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Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress Turning Into Beef Jerky

09/23/2010 at 09:10 AM ET

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One of the obvious problems with a dress made entirely out of meat is that it’s perishable. So, after Lady Gaga premiered her fleshy outfit at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards, fans had to wonder: What would become of the famous meaty fashion after the show? No, it wasn’t grilled up and served with a case of red wine. “The dress will go through a process where it becomes a sort of ‘jerky,’ ” the designer, Franc Fernandez, tells E! Online. But before you start salivating, be apprised that the jerky will not be available for tastings. It will be “archived” for posterity, Fernandez says, telling MTV Style that he bought 50 pounds of meat and designed the dress over three days, refrigerating it in between sessions. Over time, the metamorphosis into jerky is natural, he adds. “The meat dries out, rather than rotting,” he says. “But it shouldn’t be worn again.”And he’s not planning on designing another one. “There’s not going to be meat dresses in the future,” he says. “This was made for a specific purpose. It’s what it is.” –Tim Nudd

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Jacki on

Who, being in their right mind of course, would wear a meat dress? This is just absurd! I agree with “Me”, where the heck are all the Peta peeps? Lady Gaga, you are a little psycho! Can you imagine being the person sitting next to her all night. ICK!

Olivia on

Seriously? She was my idol, had an amazing voice, great style in the beginning. But now she’s just dissapointed me. I give up on her.

Didi on

That is just gross!!!! I mean come on really!? What statement are you making with that dress? NONE!!!!

Tina on

Seems to me like you’d get some kind of bacterial infection sitting down in a meat dress. Maybe she had on crepe underwear. Just make a whole meal out of it.

trsquare on

My biggest problem with any of these food attires is that we have thousands of starving children, just here in the U.S., and they couldn’t use a representation of the food? It’s such a waste!

Sarah on

Sorry, Gaga and Franc, but I’m not buying it.

If this dress were really made of raw meat, there would have been sarcoplasm (meat juice) all over the place. Grill up a steak or a burger, and see how much stuff comes out of that little chunk of meat. Now imagine that liquid times 100 for her, um, “dress”.

And yeah, if it *were* authentic, PETA would have been all over her like white on rice.

In reality, I think it was just another desperate bid for attention. Which is too bad, really. She’s too talented to pull these ridiculous antics.

Sharie on

She wore in protest to “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”. She explained that….

jaddis on

They did this on America’s Next Top Model years ago!

Kentucky Gal on

I like her music and yes, She is an ODD person.

I'll take it on

Shock value has no value.

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