From Lady Gaga's meat get dressed to Britney Spears' purple catsuit, we unzip the stories behind several iconic outfits in pop song history.
If you're anticipated to make a dash in song world, it helps to convey some eccentric visuals. The right outfit, in truth, can also be what takes a simple pop famous person from "one album wonder" to "absolutely iconic." And whether or not that garment is a red vinyl catsuit à l. a. Britney Spears, a nude latex two piece ala Bangerz generation Miley Cyrus, or anything Cher has each worn ever, we're extra intrigued to listen to the mythology in the back of each glance. How did it finally end up in the song video? Why was it decided on for this televised efficiency? And did that meat get dressed wreck? Today, we are unpacking some of the ones grand mysteries.
Below, iconic pop star outfits, unzipped and defined.
1. Lady Gaga - Meat Dress
Franc Fernandez designed Lady Gaga's savory meat dress back in 2010. "I was approached by [fellow fashion stylist] Nicola Formichetti to create the look. It was planned over a week period," Fernandez mentioned. "It's always a pleasure working with Nicola and Gaga, the times I have. The process is very easy and quick. Apparently you just hit up the butcher and start sewing. Delicious! The dress has since been pseudo-preserved in jerky form for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame...with mixed success.
As to the big WHY of why this happened? Gaga said the dress has many interpretations (including a political protest against Don't Ask, Don't Tell)."For me this night, if we don’t get up for what we consider in and if we don’t fight for our rights beautiful soon, we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on own bones,"she said. "And, I am not a piece of meat.”
2. Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly Jumpsuit
Stylist June Ambrose used to be tasked with creating Missy Elliot's inflatable ensemble in "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" vid, in need of one thing to challenge the default "sexy" look for girls in hip-hop. "For me it was about wanting to create this dichotomy between what females in hip-hop looked like," Ambrose told Elle Magazine in 2017. "We could've played Missy as a curvy, full-figured, sexy hip-hop female rapper. But we didn't need permission to adjust how we saw women in hip-hop at the time."
Ultimately, Ambrose took Missy's glance in a marshmallow-y path, the usage of a bicycle pump for complete impact. "The written treatment came from Hype [Williams]. During that time, we were very in sync and he gave me such creative license," Ambrose said. "When I first heard the treatment, and I said, 'Michelin Man? That's like a white marshmallow. Like some tire man? And I was like, there's no way I'm going to make her into a white marshmallow.' So this was my version of a black Michelin Man. I knew that I wanted it to feel kind of blob-ish."
3. Madonna - VMAs Wedding Dress
Madonna's authentic idea for her "Like a Virgin" VMAs performance concerned, imagine it or not, singing to a White Bengal tiger. I'm no longer certain if that is incredibly cool or extremely dumb, but she nonetheless gained pop culture without end when she stepped out on this "BoyToy"-belted marriage ceremony get dressed.
As for all that writhing? It used to be allegedly due to a dresser malfunction; as she descended the staircase, one of her slippers fell off. "So I thought, 'Well, I'll just pretend I meant to do this,' and I dove on the floor and I rolled around,". "And, as I reached for the shoe, the dress went up. And the underpants were showing." Whoops! Stumbled and fell into superstardom.
4. Katy Perry - Whipped Cream Bra
I feel extremely uncomfortable just rewatching this scene in "California Gurls," but nonetheless wanted to know the way they got here into lifestyles. "I needed some type of weapon so I thought I'd use my best assets," Perry explained in an on-set video. Fair sufficient.
Interestingly sufficient, despite the fact that, that isn't whipped cream in the ones cans (I'm so dissatisfied that I simply wrote that). "We made this wonderful whip cream rig," visual results artist Kevin Berve explains in the same video. "We're actually using snow foam, which is used for dressing snow sets, out of these whipped cream canisters that are attached to her chest."
5. Michael Jackson - 'Thriller' Red Jacket
Deborah Nadoolman Landis designed Michael Jackson's red-washed outfit, but she had the challenge of making the King of Pop look, smartly, fearsome. Back then, Jackson weighed 99 kilos and had a 26 inch waist (OMFG). So be aware how the crimson jacket's "V" shape offers him broader shoulder — Landis particularlytailored the jacket to make Jackson glance "virile," in spite of his small body.
6. Britney Spears - 'Oops I Did It Again' Red Catsuit
Let's stay along the similar material line, we could? In "Making of the Video" of the "Oops...I Did It Again," we witness Britney Spears request the famous purple catsuit...13 hours before it's needed. "You know the first Austin Powers how Elizabeth Hurley, her hair was really big and the long extensions," Spears mimes to costume dressmaker Michael Bush. "Sexy. But not too over-the-top because the choreography's really hard and the song in itself is already sexy." Britney's guidelines supposed a slight extend in the catsuit's arrival (they needed to switch the capturing agenda), however you are aware of it all grew to become out ok in the end.
