and winged jacket by Vex, getting closer to the nakedness of her true self. —*M.S.*
At the Golden Globes in January 2019
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Lady Gaga at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards in 2019. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Gaga's wardrobe was highly referential throughout her *A Star Is Born *press tour (and, in fact, throughout her entire career), and for her first major awards show with a nomination for the film, she went full Cinderella in a voluminous pale blue ball gown by Valentino. But a classic princess dress wouldn't quite be right for the inventive star; she kept the look fully monochrome with a fairy-tale updo, tinted to match the periwinkle gown. —*M.S.*
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2019
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Lady Gaga on the red carpet at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019. Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock
For the 2019 SAG Awards, where Gaga was nominated for *A Star Is Born*, she kept up her Old Hollywood approach by channeling Marilyn Monroe and her iconic *Seven Year Itch *look (with a hint of Angelina Jolie's right leg, for good measure) in this plunging white Dior haute couture gown with frayed edges and a wrap detail at the waist. She finished the look with a Tiffany choker, platinum hair, white pumps, and a dramatic dark lip. —*M.S.*
At the Academy Awards in February 2019
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Lady Gaga attending the 91st Academy Awards as a double nominee in 2019. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Gaga finished her *Star Is Born *awards journey with one more look taken straight from classic moviedom, an Alexander McQueen gown recalling Audrey Hepburn's iconic Givenchy from 1961's *Breakfast at Tiffany's*. The Best Actress nominee (and Best Original Song winner) completed the structured, strapless look with long black leather gloves, a Holly Golightly updo, and best of all, the Tiffany Yellow Diamond — a 142-year-old, 128.54-carat stone previously worn by Hepburn herself to shoot *Breakfast at Tiffany's *publicity photos. —*M.S.*
At the Met Gala in May 2019
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Lady Gaga's various looks at the 2019 Met Gala, featuring the theme 'Camp: Notes on Fashion'. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images (2)
The theme at the 2019 Met Gala was "Camp: Notes on Fashion," inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp." Appropriately for an event dedicated to performativity and pure excess, Gaga was named one of the annual ball's co-chairs. She clearly took her duties seriously, arriving on the flamingo-pink carpet in this fuchsia Brandon Maxwell cape and delivering a carefully choreographed routine with her umbrella-wielding train-carriers before taking off the robe to reveal an asymmetrical sculptural black gown.
She then lost the second look, uncovering a hot pink sheath, which she ultimately took off to conclude the fashion show in a bedazzled black bra and fishnets. So, you know, just another elegant and understated first Monday in May. —*M.S.*
"Stupid Love" music video, February 2020
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Lady Gaga (center) in her music video for 'Stupid Love'. Lady Gaga/YouTube
In the first video from Gaga's *Chromatica *era, in which she and the "Kindness Punks" fight for peace in a dystopian future, she picked one spot on the color wheel and stuck to it, cycling through a series of futuristic pink looks with a matching wig. The selection follows her last high-profile fashion outing, her hot pink 2019 Met Gala appearance, and an awards season characterized by a major resurgence of the feminine shade. If anyone could confirm that pink is punk and it's back in a big way, it's Lady Gaga. —*M.S.*
The House of Gucci era, fall 2021
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Lady Gaga attends the U.K. premiere of 'House of Gucci' on Nov. 9, 2021; Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in 'House of Gucci'; Lady Gaga at the 'House of Gucci' New York premiere on Nov. 16, 2021.
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Gaga went big and bold for *House of Gucci* (2021), her second major film following *A Star Is Born*. Playing the real-life Italian socialite Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, Gaga sports multiple memorable costumes in the film, including the pictured red ski suit by Post Card. Her red carpet looks included a purple tulle dress (designed, fittingly, by Gucci) at the U.K. premiere and a custom Armani Privé at the New York premiere. —*Kevin Jacobsen*
At the Gaga Chromatica Ball premiere, May 2024
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Lady Gaga at the world premiere fan screening of HBO's 'Gaga Chromatica Ball' on May 23, 2024 in Los Angeles.
