Category: LADY GAGA

The long-awaited Gaga’s Workshop is now officially open at Barneys in New York.

Lady Gaga was on hand last night — in a custom Chanel couture dress, specially designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the occasion — to cut the ribbon and welcome inside the likes of Prabal Gurung, Carolyn Murphy, and Alexander Wang.

The store’s fifth floor is completely transformed until Jan. 2, filled with chocolate Alexander McQueen armadillo shoes, studded press-on nails, and candle replicas of Gaga’s head that cry when lit. Inflatable cartoonish sculptures and taxicab wraps promoted the opening around the city, and Barneys’s windows, too, have been Gaga-fied. “My favorite window I think is [the] one window that looks like my boudoir and it’s covered in blonde hair,” Gaga told WWD. “It’s gorgeous.”

Despite all the expenditure, Barneys expects to break even on the promotion, its chief executive Mark Lee said. Twenty-five percent of the workshop’s sales will go to Gaga’s new Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on youth empowerment; Lee added that the store hopes to raise over $1 million for the cause.

 Images of the windows, and workshop in the slideshow.

 

Last year Lady Gaga launched her first Beats by Dre headphone line from Monster called Heartbeats, this year she’s back for round two! Designed by Lady Gaga herself, the in-ear headphones were inspired by leather and studs and feature the ultra-crisp sonic technology. The Heartbeats by Lady Gaga in-ear headphones are available in two colors (black and gold) and are available at participating retailers for a suggested retail price of $149. I’m def getting myself a pair of these 😉

FEATURES:

Gaga’s Signature Touch
– Sound that transcends ordinary headphones and a fashion-forward style designed by Gaga herself
Updated Design and Style
– Newly improved design offers smaller and lighter shape for a better in-ear fit and thinner tangle-free cord
High Performance Sound
– Accurate speaker design delivers the details of today’s hottest music with extreme clarity and deep bass
A Fit for Every Wearer
– Multiple eartip sizes, so you can find a perfect fit for your ears. This custom fit seals in your music and helps keep out unwanted noise
Built-in Mic for Hands-Free Calls and Online Chats
– ControlTalk™ enables iPhone™ and iPod® music playback control as well as hands-free calls with iPhone and many smartphones. It even works with online voice or video chats

If you haven’t heard, V is all about G—not only is Lady Gaga once again on the magazine’s V71 cover, her inaugural two page column rolls out in the same issue. The singer stars as a three-headed musical hydra for “The Asian Issue,” (available to download in Chinese!) in a shoot snapped by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and styled by, who else, Nicola Formichetti. The accompanying spread has Gaga once again changing up her look, this time channeling sort of a Harajuku Girl Dominatrix who stumbled into a face-painting group in summer camp. Also included is an interview by Sir Elton John, in which the songstress says, “My dad’s a whiskey mouth like me, so we don’t argue much about my recreational life: boozing and recording.” When Elton asks her what the most spectacular thing she’s ever seen when looking into an audience, she answers with alacrity—”Myself. It’s like a magnificent disco ball, with twenty thousand tiny mirrors reflecting back at me….I see myself through my fans. I feel God through their love.” Apparently, she’s also really into Edith Piaf and…Gregorian chanting.

Check out her new fan artwork above her column, or check out the rest of the entries from the “Drawn This Way” competition at the V Offices at 11 Mercer Street (near Howard Street). To celebrate the issue, V is also selling a limited hard cover edition and T-shirt here.