Alright, alright, let’s gab about this Lady Gaga and her meat getup. You know, that dress made of…well, meat. Lady Gaga Meat Costume, that’s what they call it. Sounds crazy, right? But that’s how these city folks roll, I guess.
First time I saw it, I thought, “Lord have mercy, is that girl wearin’ somethin’ from the butcher shop?” I mean, real meat! Not the kind you see on TV, but the real deal, like the stuff you throw on the grill. Folks were sayin’ it was beef, some kinda fancy steak and pork ribs, somethin’ called “porterhouse” and “rib-eye.” Sounded expensive, more than I make in a month, I tell ya.
They say this happened way back in 2010, eleven years ago, can ya believe it? Time flies like a bat outta hell. It was a big deal, they say, the biggest fashion thing that year. Fashion, huh? Back in my day, fashion was just makin’ sure your clothes didn’t have too many holes. But these city folk, they got their own ways.
- It was real meat, yup, the kind you eat.
- They called it a “statement piece.” Don’t ask me what that means.
- Some folks loved it, some folks thought it was plumb crazy. I’m kinda in the middle, leaning towards crazy, though.
So, this dress, it wasn’t just thrown together like a stew. A fella, a taxidermist they called him, had to work on it. Imagine that, workin’ on a dress made of meat! He used all sorts of stuff, bleach, somethin’ called “formaldehyde” – sounds like somethin’ you’d spray on crops to keep the bugs away – and soap, to keep it from rottin’ away, I reckon. They say it’s got a weird, gross texture now and it’s a little grayer. It’s now in somethin’ called the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” in Cleveland. Fancy place, I bet.
And why did she wear it, you ask? Well, from what I gather, it was about fightin’ for what you believe in. She didn’t like some rule, somethin’ about the army and not askin’ and not tellin’. City folk problems, I tell ya. But hey, at least she stood up for somethin’, even if it meant wearin’ a meat dress. She also had somethin’ to say about people seein’ her as a piece of meat, not a human. That’s somethin’ I understand. Folks judge you by your looks or your job, not by what’s inside.
The dress, it was all cut up, showin’ leg and such, and it had this big floppy neck thing, they call it “cowl neck”. I tell you, these fashion designers, they think up the darndest things. And get this, they even talked about sellin’ it! A hundred dollars, they said. Imagine payin’ that much for a dress you can’t even wash! You’d probably have to freeze it. That’s the most mind-boggling thing in this story, to me. The taxidermist had to defrost it before preservin’ it. And even after it was preserved, it still wasn’t somethin’ you could wear to church, that’s for sure.
Lady Gaga, she sure knows how to get folks talkin’. That’s for certain. And this meat dress, well, it’s somethin’ else. I still can’t quite wrap my head around it. A dress made of meat… Only in the city, I guess. It’s been eleven years, and people still talkin’ about this here Lady Gaga Meat Costume. It’s even in museums now. It seems like it really was somethin’ special, even if it was a bit… strange. Well, that’s what I make of it anyways. It’s a crazy world, and this Lady Gaga, she’s a part of it, meat dress and all.
I’ve seen all sorts of things in my life, but a meat dress? That’s a new one. People are always lookin’ to be different, I guess. And this here Lady Gaga, she sure found a way to do that. I still don’t get it, but maybe that’s the point. It’s not for folks like me to understand, I suppose.
But there you have it, the story of the Lady Gaga meat dress, as best as I can tell it. A whole lotta fuss over some meat, if you ask me. But hey, it’s a conversation starter, ain’t it?