7. Lil Kim - Purple Bodysuit and Pasty
TBH the pasty is the true celebrity of the show (shell of the show?) right here, but all of this look is intense, particularly for 1999. The glittering lavender piece was once it sounds as if made out of cloth usually made for Saris. "Our process had always been a natural flow of creativity and ideas,” said designer Misa Hylton. “From the start, I really got into Kim and who she is, I got into her music. I created a visual story, something out of the ordinary and unique to anything experienced thus far. Those are the magical moments that make a lasting impression.”
And the impression did last, eventually becoming the 2013 Halloween costume for one Miley Cyrus.
8. Miley Cyrus - 2013 VMAs outfit
Speaking of which, can we just talk about how Miley Cyrus' disaster party VMA performance with Robin Thicke was the top Halloween costume of 2013? Ugh, never forget the parade of girls in Mouse leotards and foam fingers.
As for the nude, latex two piece, Thicke knew about it beforehand and, in a revelation not shocking to anyone, was the one to approve of Miley's outfit. "He wanted me as naked as imaginable, because that’s how his video used to be," she said in 2013. "It was very a lot a collaboration. My phase — 'We Can’t Stop' — was once all me. But when it went into 'Blurred Lines,' that was once his efficiency."
No word on why Thicke leaned towards his "Horny Beetlejuice" aesthetic.
9. Beyonce - Yellow 'Hold Up' Dress
B. Akerlund can be credited for many of Beyoncé's best outfits, including sweet and sour yellow look from Lemonade. "We had some other outfit already selected [to put on], and then that yellow Roberto Cavalli get dressed confirmed up an afternoon overdue because it was right off the runway [from fall 2016 collection]," Akerlund told Hollywood Reporter. "We weren’t feeling the different dress and we placed on the Cavalli and in that moment knew it was once the final vision of what that video needed to be."
Of course, there was more than one hiccup, as Akerlund had called in just about every yellow dress possible to find the perfect one. "We attempted other sun shades, but yellow may also be very unsuitable when you cross more lemon-y," she said. "I knew that mustard yellow was the best possible colour for Beyonce — it just complements her pores and skin color and it’s vibrant, but you still really feel model and it doesn’t change into goofy."
10. David Bowie - 'Life on Mars' Ice-Blue Suit
This could've easily be a "Best David Bowie Outfits" listicle but ah, who has the time? Let's take a moment, however, to appreciate his ice-blue "Life on Mars?" suit. The custom creation by friend Freddie Burretti created a look that so firmly pushed Bowie into superstardom...and was never to be recreated. Well, at least by David Bowie.
"David by no means appeared like this at every other time," Mick Rock, the video's director revealed in 2016. "He never wore that swimsuit again, never had that makeup on again. He by no means looked more amazing — like a space doll." Agreed.
11. Prince - Sheer Ass-Friendly Suit
Likewise, it's just imperative that I fit in at least one Prince outfit before we wrap up. And though that includes a wardrobe of artful purple suits, I'm going to point to the sheer, cropped suit with the a-- cut out. Designer Stacia Lang shared all the details on her Facebook."Prince's secretary got here to me shortly ahead of the MTV Music Awards and mentioned one thing to the impact of, 'You're not going to imagine this.... You'd better take a seat down,'" Lang shared. "And she proceeded to tell me that Prince wanted a dressing up with the BUTT OUT." She then goes on to say she gave Prince two designs, one with more exposure and one with less exposure. "The surreality of that second can't be over-stated right here" Lang wrote. "Without a phrase, he took a pencil and put an X thru the model with 'extra publicity.'"
In conclusion, I miss Prince more and more every day.
12. Cher - 'If I Could Turn Back Time' Ensemble
Leave it to Cher to create a controversy. The outfit first made its debut in the "If I Could Turn Back Time" music video , which was filmed on a Navy ship, surrounded by those who serve. Thing is, the owner of the ship was none to pleased about her skimpy ensemble, but when the ship's entertainment liaison asked the director to have her change, it was flatly refused. As a result, musicians are no longer allowed to film on Navy ships following the release of this video.
However, identical versions of this look have seen a more welcome reception on various tours, and several VMAs...including when she awarded the meat-clad Lady Gaga a Moonman for "Bad Romance." One sartorial risk-taker passing the torch to the next!
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