Lady Gaga Meat Dress

American pop singer Lady Gaga wore a dress made of raw beef, which was commonly referred to by the media as the meat dress.

 Designed by Franc Fernandez and styled by Nicola Formichetti, the dress was condemned by animal rights groups and named by Time as the top fashion statement of 2010.

The press speculated on the originality of the meat dress idea, with comparisons made to similar images found in contemporary art and popular culture.

Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, for example, had designed a meat dress in 2006. As with her other dresses, it was archived, but went on display in 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after being preserved by taxidermists as a type of jerky.

 Gaga explained following the awards ceremony that the dress was a statement about one's need to fight for what one believes in, and highlighted her distaste for the US military's don't-ask-don't-tell policy.