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This is a photo of Lady Gaga leaving Paris after a seemingly days-long extravaganza which included Gaga answering many questions about her “25 pound” weight gain, plus her promotion of her perfume (which is selling really well), plus a concert or two (who can keep up?). Gaga decided to leave France in a costume/dress/ensemble made of… fur? Real fur? I think the jumpsuit is just, like, a silk or poly-blend animal-print deal, but Gaga put a real fur coat over it. And all of it is hideous. I’m also including some photos at the bottom of the post of Gaga arriving and leaving (in two separate outfits) the Sephora department store in Paris on Sunday, where she launched her perfume. She looks like a muppet in that white and black outfit.
Also, there’s a really funny but convoluted story that is somewhat about Gaga, but it does get sort of complicated for the payoff. Here’s what happened:
*NYT fashion critic Cathy Horyn wrote about Oscar de la Renta’s spring 2013 collection during NYFW, and Horyn made the dry comment: “Mr. de la Renta is far more a hot dog than an éminence grise of American fashion.” Horyn later said she meant “hot dog” as “someone showing off his tricks”.
*But Oscar de la Renta was FURIOUS and he took out an ad in WWD in which he bitchily retorted directly to Horyn, calling her a “stale 3-day old hamburger.”
*Lady Gaga tweeted her support for Oscar de la Renta after Oscar had a hissy fit. Gaga tweeted: “Bravo Oscar. Only you would be so chic as to purchase an entire page in WWD, making statements like a good fashion citizen.”
*Gaga probably did took de la Renta’s side because Gaga has some history with Horyn and “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Background: last year, Horyn was highly critical of Donatella Versace opening the Versace archives for Gaga, referring to the pairing as “embalmed”. Gaga later used her V Magazine column to whine endlessly about art and fashion criticism and make pointed comments about Horyn’s “cynicism” and “negativity.”
*And finally, the best part – Cathy Horyn’s boyfriend, fashion executive Art Ortenberg, wrote this in WWD in response to Gaga:
To the Editor:
True, Cathy Horyn is my girlfriend. Nevertheless, I feel it necessary to cudgel Gaga for her badly informed, dumbing-down opinion that an uninformed opinion is as valid as that of a seasoned critic — as though Gaga and Bridget Foley of WWD or David Denby of The New Yorker or Ben Brantley of The New York Times or Brooks Atkinson or Pauline Kael or any professional critic is just another opinion and that Gaga’s vacuous thoughts deserve the same status. Grow up, Gaga.”
BURN. Haha. That old dude smoked her. As for the arguments being made… Oscar de la Renta is kind of a temperamental douche, I think, which has come out a lot over the past few years. He misinterpreted something, and instead of waiting for a clarification, he pounced and went negative. And then Gaga backed him up because she, and not some “critic,” is some True Fashion Citizen. And then the critic’s boyfriend comes in to bitch about Gaga. And beyond all of the immaturity, both sides have valid points: does criticism exist in a vacuum? Isn’t the democratization of art/fashion criticism a good thing? But should we still have influential critics who make a living discussing art and fashion? I swear, I LOVE this story.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and Pacific Coast News.
Written by Kaiser
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I used to like her. She was like breath of fresh air in the music business. But today I can’t stand her. She is so full of crap and her level of being attention whore is out of control. It looks like she is out of ideas recently because she is all about these controversial things – furs, burkas, being offensive, bla bla bla. She is pathetic these days.
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I was never a huge fan but I never actively disliked her. With her new fur obsession, it’s safe to say that she’s on my shit list.
I wish an army of minks, foxes, raccoons, beavers and other woodland animals would visit her in her sleep, chew out her terrible weave, sh*t all over her expensive furniture, and shred all her ugly-ass animal coats.
She’s just a sh*tty person IMO.
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Can they please eat her eyes and vocal chords as well?
She’s really furring it up, in a climate where it is not needed. Its disgusting.
And she isn’t 25 pounds heavier, she’s just ugly inside and out.
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Kitten’s got her claws up! And I couldn’t agree more. I don’t find her that talented really, and she does all this stupid shit (like Madonna) for attention and she gets it. UGH.
