Mother Monster.

The style is GAGA.

            Some call her style “genius.”  Others prefer “crazy.”  And then there is that proportion of the population that just doesn’t care, but find her pretty entertaining. No matter what, you have to give her some kind of props for wearing what she does-without a care in the world.   

            Since her days as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, Gaga’s style has evolved and taken the fashion world by storm.  It’s evolved from the hallways of Manhattan's Convent of the Sacred Heart School to, well, EVERYWHERE: the streets of London, New York, Tokyo, and even my very own Austin, Texas.

      Back in her high school days, no one would suspect Gaga for who she is today.  A natural brunette, Gaga’s style actually was normal-well, to her standards.  Sporting jeans, suspenders, and a white tank in 2007…are we sure that this was the Mother Monster herself?

      Since then, there has been a noticeable change is her style.  In a June 2009 interview with People Magazine Gaga said that her outfits are from her own ideas.   She gets some help though, collaborating with designers to make sure that her creations are just what she wants.  One of her more popular accessories are these Alexander McQueen shoes.   If you buy these, you better make sure that you have 911 on speed dial.  You’re likely to fall.

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      Now Gaga has worn everything from dresses made of meat, to bubbles, to barely anything.  One thing that you never see her in-denim.  This may have something to do with the fact that her and country music go together about as well as ice cream and pickles.  Recently however (in Austin, Texas no less), she was spotted wearing the unthinkable-JEANS.  I mean, her wearing pants in general is pretty shocking, but jeans?  Of course she put her own “Gaga” flair on them, and it may have something to do with the fact that she just released a “Country Road Version” of her recent hit “Born This Way."

 

     So go forth, and follow these words of the Mother Monster herself:

"Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cause we were born this way bitch!"

 

She's Pretty Reckless

      There are few people whose style has changed more than Taylor Momsen.  Since her days as the adorable “Cindy Lou Who” in the 2000 film The Grinch, she has gone from feminine, cute pieces, to looking taking “grunge” to a whole new level.  This may have something to do with her emergence into the music scene with her band The Pretty Wreckless , or wanting to break the mold.  Who knows?  I don’t say that I’m a mind reader.

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     Honestly, I don’t know where to begin with Momsen’s style.  Probally, the reason that I’m not championing her as a fashion queen is because I don’t think that clothes should look as if you took them from a vampire, ran over them with a truck, and stuck them through a shredder.  

    Remember: Personal opinion.

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  Now, some parts of her style she does do well.  She knows what looks good on her, and what she can accentuate.  She plays up her long legs with distressed leggings, tights, and heels.  She also shows quite a bit of leg, due to her love for min-skirts and SHORT dresses.  So Momsen-something that you do well.

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     But, and there must be a but-the hair.  Normally, I don’t bash the bleached-blonde look, but when it’s that long, and un-kept, I’m not a fan.  That and the makeup.  Most of the pictures that I have showed here have her with sun glasses on-both inside and outside of buildings.  With those glasses though, she’s hiding the insane amounts of black eye shadow that surround her eyes.

 

    One thing that I will say about Momsen however is that I do applaud the fact that she wears what she wants, and doesn’t really care what people think.  She has been named a controversial style icon , alongside Lady Gaga, the Olsen Twins, and Rihanna. 

           

            But what does Momsen think of her style?  In a interview with Seventeen Magazine she said:

      "I like to wear a lot of baggy things. Like, I buy guys' clothes, like T-shirts, and I cut them up and wear them loose, but my blazers have to be really fitted. I also like layering things and really short skirts — or showing off my legs.”