Lady Gaga is the ghost of her own broken-down and withered gothic opera house as she takes the stage for the Apple Music 'MAYHEM: Requiem' - the final chapter of this hauntingly beautiful era.
Photography by Jack Bridgland. Styling by Hunter Clem with assistance by Kallie Collett, Thomas Jay, Lisa Bruno, George Villalpando, Casper Tveteraas Hauge and Rebecca Moreno.
For the opening look, Gaga and her longtime stylist Hunter decided to delve once again into the Rodarte archives. From the Fall/Winter 2023 collection, they opted for the black silk velvet devoré cape with floral sequin all over embroidery.
For the majority of the show, Gaga leans fully into ritual. She appears veiled beneath a sculptural beaded headpiece and crown by Tommy Solovyov - her face obscured, her presence amplified.
The piece reads like armor and relic all at once: a lattice of beads cascading into a netted veil, crowned with intricate, almost sacred detailing. It transforms anonymity into power, turning concealment into spectacle.
For an alternative opening look, as seen during the rehearsals, Lady Gaga seems to be wearing one of the fun tinsel capes as seen on the aforementioned Rodarte‘s runway!
To throw in some Saint Laurent, as she loves, we got these new "SL 736" black acetate oval sunglasses with side logo detail.
I was immediately captivated by this Victorian goth-inspired beauty.
This black wool dress with leg-o'-mutton sleeves, standing collar, hook-and-eye details, voluminous hips and sheer paneled skirt, hails from Aniye Records‘ Fall/Winter 2025 collection titled "Breaking Rules".
A mix of established houses and emerging designers is a must when it comes to Gaga‘s styling palette.
Here, she‘s donning the uber-fierce Fragile studded cropped leather jacket with dramatic shoulders and elongated eyelet straps from Judassime‘s Spring/Summer 2026 collection titled "Lost Highway".
You‘ll remember her honoring this collection at her very last 'Mayhem Ball' tour show in NYC with another studded jacket by this young talent!
Gaga then re-emerges on stage as a withering gothic bride, dressed in the most gorgeous silhouette from Matières Fécales‘ Fall/Winter 2025 "The Other" collection - black tulle enveloppée evening gown twisting around the torso before falling into a dramatic mermaid silhouette.
A custom Dilara Findikoglu black organza veil with antique deadstock guipure lace trim mounted on a layered headband completed the look.
Emerging designer label SLVA is the mastermind behind some pieces of this show, including this mindblowing sculpted industrial rubber dress featuring an asymmetrical hood, zip front and matching gauntlets, all inspired by his Fall/Winter 2026 collection.
A little bird whispered to me that Gaga‘s boots for the show were a pair of Stuart Weitzman Power boots which were reworked by Lacey Dalimonte with a distressed and treated leather overlay!
We had SLVA open up the 'Mayhem' era with his creations using repurposed car parts. And now, we‘re letting him close it.
Gaga donned one of his body armours, this time in black made of old vintage car parts Selva himself picks out by hand.
To complete the look, Gaga dons these fierce stretch leather thigh-high platform boots Christian Louboutin created for Matières Fécales‘ Fall/Winter 2025 "The Other" collection.
Mother Monster changes into a total custom look done by emerging designer Andrew Curwen which includes a treated black mesh corset and layered silk organza tea-length skirt in various shades of grey!
"It consumed 337 yards of silk fabric", Curwen says. "It’s literally hundreds of thousands of circles layered and strung together".
The look was completed with a pair of custom black leather gauntlets with buckled wrist strap detail Andrew made in collaboration with Sofia Morin.
Things changed up for the performance version of the previous outfit.
Instead of the big ballgown-esque skirt, she opted for a custom Andrew Curwen corset skirt made of wool gauze and horsehair.
Ugh YES. When performing, Gaga wears this vintage 1970s Art Deco revival style chainmail headdress with beads!
Loustat short comics - There is nothing else until the storm is over - Interview with the Vampire TV Series
text transcription under the cut ⬇️
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Page 1
Daniel : So, tell me... Did you see Lestat again?
Page 2
Louis : When he's not on Tour, he would occasionally visits.
Page 3
Daniel : So you're what, now? Friends?
Louis : [Hello Lestat.]
Lestat : [Hello Louis.]
It would be too simple. You know us.
Louis : [ That's new. Still enjoying the glitz and glamor?]
But there is this arrangement we are both fine with.
Page 4
When two people hurt each other so deeply, what is left afterwards?
Page 5
Things like that, it seals doors once still unlocked at the time. Can time really heal everything?
[Mets moi dans mon cercueil, Louis, Louis...]
Page 6
[Stay down chéri, I don't want to fight like this. I'll stay. I'll stay, I'll never leave you ever again. I promise. I'll be happy. For you. For her. Please please please please]
Some things were flipped over to show the truth. Others, I learned to see differently. I faced my wrongs.
[I'll be anything please please please please please please. I didn't know it was a gift. I wore it like a curse. I was selfish. I wanted you to suffer. Because I was. Suffering. I came to thank you.]
Page 7
Do we love each other still? Yes. Can we live under the same roof, share the same spaces, the same bed, for an extended period of time, again? No. But this raging, all devouring passion, it is now replaced by something that can never be altered. Is this the price we had to pay to finally be equals?
Page 8
We have never been more understanding of each other. A shadow of something that could have been from the start. Friendly jokes. Bickering I will never admit enjoying. Respect. And then, the always surprising softness. So eerie after all that happened. Yet, we always welcome it.
Page 9
Daniel : [How dramatic. Not ready to live together again, yet he's all over your coffee table.]
Louis: [I didn't buy these.]
Daniel : [Sure. Will you let me know the next time he passes by?]
Louis : [Well I can't. This is his safe place. You will have to find him by yourself I'm afraid.]
Daniel : [Of course. He can't make anything easy. As if he didn't have enough safe places with his ten properties.]
Page 10
Louis: [Nice chat. Bye, Daniel.]
Lestat : [Only when I'm not on Tour, hm?]
Louis [Approximately.]
Lestat : [Thanks.]
Louis : [Did you really just say thank-]
Lestat: *kisses Louis* [...too soon?]
Page 11
Louis : Almost a century is enough waiting.
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