Lady GaGa turns fashion designer
Daily News | Samantha O'Neill | February 4, 2009
Lady GaGa cannot be accused of being shy and retiring. It’s only a matter of weeks since she burst onto the scene, but Lady Gaga has certainly made her presence known.
With her catchy single ‘Let’s Dance’, hanging out with Paris Hilton, and dancing the night away at many a London nightclub it would be hard to miss the GaGa fever that has swept the tabloids.
And now, Joanne Stefani Germanotta aka Lady GaGa is after a piece of the fashion industry. It isn’t a huge surprise as all her quirky stage outfits are self-designed. And whether you love or hate her you can’t help but admire her unique sense of style.
The Mirror has revealed that Lady GaGa is planning her own fashion line aimed at teenage girls. She told Mirror reporters at Punk nightclub: “I can’t wait to do my own line. It’s definitely something I want to do in the next year as I do have my own style. I’m already talking to my boy Akon about it.”
Hip Hop star Akon was the man who discovered GaGa and is reportedly in full support of her fashion pursuits: “She’ll walk around in London in her underwear and you watch, everyone will catch on.”
A Lady GaGa line could do exceptionally well, and creative fashion is always welcome. But I’m not sure I want to see people, especially teenagers in latex and super short hot pants. They say she’s the next Madonna, but if you remember Madonna’s line for H&M bombed. So be careful Lady GaGa, style doesn’t always equal successful designer.
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Dear Samantha,
You write that Madonna H&M line bombed. This is totally inaccurate. The success was huge and this experience allowed H&M to boost its sales when this beautiful collection was released.
I’m afraid if you compare the success of Stella McCartney, Viktor & Rolf, Karl Lagerfeld, Roberto Cavalli, and Comme Des Garcons, she bombed, a huge amount of the stock ended up in the sales. And let’s be honest those tracksuits and leotards were not a style highlight.
Dear Samantha,
I am afraid that we are not living in the same world!
You are refering to your own feelings (which are fully respectable) but press releases from H&M have clearly indicated that H&M turnover was highly boosted with the wonderful Madonna collection. I recall that information coming from a listed company (wich is the H&M case)is controlled by the Sweedish regulator wich is a public authority, like FSA in the UK.
The turnover was high compared with the annual comparison which had been particularly poor, therefore any increase would have been welcome. And notice the lack of any other celebrity collaboration, the designers bring in the money, and whilst the collection made the company some, this cannot be called a success. For a massive amount of stock to end up in the sales and the collection to be criticised heavily by the media, that does not suggest success to me. Further to this, it is believed that the feedback groups did not actually like the brand but it was easier to go a head with the launch than not.
I do however respect your strong feelings on the matter but I stand by my comment that it was not a successful campaign.
Dear Samantha,
Words are useless, only the numbers count and the numbers show a major success.In addition, you wrongly indicate that the collection was negatively criticized by the media. Of course, there were positive and negative opinions. The reality was not black or white, as suggested by you. Anyway,I stop these exhange of views because it is clear that you take it personnal. Consequently, it becomes uninteresting. With my kindest regards.
I have to weigh in here. Please see the link below as evidence that the Madonna for H&M collection wasn’t received too well.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/10/madgewear-coming-soon-to-tj-maxx.php
H&M didn’t reveal the numbers. They concluded that it was successful based on their expectations. Sadly the line wasn’t a global success.
This isn’t a personal response, just a factual one.
Who gives a fuck? Maddonna is a beast.
Oh my God….
If her “designs” are anything like what she wears and they’re aimed at TEENAGE GIRLS?
Just encouragement to becoem a total whore.
Does anyone know which designer designed her white dress with blue halfskirt and spiral in her video paparaci?
I luv Lady GaGa bcuz shez kOo & has her own lok dat no 1 has evr had rok on Lady GaGa«ilol!