As if the fashion world hasn't had enough to digest in recent days, with the sacking of Dior designer John Galliano over allegations he hurled anti-Semitic comments, mega-star Lady Gaga added to the insanity, making a bumping and grinding modeling debut at Mugler's fall-winter 2011-12 ready-to-wear show.
If the singing thing doesn't pan out, Lady Gaga can always fall back on modeling. The pop-shock sensation's high-impact debut proved she's got the stuff to make it in the cruel world of fashion.
Legions of fans mobbed the show's venue, a gym in a working-class neighborhood in eastern Paris, hoping for a glimpse of the singer. It was clear that many of the industry insiders also made the trip into the fashion backwater exclusively for Gaga — who'd announced she'd be walking in the show on her Twitter account the day before.
And she didn't disappoint. Bursting in halfway through the show with a formidable contingent of bodyguards, Gaga hopped onto the stage — ahem, the catwalk — and struck no-holds-barred poses in front of the even more formidable pack of photographers. She puffed on a cigarette, blowing clouds of smoke toward them and then was off: bumping, grinding and strutting her way backstage, only to emerge in an all-white ensemble topped off by a lampshade hat.
It was a blockbuster performance, er, show. Indeed Gaga looked more comfortable than many of the models, who had trouble embracing the nasty girl role they'd been told to play. Their tiger growls at the cameras flopped, their gyrations were forced — and Gaga stood out as the A-grade performer she is.
The clothes themselves weren't much better than the (professional) models. It was like Sebastien Peigne, who designed the collection under Gaga's stylist and Mugler's new creative director, Nicola Formichetti, was taking his cue from the how-to manual for a label hoping to spark buzz.
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