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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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