2. When and how did Lady Gaga’s career
begin?
• Lady Gaga had been singing and writing songs
from the age of four but at the age of eighteen
she left university to try and pursue a career in
music with her friend Frankie Fredericks, who
became her first 'manager' even if he was not
paid for his help, booked Stefani (Lady Gaga) her
first paid gig, helped to put together the SGBand
and also to get her first real demo with Joe Vulpis
later that year. At the age of nineteen she was
discovered by Akon who helped her to get signed
and she was writing music for Fergie, Britney and
The Pussycat Dolls.
3. Who creates her outfits and tour
concepts?
• Lady Gaga has many designers for her outfits, one of them is Gareth
Pugh, he created her Silver foil cone neck coat outfit for her G.U.Y
interview outfit and the white sculptural creation, she wore for the
Jimmy Kimmel interview is the look #1 from Gareth Pugh Fall 2014
“intuitive” collection dominated by white. Many of her clothing and
outfits are well known like Vivienne Westwood, Jimmy Choo, Vera
Wang etc. and she also makes her own.
• The concepts for her Monster ball tour were made by:
• Concept and direction — Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben
• Creative direction — Matthew Williams (Haus) and the Haus of
Gaga
This is just one tour and there are many other people that get involved
to keep Lady Gaga’s tour promoting her and her muisc.
4. How is this funded?
• This is funded by her record label to get her
started and then all the fans paying for tickets
to concerts, merchandise and everything that
links to Lady Gaga obviously funds her
concerts and her wacky costumes.
5. Research and describe Lady Gaga’s
fans
• Lady Gaga’s fans are called Little Monsters
• Lady Gaga is referred to as Mother Monster
• She has almost 30 million followers on Twitter meaning her
fan base is massive and that she is a very big icon for loads
of people
• The whole reason Lady Gaga set up her fan base was to
support people who were a little different and she created
a charity group called Born This Way Foundation to foster a
more accepting society, where differences are embraced
and individuality is celebrated. The Foundation is dedicated
to creating a safe community that helps connect young
people with the skills and opportunities they need to build
a kinder, braver world.
7. What sort of views does Gaga have
about the world?
• From her quotes you can see she has a very
realistic but positive outlook on the world but
she sees herself as a way to make it better by
setting up charity’s and helping people to
make a difference to the world and making it a
better place. She knows there is bad in the
world but if she can make a difference she will
which makes her a good role model.
8. Famous Quotes
• Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm
always the same person inside.
• I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that
feeds every community.
• I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.
• 'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you
are and being proud.
• I'm perpetually lonely.
• Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all
men.
• I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
• Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
