Leave
it to Lady Gaga to take what could be a tasteful nude and make it as
creepy as possible. To promote her debut fragrance called Fame
(presumably named after her first album
The Fame), the
perfume's freshly released print ad features a completely nude Gaga
barely covered by strategically placed tiny men crawling all over her!
This certainly isn't the first time that Lady Gaga has appeared
practically nude, regularly flashing the goods in strange and skimpy
couture pieces and even baring her breasts in fashion editorials (all
artfully done, of course). But the fact that Gaga expressed some
apprehension about her Fame ad via Twitter makes the image all the more
intriguing. If the queen of shock pop is a little nervous, we all should
brace ourselves.
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The singer
tweeted,
"i won't lie I'm a bit nervous. its been a while since i've shared
some work with you. But i'm so proud of Steven+I, we really did not
sleep! (sic)." She's referring to Steven Klein, the famed photographer
who is known for his edgy, high fashion editorials, designer ad
campaigns and has, ironically, worked very closely with Madonna on a
number of projects.
At first glance the ad looks like a "Birth of Venus" body beautiful
nude of Lady Gaga with something like tarantulas crawling all over her.
But upon closer inspection, the infestation are a hoard of body-by-Zeus,
Robert Mapplethorpe-esque muscle men free climbing the singer's body.
Gaga looks great. The men individually look great. But the way
everything was superimposed, the ad could only be the most gratuitous
fetish fantasy for some, or a terrifying nightmare for others--not much
room for any shade of gray. Just the way Gaga intended, surely.
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Fame will come in two sizes, a more affordable small size to be
priced at about $30 and a large size dubbed "Le Masterpiece" expected to
be priced at more than $70. Fame will hit stores in September and is
promoted as being the very first black-colored eau de parfum that will
become invisible once sprayed.
Although the creepy, yet intriguing black and white ad may align more
with initial reports of Gaga's debut fragrance being inspired by blood
and sperm, luckily for Little Monsters the scent will have more of a
traditional "floral and fruity" fragrance.
Would you buy Lady Gaga's new fragrance? What do you think of her new ad? Leave your comments below!
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