{"id":12992,"date":"2010-06-10T09:17:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=12992"},"modified":"2010-06-10T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T19:36:13","slug":"lady-gagas-alejandro-video-credits-and-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/style\/lady-gagas-alejandro-video-credits-and-controversy","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ Video Credits and Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

After lots of “leaks” Lady Gaga finally released the full version of her video for the song Alejandro<\/em> on Tuesday. Musically, the song is catchy enough, but if you remember Ace of Base and Madonna’s La Isla Bonita<\/em>, you won’t find anything groundbreaking. While the video also has its references to her predecessors – think Like a Prayer<\/em> for the Catholic imagery or Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation<\/em> for the dancing military men, the cinematography is arresting and Lady Gaga pushes the envelope further than Jackson or Madonna. Plus, most of her fans probably missed the others the first time around (not having been born and all) so it will still be something new for at least one generation.<\/p>\n

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Not everyone is a fan though. Katy Perry, who prefers crazy wigs<\/a> and controversial outfits of a less religious variety tweeted “using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.” And like much of Madonna’s early work, we’re pretty sure a condemnation from the Catholic church isn’t too far around the corner.<\/p>\n

For her part, Lady Gaga’s explanation of the video is simply “a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, their love for one another and their courage in their relationships.”<\/p>\n

Director Steven Klein defends the use of religious imagery: “The religious symbolism is not meant to denote anything negative, but represents the character’s battle between the dark forces of this world and the spiritual salvation of the Soul. Thus at the end of the film, she chooses to be a nun, and the reason her mouth and eyes disappear is because she is withdrawing her senses from the world of evil and going inward towards prayer and contemplation.” {MTV<\/a>}<\/p>\n

If your religion is fashion, Nicola Formichetti<\/a> (Gaga’s stylist and a fashion editor for several publications) gives a thorough explanation there as well. He covers the video scene by scene<\/a>, but here are a few of the most prominent players:<\/p>\n

Alexander McQueen<\/h3>\n

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The first scenes are dominated by custom made creations from the late designer. The binocular headdress is by Nasir Mazhar, the rose headpiece in the second screencap is by Philip Tracy for Alexander McQueen, but the cape and rest of the lace outfit is custom Alexander McQueen.
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Calvin Klein and Pleaser heels<\/h3>\n

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When it comes to minimal underwear, Calvin Klein is still king. Both Gaga and her dancers wear Calvin Klein underwear. She dances around in Christian Louboutins, while her male dancers alternate between custom made Emporio Armani boots and Pleaser heels – a favorite brand for strippers, drag queens and ladies with large feet who like sexy shoes. Until…
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Dolce & Gabbana and Pleaser heels<\/h3>\n

\"\"one of the last scenes (the one that brings back shades of Madonna for many people). Here, Gaga strikes a pose in a Dolce & Gabbana vest, Francesco Scognamiglo pants and kicks up Pleaser heels of her own.<\/p>\n

For more on the rubber and latex outfits – including the nun outfit that’s causing a stir, the gun bra and details on the boys’ military outfits (spoiler: Emporio Armani is the fashion uniform of choice), read Nicola Formichetti’s full post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After lots of “leaks” Lady Gaga finally released the full version of her video for the song Alejandro on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Not everyone is a fan though. Katy Perry, who prefers crazy wigs and controversial outfits of a less religious variety tweeted “using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.” And like much of Madonna’s early work, we’re pretty sure a condemnation from the Catholic church isn’t too far around the corner.<\/p>\n

If your religion is fashion, read on for information on the video’s most prominent fashion players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6839],"tags":[3543,140,348,726,181,3542],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13027,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992\/revisions\/13027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}