"meat dress" news and stories

She's done it again: Lady Gaga has everyone talking about yet another eccentric outfit. At the MTV Music Awards ceremony last night (where she won eight categories), Gaga donned a meat dress accented by bovine accessories.

In what seemed to be a generational fashion changing-of-the-guard, Cher (in one of her iconic outrageous outfits) presented Gaga with the moon man statue for Video of the Year. "I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse," exclaimed a delighted Gaga as she accepted.

It's not the first time the pop princess has gone bovine. Earlier this year she modeled a meat bikini for the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan designed by Franc Fernandez.

Last night Ellen DeGeneres taped the season premiere of her show outside the Nokia Theater, and asked Gaga about her peculiar outfit.

"Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth," Gaga replied.

Meat. It's what's for ... wearing? If you've got a ton of salami and bacon, some clear vinyl and about six hours to kill, then yes. The lovely ladies of Craftzine stumbled across this creation, crafted by one Jia Jem for her "Aqua Teen Hunger Force"-themed birthday party (she dressed up as Meatwad, the show's cartoon meatball). While the dress proved to be a hit with just about everyone but vegetarians, it was a one-wear affair, and no, she didn't eat it after she wore it.

Raw meat apparel isn't exactly new: The Canadian artist Jana Sterbak once made a gown using 50 pounds of raw flank steak, and the folks behind Hats of Meat have been crafting their eponymous chapeaus for a few years now. But this meat dress appears to be the most wearable, if only because it has a zipper and vinyl strips around the hem to catch all of the drippings (oh, the glamour).

Regardless of whether or not you yourself are tempted to don, say, prosciutto pants, this dress is bound to inspire some strong reactions. What do you think: Is the meat dress an inspired creation? A greasy abomination? Or the perfect answer to the perpetual conundrum of what to wear?

[Jia Jem via Craftzine]