Lady Gaga Lettuce dress
Posted by teedypii |Sunday 30 October 2011
at 03:36Indian animal rights activists have asked pop star Lady Gaga to pose in a lettuce dress and embrace vegetarianism during her visit to India this weekend, where she will be part of the star-studded unveiling of the country’s first Formula 1 race.
Lady Gaga, who famously wore a meat dress at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, will be performing at an invitation-only show in a five-star hotel in New Delhi after the race on Sunday.
In a letter to the singer’s publicist, PETA India said it hoped she would honor India’s reverence for animals by turning vegetarian for the duration of her visit and posing for photos in a lettuce gown to promote the importance of not eating meat.
“If she agrees, we’ll make her a dress entirely of lettuce and held together by pins and threads. It will be a full length gown, and we’ll make sure it looks sexy,” said Sachin Bangera of PETA India.
Lady Gaga is embracing carnivore couture: last week she appeared on the cover of Japanese Men’s Vogue wearing layers of thinly-sliced meat, and her outfit at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, a halter dress made of flesh, was equally edible. “It has many interpretations, but for me this evening,” Gaga told Ellen DeGeneres of the ensemble. “If we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat.” Gaga took the piece-of-meat metaphor a step further with her selection of escorts for the evening: she walked the red carpet with several service members who had been discharged because of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A quick review of the recent history of edible fashion reveals that digestible dress is often worn as a garnish to a political statement. Occasionally, though, digestible digs are worn out of desperation or habit. Join us, for a look back through time at some of fashion’s most appetizing apparel.
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