THE MONSTER BALL TOUR FASHION CREDITS: VISUALS
Today we’re starting off with the fashion credits for the Monster Ball tour with some eye candy - the visuals! Lady Gaga commissioned Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben to create all the backdrops and interludes for her second world tour while Keiron O’Connor did the promotional shoot.
All visuals were shot in November 2009 at SHOWStudio in London under fashion direction of Nicola Formichetti.
In the first visual, she’s wearing her custom Haus of Gaga x Nasir Mazhar silver metal orbit bodice, which rotates around her body.
She also wore her own vintage Versace Z76 tortoiseshell shield sunglasses with golden metal accents.
Gaga’s patent black pointed-toe pumps with silver metal accents are Dolce & Gabbana (pictured in crocodile optic).
In the second shot, Gaga dons the Love black lace bra by Agent Provocateur.
The white glamorous faux fur marvel is from Benjamin Cho’s Spring/Summer 2005 runway for which he joined forces with The Humane Society of the United States – the nation’s largest animal protection organization - and Glenoit Fabrics to present an innovative and daring collection, incorporating faux fur as an essential to the socially conscious wardrobe.
The Humane Society of The United States was “very excited to have this opportunity to work with Benjamin Cho and Glenoit Fabrics to spread the message that consumers can make a compassionate difference for animals by choosing faux fur”.
Nicola made sure that everyone looked good. Two of the female models are wearing designs with intricate embroidery and embellishment from QASIMI’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection.
Let’s get to the interludes! First up, the “Jumping” film. Let me introduce to you: young Serbian designer Marko Mitanovski.
Marko created Gaga’s black mixed media pleated and ruffled top with silk ribbons that she flipped to the side and wore as a jacket.
Everything you’ll see from Marko in this breakdown belongs to his Spring/Summer 2010 “Lady Macbeth” collection.
These insane Piccadilly Axe patent leather ankle boots with crystal-embellished axe and clear PVC layer were created by Rupert Sanderson for Karl Lagerfeld’s Fall/Winter 2009 collection.
For the infamous “Puke” film, Marko created this white mixed media pleated lace-up skirt with voluminous mermaid-style bottom which Nicola styled into a strapless dress.
Mother Monster treated the fans with two different looks in her “Paws Up” interlude.
The first one consisted out of this Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 “Plato’s Atlantis” collection olive & bronze bomber jacket-inspired nylon jumpsuit with zipper details, brown snakeskin leather belt, cabochon & paillette-embellished neck brace...
...custom black leather officer cap by “The King of Leather”, New York-based David Samuel Menkes...
...and Titanic bronze metal platform ankle boots with screws, also from the same Alexander McQueen’s collection.
In the next cut, Gaga kept on the neck brace from the previous Alexander McQueen look, paired with a latex outfit by Atsuko Kudo which includes the 50′s cup bra and the boned under-bust corset with hosiery straps.
The blonde hair antler headpiece was made by Nina Butkovich-Budden for Marko Mitanovski’s collection.
Of course she sported a pair of green snakeskin leather Armadillo ankle boots from Alexander McQueen’s aforementioned collection.
Gaga released the “Bloody Space” film (accompanied by her cover of “White Christmas”) a year later as a Christmas gift to her fans.
Here she wears the final look from Alexander McQueen’s “Plato’s Atlantis” collection (which we’ve seen her rock in the “Bad Romance” video already) and the orbit headpiece from Nasir Mazhar’s debut Spring/Summer 2009 collection, made in collaboration with jeweller and designer Matthew Mackeson.
Her “Edward Scissorhands” backdrop was used for a Regza phone commercial in 2011.
This look is a mishmash of various items. Firstly, Gaga wore a blue printed chiffon dress by Alexander McQueen which she paired with a silver metal funnel skirt and matching neck-piece are from emerging designer Gemma Slack’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection.
Her lip-shaped black hair headpiece is from Charlie Le Mindu’s Spring/Summer 2010 “Girls of Paradise” collection.
She’s also rocking the Alpina Goldwing shield sunglasses she got at Jack’s Eyewear store in LA.
The claw-inspired black patent leather gloves with buckle closure are another piece of art signed by Marko Mitanovski, made in collaboration with C&G Classy Gloves.
The look was completed with blue stingray leather Armadillo boots by Alexander McQueen.
“Plato’s Atlantis”, galor! The Italian-American beauty donned another full look from the collection! This time: the top version of the above pictured printed silk dress, and pearlescent nude leather Armadillo boots for the “Money Honey” backdrop. But there were two other cool pieces...
The insane ornate necklace, that is covering up the most of Gaga’s torso, featuring draped chains, Swarovski elements and Tribal-inspired patterns, is made by Indian designer extraordinaire Manish Arora.
The other insane necklace which features big faux pearls inside of golden cages and a big grey bow is signed by Lucy Hutchings.
The brocade-embossed metallic gold leather and cotton circle bag, she poses with, belongs to ThreeASFOUR and dates back to 2004!
In the “Teeth” interlude, our girl went for a vintage Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 1999 lacquered lace midi dress with long sleeves! She wore this one while being out and about as well.
For the “Tattoo” film, where we can watch Gaga getting her “Dad” tattoo, she’s wearing nothing but an ecto-skeleton head- and arm-piece custom-made by Gary Card.
Mother Monster wore a bunch of different looks in her “Manifesto of Little Monsters” interlude.
The first one is this black silk satin lace-up bolero jacket with lattice bust and ruffled neck & cuffs by Marko Mitanovski.
Her animal print mask is signed by NOKI who...
... also custom-made the Mickey Mouse motif mask embellished with safety pins.
Next, Gaga sports nothing but a Patrick Ian Hartley clear PVC cut-out face corset mask.
The mask is shaped to fit under the nose and around the wearer's cheeks with an oval opening of the mouth. Four lacing holes at each side.
Words can’t describe how much I actually love this look.
Gaga rocked a black human hair coat by Charlie Le Mindu paired with one of the spiked zip-mouth rubber masks from Jaiden rVa James’ Spring/Summer 2010 “Youth by Youth” collection.
For the penultimate look, she donned a gimp mask which was paired with a studded white chiffon vest with draping as seen on Pam Hogg’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection presented during London Fashion Week.
Let’s finish this breakdown with one last Alexander McQueen “Plato’s Atlantis” look.
Gaga sits in a blue printed iridescent Jakob Schlaepfer fabric one-shoulder top, paired with her favorite Alpina Goldwing shades we saw above.
