Lady Gaga has worn her fair share of off-beat costumes – but her latest jaw-dropping ensemble is sure to cause an uproar.
Posing on the September cover of Vogue Hommes Japan, the boundary-pushing singer wears nothing but pieces of raw meat strung together to create a dress-like design. The only thing redder than her shocking look is the color of her lipstick.
Though Gaga, 24, has yet to comment on her eyebrow-raising photo shoot, it's not a surprise that PETA is none too pleased with her new look.
"Oh, Lady Gaga's job is to do outlandish things, and this certainly qualifies as outlandish because meat is something you want to avoid putting on or in your body," PETA's President, Ingrid Newkirk, told the Daily News.
In 2008, Tyra Banks came under fire for making the aspiring models on "America's Next Top Model" wrap themselves in raw meat and pose in a slaughterhouse during a photo shoot.
Following the episode, PETA promptly reacted, criticizing the model and reality show for glamorizing the murder of animals.
"No matter how beautifully it is presented, flesh from a tortured animal is flesh from a tortured animal," the animal rights organization said in a statement. "Meat represents bloody violence and suffering, so if that's the look they were going for—they achieved it."
Gaga's magazine cover is also accompanied by the new issue of Japanese Men's Vogue, which features an interview and photo spread with the singer's male alter ego, Jo Calderone.
The brooding brown-haired mechanic from Sicily bears a remarkable resemblance to Gaga, whose middle name is Joanne, leading many to speculate that the photos are in fact of the "Alejandro" singer in drag.
In the interview, Calderone claims to be a close friend of Gaga's, as well as her occasional lover.
"I met her at a shoot [photographer] Nick Knight was doing," Calderone told the mag. "She's f---in beautiful, and funny, and interesting. I was a little nervous for Nick to start shooting. She said, "Don't be baby, you were "born this way." I took her out after. The rest is private ;)"
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