Link: jezebel.com
Kristeen Young was the first artist to do this dress, not Gaga.
She says this about the dress: the NY Times is bashing gaga because they say her dress is a rip off of a Hussein Chalayan (designer) dress. I've seen this dress and yes Gaga's is exactly like it. My dress was inspired by an Abbott and
Costello movie, Abbott and Costello go to Mars. I'll explain. You'll notice that my dress is an actual dress and Gaga's and Chalayan's are bubbles over a leotard. Mine also has an X over the right breast with
dots of blood…and a hoop over the right shoulder…..a reference to Amazon warriors who cut off their right breast so they could shoot arrows better.. In the Abbott and Costello movie (a favourite of mine when I was a child)…..Abbott and Costello try to go to Mars but end up on Venus where it is inhabited by Amazon women. They have a truth
machine (a lie detector) there where they make men hold a bubble and if the man is lying (when asked a question) the bubble bursts. THIS was the inspiration for my dress. I actually said something about
this, on stage, when I started wearing the dress. Having said this, I think it is perfectly fine for artists (who aren't clothes designers) to take ideas from clothing designers…..and re-work them. That's what art and culture is about…..AND clothing designers are putting their designs “out there” to influence how people dress. BUT, I do not think it's ok for well known artists to copy lesser known artists in their own field. I know there is a vampire tradition in RnR. But, it's sickening…..and usually leaves the lesser known to have nothing but a heroin problem.
If the internet is here for the whole world to know
INFORMATION…..fine, let the vampirism live on…..but, just let it be known where they are getting their food.
P.S.
I know, I know…..it's JUST a dress. But, it's not, you see. I spend a lot of time (and what little money I have) making music AND my outfits. It's part of who I am…..my identity…..my creativity.
When someone comes along, and is more known, and claims it as HER identity…..even for the moment……it's gutting. She has the money
and team behind her to consume and consume…and shout it from the mountaintops. I obviously don't. And NOW, who am I? If I continue in the same vein I have been (for quite some time) will people say I am
copying HER and dismiss me? See, it's much more than a dress. And by the way, I don't think it's HER who is copying…..I think it's stylists searching the internet for ideas…..I've encountered this
before.
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