The September issue of Vogue got leaked last night, but this is one of the few cases when we actually know who the culprit is. Lady Gaga herself shared the cover on her social networking site with this message: “SHH DONT TELL TWITTER/ SEPT ISSUE OF VOGUE MAGAZINE/ Sorry Anna but the underground kids deserve it. bisous! 1ST.” I’m thinking, someone did not follow these instructions. Because now it’s everywhere! And even Vogue has gone ahead and posted the cover and an additional photo on their site. Checkie out inside!
The ladies over at Fashionista think that she’s channeling Ru Paul, but “in the best possible way.” The more I look at the cover, the more it grows on me, and I can’t help but see some kind of Tim Burton influence, lol. There’s something about the cut of that Marc Jacobs dress; she looks like she’d have made a great fit in Burton‘s Alice In Wonderland remake… and that’s not necessarily a bad thing,
But this pic, I just absolutely love:
Mother Monster is wearing a Stephen Jones for Marc Jacobs hat– and nothing else. This is, somehow, quite fitting.
Here’s an excerpt from the Vogue article:
This is Lady Gaga, after all, who manages to be both utterly out of this world and yet, strangely, simultaneously down-to-earth, as Jonathan Van Meter’s profile reveals. The 26-year-old star is as apt to head out on the town in Versace or McQueen as she is wearing an anonymous mystery gift left on her hotel doorstep with no note and no name—a dress made of hundreds of miniature mirrors sewn into origami-like boxes. In Gaga’s world, where borders blur (fantasy and reality, scary and cute), what was once risk-taking (the meat dress) becomes oddly charming (the reinvention of the meat dress is one of the highlights of the Born This Way Ball). “We were talking about putting the show together,” she recounts, “and I said, OK, what if I was someone’s grandma and I was going to a concert tonight. How would I know that it was a Gaga show? And we all just sort of looked at each other and said,‘The meat dress.’ ” That’s Mother Monster, mindful of the grandmas and the Goths alike, and regardless how large her fan base has swelled (the Queen of Twitter counts more than 28 million followers), she knows many of them by name. “I don’t really make records for people to listen to and go, ‘Wow, she’s a genius,’ ” says Gaga. “I’d really like you to order a drink, maybe kiss the person you came with that evening, or rediscover something about your past that makes you feel even more brave.”
Read more here.
Catch the full article, and more of Lady Gaga in all her Marc Jacobsian glory on August 14, when September Vogue hits the stands.
Are you guys feeling the cover? It looks like Gaga to me!
This cover is stunning and one of the more unique covers I’ve seen on Vogue in a long time–which I guess is fitting given that it’s Lady Gaga. I cannot stop staring at that dress.
That cover is PERFECTION! It’s the September Issue for “Vogue!” This cover speaks couture, glamour & fashion. The cover embodies VOGUE!
Simply gorgeous!!
no.
she shoulda put RuPaul on the cover.
he will not be pleased.
It’s kinda sad that Vogue has to publish a RuPaul looking girl. I don’t think Vogue has or will ever in the near future place drag queens on the cover.
youve been praising Gaga as of late. there was a time you wouldn’t post anything about her. interesting.
yupitsme, how do you mean “a time”??? I just got to this blog, lol!
It’s Shannon that writes about Gaga. Trent still doesn’t.
Exactly Krissy. It’s Shannon who writes about Gaga and actually it’s nice to see stories about Gaga that are not only critical.
I love the cover! The first thing that gets my attention is the hair…I love the texture, it looks like fur. I also love the shape and color of the dress, it is so striking. It is just a beautiful image.
I am excited to read about how hair is the “new makeup”. That headline makes me very curious!
Krissy, good eye! I must have purposely avoided that headline… I’m notorious for hooking up my eyeliner/mascara/concealer and not doing a thing to my hair, lol. Might need to work on that.
these are probably the first photos in a looooong time that i’ve actually liked of her.
“Sorry Anna but the underground kids deserve it. ”
Yes, because “underground kids” are always clambering for the newest issue of Vogue.
This girl is so pretentious it’s sickening, and not in the Ru Paul kind of way.
Lisbeth Slander! LMAO! You’re not wrong…
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually like the cover. The second picture is just more of the same old Gaga. .
Not saying it’s a bad photo, but the nekkid one is so totally photoshopped. We have all seen how dirty Gaga’s skin really is – it’s got nothing to do with her Lupus – just the filthy fake tan she doesn’t exfoliate off. She’s a wreck!
JCZ, ouch! Lol, I assume 90% of the photos we see are photoshopped. It’s usually not about presenting an ‘authentic’ portrait of the celebrities, thought that does occasionally happen.