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At the fan screening for HBO's *Gaga Chromatica Ball* concert film, Gaga opted for a futuristic, industrial look. The artist wore a sculptured piece made of car parts on top of a corset dress with hole punches at the bottom, designed by SLVA. Meanwhile, her long, jet black hair was perhaps an early hint of her then-forthcoming *Mayhem* era. —*K.J.***
At the 2024 Summer Olympics/Enigma + Jazz & Piano show
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Lady Gaga performs before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris on July 27, 2024; Lady Gaga performs during her 'Jazz & Piano' residency at Park MGM on Oct. 14, 2021, in Las Vegas.
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Gaga's flair for flamboyance has consistently shown itself throughout her career, even when singing traditional jazz standards. She appeared at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in a Dior ensemble — including a stylish feather headpiece — while performing "Mon Truc en Plumes." She employed a similar style for her *Enigma + Jazz & Piano* residency in Las Vegas, at one point sporting a black V-neck dress, which her sister, Natali Germanotta, designed (Rinaldy Yunardi made the spiky sea urchin headpiece). —*K.J.*
The Joker: Folie à Deux era, fall 2024
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Lady Gaga on 'The Graham Norton Show' in October 2024; Lady Gaga at the U.K. premiere of 'Joker: Folie à Deux' on Sept. 25, 2024; Lady Gaga on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Oct. 1, 2024.
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Gaga took on the role of Harley Quinn in *Joker: Folie à Deux*, costarring with Joaquin Phoenix, who reprised his Oscar-winning performance from 2019's *Joker*. While the film wasn't a hit with critics or audiences, Gaga nonetheless had some eye-popping looks on the press tour, sporting bold red hair and clown-like attire to evoke the comic chaos of her character. During this era, she also released a companion album, *Harlequin*, featuring covers of jazz standards, some of which were featured in the film. —*K.J.*
"Die With a Smile" music video, August 2024
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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars on the 'Die With a Smile' single cover.
Gaga collaborated with Bruno Mars on "Die With a Smile," a soft rock ballad that went on to unprecedented success on the Spotify charts. For the single cover art and music video, the Grammy-winning singers coordinated their costumes, with Gaga wearing a red silk blouse and blue minidress, styled by Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo. Between her huge mane of hair and his white cowboy hat, Gaga and Mars playfully evoked '70s country music duos. —*K.J.*
Mayhem music videos, 2024–2025
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Lady Gaga as Mistress Mayhem in the video for 'Disease'; Lady Gaga as the Lady in Red in the video for 'Abracadabra'.
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Little Monsters were introduced to Gaga's latest outré creations during the *Mayhem* era. In the "Disease" music video (released in October 2024), Gaga fights alternate versions of herself, the most menacing being the red-eyed, black leather-wearing Mistress Mayhem (pictured left). Then, there was the "Abracadabra" music video, which premiered during a commercial break for the 2025 Grammys and features the menacing, latex-wearing Lady in Red, referenced in the song's lyrics. —*K.J.***
At the Grammys in February 2025
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Lady Gaga at the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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Gaga embraced the darkness with this all-black ensemble at the 2025 Grammys. She complemented her Samuel Lewis-designed ball gown and long black hair with a gold chain. It was an eventful night for Gaga, as she performed "California Dreamin'" with Bruno Mars during the ceremony and won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with him for "Die With a Smile." —*K.J.*
At Coachella on April 12, 2025
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Lady Gaga performing at Coachella in Indio, Calif., on April 11, 2025.
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Gaga went all-out for her universally acclaimed 2025 Coachella performance. With numerous costume changes and hairstyles, Gaga provided Coachella attendees with a full-blown theatrical event, embracing the macabre while singing next to a skeleton in the sand in a custom dress by Dilara Findikoglu. She also gave longtime fans what they wanted during her performance of "Paparazzi," using crutches, armor, and a helmet that evoked the 2009 "Paparazzi" music video. —*K.J.*
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