Lady Gaga: 10 Most Outrageous Outfits
3. The Living Dress It was originally an idea of Gagas to create an animated couture dress for "The Monster Ball Tour." The dress was inspired by British/Turkish designer Hussein Chalayan's creations. London designer Vinilla Burnham (for the Haus of Gaga) designed the dress in partnership with the Jim Henson Company in LA, as they were making the huge animatronic monster for the show in London. It took a total of six rushed weeks to make it - it was completed two hours before her show in Liverpool. Once the dress is operational it looks like the dress has come alive complete with wings, fans, simulated breathing motions and lighting. The headdress, dress movements and face fans are all connected to motors and remote-controlled from offstage. According to Gagapedia: "Two pieces from Gaga's breasts cover her face, and in the Monster Ball, the pieces move out of her face, and sings "So Happy I Could Die". The headdress opens and closes, and the body of the dress opens and closes, revealing her legs, and the train of the dress moves up and down, just like a dragonfly coming out of its shell." Its made of a combination of materials including stainless steel, various forms of nylon fabric, sheet and rods, different weights of plastic sheeting and coutil for the corset. The Living Dress looks very heavy and awkward to wear and would have to have been tailored to very specific measurements on her body. It also would have needed to have enough breathing and moving space for Gaga to perform in - a challenging design job indeed!