14 DAY TRIAL // On Sunday night at the Video Music Awards 2010, Lady Gaga set another record by scooping no less than 8 awards – and another one by coming to the event dressed in a mini “dress” made entirely out of raw meat, with boots to match.
Her choice of outfit came shortly after the unveiling of the latest cover of Vogue Hommes Japan last week, for which she posed in a swimsuit made of raw meat. Still, PETA is not happy.
Not only did Gaga accessorize her mini dress with a hat of the same material, but she also wore boots entirely covered in thin strips of meat. It didn’t take long for PETA to blast her for her choice.
In a statement cited by E! Online, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Gaga’s fashion choice must have smelled really bad, while also most likely being infested with maggots.
“Meat is the decomposing flesh of a tormented animal who didn’t want to die, and after a few hours under the TV lights, it would smell like the rotting flesh it is and likely be crawling in maggots – not too attractive, really,” the group points out.
All the above is supported by scientific facts, the e-zine further says. However, there’s a big “if” to consider here: it could be that the dress wasn’t made of meat after all.
As we speak, several theories are making the rounds, with one in particular saying that, no matter how much of a daredevil the singer is when it comes to fashion, not even she would attend an event dressed from head to foot (literally) in raw meat.
Several media outlets have tried to contact the designer of the “dress,” Franc Fernandez, or Gaga’s stylist, Nicole Formichetti, but neither has been available for comment so far.
These two and Gaga herself hold the key to the mystery: if her entire get-up was made of faux meat, then the issue of it being riddled with maggots is out of the question.
On the other hand, if it was really made of meat, then it most likely was infested with disgusting crawlers, E! goes on to say.
“According to the laws of Sweet Lady Science, once a fly lays an egg – say, on a rotting carcass, or a promising piece of flap meat – if the weather is warm, the eggs hatch in the next eight to 20 hours,” E! writes.
“Given that most gowns, particularly custom ones, take at least that long to design and execute, Team Fernandez would need to either keep the meat in a totally fly-free fridge, or hire an anti-insect squad armed with couture swatters to guard the dress around the clock until Gaga could don it,” the same publication writes.