Dress Drama: Lady Gaga’s latex conundrum for her egg-cellent Grammys look

Lady Gaga recently detailed the dramatic lengths she went to when method acting for House of Gucci but she has always been a method dresser.

The Oscar-winning star appeared on British Vogue’s Life in Looks where she shed light on 20 ensembles in her iconic fashion backlog and one that had a particularly surprising tale behind it was her 2011 Grammy Awards experience.

The A Star Is Born actress was the main winner on the night, taking home three gongs including Best Pop Vocal Album and she performed as well, but one of the most headline-making moments was her red carpet arrival, unsurprisingly.

She arrived in an egg being carried by performers on wooden rafts and not only did she reveal that she lived in it for three days before the event, but she explained that there was some very last-minute costume drama.

Crowds look onto the red carpet at the Grammy Awards in 2011 where an egg is seen being carried and there are a series of chandeliers overhead

LADY GAGA ARRIVES AT THE GRAMMY AWARDS IN 2011 IN AN EGG. PIC: REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

‘It’s representative of my dedication to my craft,’ said the 35-year-old Grammy winner who was a vission in a metallic ruffled Alexandre Vauthier blouse in the Vogue YouTube video.

The outfits worn by the models and dancers for the unique entrance were created by House of Gaga, her behind-the-scenes creative team.

‘I was very particular about how the fashion looked for this performance, in so much as the night before the performance I said “the fashion is wrong, we don’t have it.”‘

Lady Gaga's latex solution at the Grammy's in 2011 was ingenious and performers are seen on the red carpet in nude latex carry a giant marble eggLADY GAGA’S LATEX SOLUTION WAS VERY CLEVER. PIC: JASON MERRITT/GETTY IMAGES

‘If you know anything about looking for latex, years ago it was very difficult to find latex in any other place other than in a sex shop,’ she continued.

Ever the innovator, the New York native highlighted how her team found the ideal type of latex from a bus company who was using it to cover its seats. ‘Everybody’s fashion that’s made here was made from the fabric of seats for a bus.’

That’s not the only time there’s been dress drama at an awards ceremony, her remarkable periwinkle blue Valentino couture gown went on to have an adventure of its own after the Golden Globes in 2019.
Lady Gaga exists an egg on stage at the Grammy Awards in 2011 wearing a yellow shirt and skirt while holding a hatLADY GAGA WAS ‘BORN’ FROM HER EGG ON STAGE. PIC: KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE

Performers wearing latex clothing carry a giant marble egg on the Grammy's red carpetLADY GAGA’S LATEX WRAPPED TROUPE TURNED HEADS ON THE NIGHT. PIC: JASON MERRITT/GETTY IMAGES

Lady Gaga performs on stage at the Grammy Awards in 2011 wearing a yellow shirt, skirt and a hat with dancers behind her also in yellow outfitsLADY GAGA PERFORMS ONSTAGE. PIC: LESTER COHEN/WIREIMAGE

Lady Gaga accepts her Grammy onstage wearing a black bodysuit with padding on the hips with black opera gloves and her hair in a high ponytail with sunglasses onSINGER LADY GAGA ONSTAGE DURING THE 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS HELD AT STAPLES CENTER ON FEBRUARY 13, 2011 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.