Design as Conversation

image: USA Today, Gaga wearing meat dress at VMAs

Conversation is the key to human success.  People are social animals that need communication to survive in the world, whether it is mentally with happiness from friendship and relationships or it be success in the business world.  Recently, Lady Gaga wore a dress designed and made entirely out of raw meat at the 2010 MTV VMA Awards show.  This dress was worn by Gaga in response to a lot of controversy surrounding her raw meat bikini from the cover of Vogue (Hommes Japan).  This is the first part of design as communication…. Gaga is using a dress almost exactly the same as the bikini to reply to the negative comments.  She is using fashion design to speak out to the public saying that no, she was not ashamed of the bikini and that she believes she can wear whatever she wants.  Once the VMAs were over, Lady Gaga appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’s show and explained "Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth… However, it has many interpretations but for me this evening. If we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat" (Gaga to DeGeneres).  Lady Gaga is clearly a woman who wants to make a statement, and what better to do it through fashion.  Not to mention, she keeps everyone on his or her toes, wondering what’s coming next!