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Seriously. I don’t give a fig about her weight gain, but I can’t forgive the fur.
(Hi Ladies!)
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*waves* hellooooo, ladies.
Fur is as disgusting as gaga. She is just not redeeming herself as a person. Having out with the crackroach, wearing fur, wearing fishnets over a leather panty bottom. What talent!
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I agree that she is a sh*tty person, because I really don’t think she cares either way about fur. I think she saw wearing fur as a way to outrage folks for more attention and went with it. I do have a question though, cause I’ve never been around a fur of any sort-do they have a smell? Sorry if this makes me sound like a dumbass, but I really don’t know..
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Exactly, Marie. I feel like she’s wearing fur as an FU to all the people that gave her crap about it last time, plus it draws more (negative) attention to her. So it’s worse than being ignorant, she knows it’s wrong but doesn’t give a shit.
I was in the elevator once with a lady wearing a full fur coat, it had been snowing and yes, wet fur SMELLS.
The thing is, I don’t mind the smell of wet dog fur and I love the smell of cat fur (yes I am a freak) but there is something so inherently wrong and SAD about smelling a wet fur smell eminating from a dead animal that some callous bitch is wearing. It just seems against nature…
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I guess the kindest thing that can be said about Lady Gaga’s fur-wearing is that it could be interpreted as a cry for help.
Because any American who wears that much fur is in need of 1) a good bitch-slap and 2) a substance abuse intervention.
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I liked her during The Fame/Monster era when she didn’t seem to take herself so seriously, but she ruined everything with Born This Way. A lot of her own fans are rolling their eyes at her these days.
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+1
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She looks really good in the black but I swear this is where the comments about her weight come in.
You can’t just slap a dead animal on your body and assume it looks good when it’s just making you look rounder and wider. She seems to have some real trouble dressing for her (new) body type. I mean in the first photo she looks like she should be someone’s Aunt with a nasal voice and a Jersey accent.
As for the fashion…uninformed Gaga says it all. I doubt she knows a pair of heels from her ass honestly.
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Lady Gaga-tacky and gross? Always.
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She looks better with some weight on her.
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Yes I agree,
I like her with weight gain, she looks more human instead of like skeletor from He-Man cartoon
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XD Lol
And so true -_-
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And that sound you just heard was millions of naturally slim girls bursting into tears.
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Extremely tacky.
Also, “Oscar de la Renta is kind of a temperamental douche”. I feel for him, I’m a lot like that too (minus the douche part, I hope).
I hear something, get all excited and just dive in. I love fighting and arguing. Sigh.
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The only time I really liked her was around the timeshe put out Paparazzi (and maybe only because Skarsgard was in the video). Now everything she does is just so stupid.
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Yeah, I only really liked her during “The Fame” era. After that, Gaga just got progressively weirder and too “avant garde” for my taste.
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The best part was when he threw her off the balcony.
*ba-dum-tsh*
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I suggest we now refer to her as Gaga De Vil
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She is making me mad with all that fur on display..Why the heck did she make it a trend..not only it’s cruel but so ugly!! I think she is doing this purposely so in one way or another someone will speak about her.
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Haha Burn.. Anywho, Gaga is always tacky to me. I could care less about her weight gain, I mean whatever I’m not going to body shame her BUT I don’t understand her need to wear fur. That top outfit is atrocious..
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Exactly. Beyond the fact that it’s just wrong, who the hell thinks that fur coats look good?
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No one, nobody and no how.
We are right, right? Unless you live on the freaking tundra, but I guess Gaga is above us mere mortals. She can preach about loving yourself and not bullying, but she’s contents to rip animals skins off alive for fashion. New, ugly, hotter than hell, fashion.
Move to the arctic or leave the fur. Or do both and make us and all our ears and eyes happy.
Thank you.
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^THIS. Yup, Tiff, anti-bullying? Riiiiiighhht.
Killing animals because we can is the ultimate form of bullying. Murdering an innocent animal so she can have a “cool coat”. Gah! Hate her so much.
And who the eff walks like that, with her arms on her hips?
It’s not a runway, you idiot, and you are the furthest thing from a model so just STOP.
