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The way Lady Gaga has reigned throughout her career as a highly-watched style icon, few celebrities have ruled.

The Oscar-winning musician and actress, who secured her next film role in the sequel “Joker: Folie Deux” with Joaquin Phoenix, has had a long genre trajectory since arriving on the scene in the late 2000s, Known for both her over-the-top and classic red carpet looks.

Lady Gaga made a first impression with her red carpet style early in her career with costume-like and kitschy outfits that propelled her into the limelight. Her early career style moments include Grammy Awards, such as her celestial-inspired Armani Privy dress in 2010, and when she famously wore an eggshell in 2011, later “hatching” on stage during her performance.

However, her most notable red carpet fashion moment from the start of her career is undoubtedly the infamous “meat dress” she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. While the look was polarizing, the look has remained in the cultural lexicon for nearly 12 years and is one of the legacies of the musician’s style.

Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

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As Lady Gaga got into acting, she transitioned into a style that radiated Old Hollywood glamour, but still with a touch of her signature whimsy.

Lady Gaga had several memorable red carpet fashion moments during the awards season for her movie “A Star Is Born.” Take her Golden Globes look—a periwinkle blue, Valentino ballgown with a long train—that paid homage to the dress actress Judy Garland wore in the original 1954 film “A Star Is Born.”

She then stunned herself at the Oscars, pairing her custom black Alexander McQueen dress with Tiffany & Co.’s coveted 128-carat yellow diamond, making her one of the few women to have worn the historic piece in public .

Lady Gaga at the 2019 Oscars.

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For her latest press tour for her “House of Gucci” movie, Lady Gaga took a more edgy route to her outfits, looking to Italian designers like Versace, Armani, and Gucci for each engagement. One of her most extravagant looks from the press tour was at the film’s London premiere, where Lady Gaga walked the red carpet wearing a deep purple, silky chiffon dress from Gucci’s Spring 2022 ready-to-wear collection.

While the press tour for the “Joker” sequel is more than two years away, fans can expect Lady Gaga to continue her standout red carpet style streak.

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