In 2013, Lady Gaga wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "I went to the Isabella Blow exhibit in London. It's so incredibly touching, beautiful, inspiring. Monsters should go; her story is poetry."
More than a decade later, in 2024, Gaga stepped onto the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, wearing a dramatic headpiece by haute couture milliner or hat designer Philip Treacy. It was created by Treacy for his 2001 couture show. The headpiece was famously once worn by Isabella Blow, the iconic fashion editor who launched the career of designer Alexander McQueen and is credited with putting London at the centre of the creative world.
The hat is reportedly part of English fashion designer and socialite Daphne Guinness's collection. A replica of the hat was displayed in museums honouring Blow's legacy. Blow is remembered by her hats. According to The Guardian, " Her trademark was so distinctive that Princess Margaret once greeted her at a party with the words: “Good evening, Hat.” At her funeral in 2007, an 18th-century black galleon headpiece with delicate lace sails cascading from its lofty prow, created for her by her favourite milliner Philip Treacy, crowned her coffin on a bed of white roses."
Gaga, along with her fiancé Michael Polansky, attended the premiere of Todd Phillips's Joker: Folie à Deux.
The Poker Face singer embraced her flamboyant side and brought drama to the red carpet. She wore a voluminous black Christian Dior Haute Couture gown featuring pleating and a V-neck. She accessorised with a platinum and 18-karat yellow gold necklace with diamonds, earrings, and a Tiffany Victoria bracelet. A side-slicked bun was chosen for her hairstyle, embracing Gaga's eccentric taste in fashion. Have we forgotten the infamous Frank Fernandez meat dress in 2010?