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I have just realized how many damned typos I have had lately. Time to file down the nails again, sorry ladies.
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She’s filthy and vile. Please go away you money hungry whore.
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That fur jumpsuit or whatever it is, is hideous. she looks like a squirel or beaver.
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I honestly can’t even really tell she’s gained weight when she’s wearing normal(ISH) clothes. I think it mostly went to her hips. *shrugs*
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THAT IS A LOT OF FUR (leather and animal meat) she wears huh? I believe you should wear what you want, fur is not illegal and keeps you warm in extreme temperatures, however I think she is wearing it just as a fashion statement.
I have noticed that without all the garbs and costumes she is a VERY ORDINARY looking woman, no?
AND AGAIN with these talon-like nails I keep seeing on EVERYBODY! How do they wipe themselves?
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She probably has some minion do it for her, though it would be nice if she ripped herself a new one, no?
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OMG-that’s hysterical !
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Hopefully, there is a bidet involved.
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There a couple of her songs that I have enjoyed singing along with on youtube whilst swigging vodka, but since I’m growing another person, I won’t miss that activity. I used to think she was sad for having to mask her actual talent behind overly-showy theatrics; now I just wish she’d go away. The kiddies don’t need any more pathetic role models.
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She looks great, first photo.
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Do you suppose Gaga and LL are trying to make a ‘thing’ of weight gain/chubbiness? Like, testing the waters of how influential they are by showcasing their extra weight and seeing if young, impressionable girls follow suit, and advertisers and the media make an industry out of it? Chubby is the new superskinny? Maybe they were plotting this during their hang outs at the Chateau. Maybe I need a tin foil cap…
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Well, personally I think weight gain/chubbiness have been the in thing for a while. In general I find weight gain is socially acceptable but weight loss is not. Almost everyone agrees it’s better to be chubby than god forbid too skinny. Skinny is social suicide.
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Science and history have proven that thin women have never ever been able to catch a break, so we’ll see what develops, I suppose.
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Gaga is the epitome of disgust.
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Can someone schedule her to take the day off? Maybe pencil her down for a vackay next time soon along with so many other celebs irrating my sensitive eyes. I’m not hating, just go away for a spell, let me miss you.
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Art Ortenberg, I love you! If Gaga is a fashion expert because she wears shitty costumes and believes herself to be one, then I’m a Harvard grad because I say so! Oh, and lets just throw in rich and thin because I’ve spent half my life fantasizing about being just that! This is what’s wrong with every single celeb having a clothing line or their own perfume. It turns them into self-proclaimed experts on subjects they are in no way qualified for. With her terrible, terrible “fashion” sense, she really out to sit this one out. Gagme, sit down and stfu!
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also, just to clarify, I’m a different Nicole than poster #1
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I love hearing opinions fashion and otherwise but she is too budget to be commenting on anything fashion. Sorry.
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This is just a bitchy fight between millionaires!! Big fat joke!!
Taking a full page in newspapers?
Could have use Twitter it’s cheaper!
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I love hearing opinions on fashion and otherwise but she is too budget to be commenting on anything fashion. Sorry.
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Eminence grise? Cudgel? Give me a break! Can’t stand fashion and can’t stand the people in it.
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I used to not mind Gaga – mostly I was just bemused by her although I did appreciate her dedication to her art. But seeing her don real fur makes me think she’s just a big asshole. Time for your career to fizzle and fade – go away now.
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If she’s ‘fine’ with her weight gain then why is she hiding it all the time?!
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Tacky gross vile overrated fake this way; and yes cam s take a look at all the vids on youtube when she was just stefani average, at best, in every way.
Question: how many pics have there been of this tart genuinely laughing and looking like she’s having fun; For example, there are hundreds of pics of greats like Jimi Hendrix laughing jamming smoking with the hippie chicks/brothers, but she’s never even seen with her bandmates/so-called backing musicians; but she wanted fame and money and sold her soul to get, now it’s seems to be coming back to bite her – good riddance, that 2 am infomercial 10 yrs from now is where she’ll be.
Thank you Mr. Ortenberg Gaga’s “thoughts” like most celebs, are vacuous.
