InStyle.com Presents: Lady Gaga's Transformation
2009
| At the MTV Video Music Awards she covered half her face with a House of Blue Eyes mask and added a spectacular blond and pink coiffure. (CREDIT: WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
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| At the MTV Video Music Awards she covered half her face with a House of Blue Eyes mask and added a spectacular blond and pink coiffure. (CREDIT: WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| I've always been a weirdo," Lady Gaga once said. Born Stefani Germanotta in New York City, the singer attended Catholic school before her musical gifts led to work as a songwriter for stars like Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block. Hand in hand with the hooks that fill her three albums, "The Fame," "Fame Monster" and "Born This Way" is a look so outrageous it amounts to performance art. "I spend all my money on wardrobe and props," she has said. The star works with a collective of stylists and artists called Haus of Gaga and, when all else fails, "I design, I hand-make, I borrow—whatever it takes." But just don't accuse her of being a part-time diva. "I'm not a character," she told People. "I really am all the things that you see." The fresh-faced student at Convent of the Sacred Heart wrote that her dream was "headlining at Madison Square Garden." (CREDIT: SplashNewsOnline.com) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| As a songwriter and up-and-coming artist, Lady Gaga was mistaken for another strong-willed singer: "Actually the reason I dyed my hair blond is because I used to get Amy Winehouse all the time. I don't mind being compared to Amy, but I wanted my own image." (CREDIT: Retna) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| She released "The Fame" and accented her bone-straight bangs with a geometric headpiece. "I go onstage in origami dresses," she told People. "I'm inspired by that '70s glamour and decadence." (CREDIT: Retna) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| The creative star whipped up her style-setting hair bow from inexpensive extensions—and wore it 24/7. "Me and my hair bow, we go to bed together," she told reporters. "She sleeps where I sleep." (CREDIT: Landov) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| For the Much Music Awards in Toronto, Lady Gaga wore a coronet of braids atop a bowl-cut wig. (CREDIT: George Pimentel/WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Lady Gaga sported this crimpy, blown-out bob look during a trip to Berlin. (CREDIT: Florian Seefried/Getty) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| "My fashion is my freedom," Gaga said. She played up her platinum Marilyn Monroe curls with a black lace mask. (CREDIT: Retna) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| At the MTV Video Music Awards she covered half her face with a House of Blue Eyes mask and added a spectacular blond and pink coiffure. (CREDIT: WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| After releasing her second album, "The Fame Monster," Gaga went to Blackpool, England to perform for Queen Elizabeth II. Her, uh, restrained look included lipstick and eye-framing crystals that matched her rubber ruff. (CREDIT: Startraks) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Lady Gaga wigged out for the Grammys, attaching a neon yellow and blond hairpiece to her Armani Prive bodysuit. (CREDIT: Jason Merritt/Getty) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| For the MTV Video Music Awards, she topped a pastel-tipped platinum wig with a thin slice of steak. (CREDIT: Andreas Branch/PatrickMcMullan/Sipa Press) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Gaga has worn a variety of green and blue hues during her "Born This Way" press tour. Real? Not so much. "Staring at my wigs," she tweeted. "They're ready for their close-up." (CREDIT: John R. Kennedy/Splash News) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Gaga got kawaii in Japan with anime-inspired eye shadow. (CREDIT: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| She attended the MTV Video Music Awards as male alter-ego Jo Calderone. (CREDIT: Steve Granitz/WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| In London, she debuted her self-described "mint blond" coif. (CREDIT: SAV/FilmMagic) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Rumored to be a nod to the orange, white and green stripes of the national flag of India, Gaga sported a three-tone beehive in New Delhi. (CREDIT: Ramesh Sharma/India Today Group/Getty Images) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| For the MTV Europe Music Awards, Gaga paired vivid navy lipstick with green glitter eyebrows. (CREDIT: Venturelli/WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| For the Bambi Awards in Germany, she wore an Alexander McQueen hood and a filigree of eyeliner. (CREDIT: Stephan Schraps/Getty Images) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Gaga rang in the New Year (and smooched N.Y.C.'s Mayor Bloomberg) in a mosaic mask courtesy of Atelier Versace. (CREDIT: Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| For the Grammys, she anchored her chignon with a crystal-studded custom Versace veil. (CREDIT: Lester Cohen/WireImage) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| She launched her Born This Way Foundation at Harvard University wearing a laser-cut confection by milliner Emma Yeo. (CREDIT: AP Photo/Charles Krupa) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Making her usual entrance at the Tokyo airport, Gaga stood tall in a wild tangle of multicolored extensions. (CREDIT: EPA/Everett Kennedy Brown/Landov) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |
| Gaga returned to her brown roots, topping them with a golden coronet for her Fame fragrance launch. "Definitely feeling less blond lately and little more progressive brunette," she tweeted. "I am Louis Vuitton Brown!" (CREDIT: Greg Allen/Rex USA) More of Lady Gaga’s Transformation |