Lady Gaga Style Evolution

by Marissa Gold (Subscribe to Marissa Gold's posts)
Posted Nov 20th 2009 at 3:15PM

Lady Gaga's early years (left) and now (right). Photo: Scott McLane, Retna Ltd. | Dimitrios Kambouris, WireImage

The Lady Gaga ashion aesthetic is all about crazy looks, public spectacles and glamorous blonde hair. Even in a relatively tame photo (right), she still stands out in a crowd.

It's hard to imagine that she used to dress far more simply for public events (jeans!) and had a more low-maintenance beauty regime (brunette!).

Take a look at Gaga's beauty and style evolution, from high school choir star to globe-trotting superstar:

p.s. See US Magazine's favorite Gaga fashion moments here.

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Lady Gaga Style Evolution

Does the name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ring a bell? Why, it's Lady Gaga (before she was Gaga), and we've got her journey from high school singer to world-famous superstar in pictures. Check it out!

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Lady Gaga Style Evolution

You're looking at one of Lady Gaga's Catholic high school yearbook pictures. Back then, she went by Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta at Manhattan's Convent of the Sacred Heart School.

See the star's transformation from a teen with big dreams to a trend-setting, boundary-pushing icon.

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Gaga performs in a high school play in 2002 in a very Gaga-like wig.

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February 20, 2007
Germanotta attends an event in NYC in a scarily normal outfit. Jeans!

Scott McLane, Retna Ltd.

August 4, 2007
A brunette Stefani Germanotta, soon to be "Lady Gaga," performs at Lollapalooza 2007 in Chicago.

Jason Squires, WireImage

February 25, 2009
The star showed up pants-less for her official night at the VIP Room Theatre in Paris.

Marc Susset-Lacroix, WireImage

April 23, 2009
Gaga attends a Parisian benefit for the Best Buddies Association in a gold flared dress, Lennon-esque shades, and a giant black sun hat.

Julien Hekimian, WireImage

September 7, 2009
A leather-cladLady Gaga attends the Monster Cable Party at the Tube Club in Berlin, Germany.

Anita Bugge, WireImage

May 19, 2008
Pokerfact Gaga channels Ziggy Stardust with a painted-on lightening bolg at the NewNowNext Awards in New York City.

Bryan Bedder, Getty Images

July 18, 2008
Gaga attends Mercedez-Benz Spring 2009 Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany in a pointy-shouldered jacket, and signature circle scarf.

September 15, 2009
Gaga goes for a haute couture lunch lady look with Perez Hilton at the Cocoperez.com launch party.

Jerritt Clark, WireImage

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alschrod, 11-21-2009, 3:21PM

Phony "entertainers" take phony names. 'nuff said!

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Zemb, 11-21-2009, 3:48PM

She was actually cuter in high-school...Hollywood corrupts just like Washington, DC....sad.

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dodah001, 11-21-2009, 4:30PM

She's a hero in her own mind...She has a "mole like" face, (narrow) and I don't find her very attractive at all...I find her arrogant attitude, believing she IS somebody,
very amusing as well...

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bunton21, 11-21-2009, 4:31PM

For the life of me I cannot figure out why Lady Gaga is such a big deal? Her clothing choices are not "risque" or unique, they are just ugly. And quite frankly no one will remember who she is 10 years from now. Her music is okay for dancing or whatnot but overall I personally think she is weird and untalented. The way Perz Hilton drools all over her makes me sick, exactly what is he? Where did he come from? And does anyone actually care what he thinks? The man is just a leech that just hangs on "famous" people.

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L. M. Ary, 11-21-2009, 5:22PM

Alshrod, let's take a moment to think of a few entertainers with phony names...hmmm...there's Elton John, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, John Bon Jovi, Tony Benett...all within a few seconds of pondering. Your statement is wrong. Not all entertainers with phony names are phony!

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lawtbrown, 11-21-2009, 7:25PM

I see no improvment from her early years, She needs to keep trying. Hopefully she will find a look that makes her appear reasonably attractive.

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ladygaga1, 2-04-2010, 7:03PM

OMG!she looked soo simple way back then!

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Frankie, 10-04-2010, 1:16PM

Lady Gaga's clothing is shock couture. There's nothing fashionable about it. Her music is formulaic, predictable and boring...and it's been played to death. So we have a lady wearing freakish costumes and producing boring music, and everyone wants her. What does that tell you about her audience?

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