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People who have been in her “band” on her tours have said that she doesn’t talk to them and that she’s “not a nice person”.
Pretentious bitch, that Gaga.
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Thanks for the reply; so it’s all for show to sell a product as we all know/knew.
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That doesn’t surprise me a bit… Everytime you see her anymore, she has her nose up in the air.
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Let’s all take bets, shall we? The question is…how many hundreds of dead animals does she have hanging in her closet?
I’m with Nicole & TheOriginalKitten…
I used to like her at first, but now I can’t stand the pretentious bitch. I hope she trips over her ridiculous shoes & breaks an ankle. (Sorry, she just plucks my last nerve…)
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If she was “fine” with her weight she wouldn’t be walking around with her hands placed over her stomach and hips all the time.
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Horyn is a sublime bitch, with a heavy stress on the last word. And how’s this for democratization of fashion criticism: I know fashion when I see it, and Gaga ain’t nothing but a bunch of Joann store textiles, plus fur, plus self-importance.
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I hope she gets rabies from 1 of her fur corpses.
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I could care less about her wearing fur… I wear fur also… and I eat meat …. I do not believe in telling people how to live their lives… You do not want people telling you .. how to spend your money… who you can marry … what you can eat etc etc .. so Leave her alone with the fur… I am sooo sick of you anti fur people…. it is enough already … Animals are here for us to eat and live .. we as humans have dominion over them it is called the food chain… please spare me the stories about how they rip fur off of living animals.. that is how some get fur not all
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I feel your pain sister… I too own a few things that are real fur – some are inherited and are precious to me and some are ones that I bought on resale while living in an insanely cold climate. Both of which taught me how luxurious and incredibly warm fur is. There is no comparison to faux fur – no matter how well the item is constructed.
I don’t wear fur to advertise the inhumaine treatment of animals to overly sensitive people looking for something to fuss about. I care about the humaine treatment of animals. I own 3 of them and love them like children. I can’t resurrect the animals it came from. And I won’t throw my furs into a landfill because someone else gets all in fussy about it.
Why do people waste their time throwing the fact that some manufacturers are cruel into the faces of other people who wear fur… what’s the point? They know. PETA has made it all so clear. It’s like cigarettes cause cancer and when you smoke you kill yourself… oh the shame. blah blah blah.
I think the issue with Gaga is that what she is wearing is hideous and without real purpose. Like becoming a cannibal when you aren’t hungry and the island is plentiful with other things to eat. It annoys both the fur lovers and fur haters at the same time…
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LOL it’s funny you mention the food chain, and yet wearing fur for vanity has nothing to do with that. I am not a vegetarian, I’m not against hunting for food and using the resulting pelt rather than throwing it away. I wouldn’t want someone who already owns fur to throw it away, just because it is fur. That would be wasteful, obviously. Yet why ask someone to stop with the stories of fur being ripped from live animals? Because you don’t like the thought of it? It is the sad reality of it. Unless you specifically seek out certain furs from certain countries, there is no way to be sure the animal you are wearing didn’t suffer horribly. Being a human doesn’t automatically give one the right to cause pain to another animal, especially when it is entirely frivolous and not pertinent to survival. The “we have dominion” bulls-it is straight from the Bible, not everyone adheres to that.
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But why the distinction on fur clothing? Do you check your shoe manufacturer or meat (food) providers for their conditions? Some do, maybe you do, but the thing that gets me is the contrived (if in developed countries) distinction of fur Vs leather, or food. I won’t wear fake leather shoes, yick. But they’re cows .. Bred for it .. Killed humanely. I’m okay with this. So:
If you’re buying a panda coat, you’re a bad person.
Example: if you’re buying a new zealand possum (introduced pest animal, kills the native environment, killed in humane ways) coat .. If that’s your fancy, go to it ladies.
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Agreed with both of you. I inherited a fur coat from my great grandma, when she lived under the Bolsheviks in Russia. I believe that family and history come first, so I cannot, and will not give up that coat.
As for the outrage, I do think it’s because of how Gaga presents herself; without caring. Her clothes are just a reflection of that. I wonder if she’s really ever thought about her life.
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Pia, ur sooooo right!!! BRAVO
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