Lady Gaga Has a Fashion “Disease”—And I Don’t Want the Cure

Of course, this being a Gaga video, her macabre costumes had to be avant-garde—and completely fabulous. If her eerie wardrobe is a disease, we simply do not want the cure. Playing a masked villain of sorts, Gaga emerges wearing a zippered gimp mask with a long, black, ruffled overcoat and extra-long steel fingernails; She runs over herself wearing a sweet floral-print nightgown, as though she is preying on a sweeter, more innocent version of herself.

Later in the video, she walks all over her own body double—literally, with both bodies clothed in minimalist white crop tops and briefs. Next she grapples with herself yet again, this time as the walls close in on her while wearing a dip-dyed ombré mesh dress that, again, toys between the light and the dark. That’s the genius of Gaga, isn’t it? Everything she wears is intentional and s nod back to the lyrics. Now, Little Monsters, join me and put your paws up—because this is one of the best videos of the year.