FASHION CREDITS: ‘APPLAUSE’ MUSIC VIDEO
Lady Gaga released the music video for her track ‘Applause’ from her fourth studio album ‘ARTPOP’ on August 19, 2013 directed and shot by Inez & Vinoodh. From hanging from the ceiling to throwing and catching knives and walking a down a Galliano-inspired runway, Gaga’s character shows no fear in this video!
The makeup was done by Yadim Carranza while Shay Ashual did the hair and Michelle Saunders the manicure. She was styled by Brandon Maxwell.
We can see Gaga as her past self, lying on a mattress that represents her old life as a struggling go-go dancer in New York City.
Gaga rocks in fact two different bras in the scene. One of them, a fusion of leather and lace, is from Pretty Wild.
She wore it with black lace shorts from Valentino’s Fall/Winter 2013 Haute Couture collection.
The pair of boots, which were almost worn throughout the entire video, are the Alaïa Fall/Winter 2012 black leather lace-up platform ankle boots featuring buckle straps and lug soles.
Her other bra is her favorite Victoria’s Secret unlined black lace demi bra. She’s been wearing this piece on various candids and events during the era as well!
For her magical Houdini-inspired “Mad Hatter” scene, Gaga emerges out of a giant top hat wearing a top from Maison Margiela’s Fall/Winter 2013 Artisanal Haute Couture collection, and custom one-legged mirror and pin bodysuit and boots, fruit of collaboration with Natali Germanotta and Muto-Little Costumes.
“They loved the pins we used to hold the mirrors on while the glued dried that the pins ended up being part of the finished bodysuit.”
Margiela‘s reinterpretation of the bust of Chopin, is cut from a Calico cotton canvas base and embroidered with white marble cabochons at the neck, black ones on the vest and green ones on the jacket.
It took 93 hours to finish the gorgeous couture piece, using marble from Campan in France, cotton gabardine, cotton canvas and pongee silk lining.
Gaga emerges from the top of the stage, dressed in a black catsuit with organza bell sleeves from Milan-based fashion designer Mila Schön’s Fall/Winter 2013 collection.
Inez told MTV News the fashion show was all Gaga’s idea: “She always had it in her head that she wanted to do a fashion show, where she would be flying instead of walking. She always been incredibly inspired by fashion and its energy, so it felt extremely right to have that part of her life represented”.
Her white wings were designed and made by Los Angeles-based label Junker Designs. They’re made of deconstructed umbrellas, wood and bandages mounted on a WWII Swiss army backpack!
As always, I’ve got some info about her dancer’s fashion as well. They wore dancewear by Bloch and Rufskin.
While Charlie Le Mindu created the blonde hair headpieces, it was Theresa Dapra who custom-made the black horsehair headpieces. You can see one of them exclusively above!
Black muscle leggings and masks custom-made by Jacob Roanhaus.
The second black & white look consisted of another black catsuit from the aforementioned Mila Schön collection and white inflatable parachute silk coat, a custom creation by Gareth Pugh.
Gareth’s most recently shown inflatable creations, were the monochrome striped nylon dresses from the Spring/Summer 2012 runway, featuring a tiny ventilator with built in battery. Larger than life but weighs next to nothing.
Her black patent pointed-toe lace-up ankle booties here are the Seduce-1020 by Pleaser.
Locked in a thorn cage as a Andy Warhol-inspired distressed Marilyn, Gaga wears another one-of-a-kind conceptual creation.
The bespoke skeletal corset and white silk skirt with raw hem were custom-made for her by Olivier Theyskens.
She completed her look with the Pleaser Delight-1020 patent white platform ankle boots.
Inspired by Botticelli’s 1486 painting “Nascita di Venere”, depicting the goddess Venus having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, during the next scene, Gaga appears in a seashell bikini and cascading curly hair.
The bra, earring and ivory thong, embellished with seashells and fresh flowers, are custom Perry Meek.
Her mask is custom-made for the video by House of Lavande, using vintage earrings on antique flip-up mirrors.
Another look. Another custom creation: The glove-kini! “That’s Brandon Maxwell, her fashion director, that had that made. The song’s called “Applause”. There had to be hands”, Inez told MTV News when asked about this scene.
The black bra, briefs, neckpiece and gloves with fringed fingertips, were custom created for Gaga by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
You may remember the black leather choker and glove bra from Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Fall/Winter 2011 runway, which this outfit is based on.
No matter what it takes, she’ll get back onstage.
Gaga dons a beautiful ethereal tulle gown with sequin embellished neckline, hand-embroidered gold flowers on the sleeves and full pleated skirt with matching metallic cut-out wooden platform boots, the finale number from John Galliano’s Fall/Winter 2009 theatrical winter wonderland runway, inspired by Balkan folklore.
Her body chain, which actually were a few bras, is custom Mathieu Mirano made of scorched duct tape discs, burned with a blow torch, and adorned with safety pins, coins and crystals.
The look was crowned with the Italian jewelry label Maison Halaby’s Fall/Winter 2013 Damien necklace worn as headpiece.
The oversized leg holding a flower bouquet was custom-made by Marla Weinhoff Studio and the headpieces for the dancers by Luke Brooks.