Giorgio Armani's Partnership With Lady Gaga a Win/Win

Lady Gaga is a fashion figure in her own world and teaming up with Georgio Armani has got to be a win/win for them both. According to the article below, Armani dressed Lady Gaga in a crystal-encrusted silver hoop dress with orbiting rings for the Grammy Awards. He is currently working on costumes for Lady Gaga's concert in Italy in December.
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Giorgio Armani's Partnership With Lady Gives Designer Creative Edge
WSJ.com:

The Italian fashion designer best known for the power suits that defined 1980s corporate America took an unusual turn of style this year when he dressed Lady Gaga in a crystal-encrusted silver hoop dress with orbiting rings for the Grammy Awards. The bondage-style black leather costumes in the American performer's racy 'Alejandro' video were also Mr. Armani's, as was a black rubberized dress with spikes sticking out from the breast the platinum-haired singer donned at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Mr. Armani will soon work on costumes for Lady Gaga's concert in Italy in December.

The 76-year-old designer's multimillion-dollar partnership with the 24-year-old pop idol has put Mr. Armani "in a new creative spotlight—individuality, edge, futuristic style," says retail-brand consultant Tom Julian. It is also an effort by one of fashion's oldest figures to rejuvenate his €1.5 billion business.

Since revolutionizing wardrobes 30 years ago by taking the lining out of blazers—to make them less stiff and more form-fitting—Mr. Armani has expanded his company into a sprawling empire with six separate adult clothing lines spanning from the exclusive haute couture Privé collection to mass-market A/X Armani Exchange fashion.

For years now, however, fashion critics haven't looked to Mr. Armani for new trends. The daughters of the women who climbed the corporate ladder a generation ago in Armani now gravitate toward younger designers such as Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang. It remains to be seen whether his Emporio Armani women's fashion show, scheduled for Saturday, will be influenced by Lady Gaga, as his men's collection was in June.

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Lady Gaga Speaks Out To End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

 Lady Gaga took the role of a concerned citizen and insinuated herself into the debate of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". According to the article below, she spoke at a Maine rally to propose a law called, 'If you don't like it, you can go home.' Apparently, it didn't work as Republicans on Tuesday blocked a move to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. 
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Lady Gaga loses out
freep.com | Detroit Free Press: Posted: 11:53 a.m. Sept. 22, 2010

You know things have gotten weird when recording artist Lady Gaga becomes the voice of reason. Gaga inserted herself into the debate over the military’s controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy by speaking on Monday at a Maine rally to overturn the Clinton-era provision. 'I am here today because I want to propose a law called, 'If you don't like it, you can go home.' A law that sends home the homophobes, that sends home the prejudiced. If you are not committed to perform with excellence as a United States soldier because you don't believe in full equality, go home,' Gaga was reported to have told the 2,000 people at the rally.

Gaga’s words fell on deaf ears in the US Senate as Republicans on Tuesday blocked a move to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Republican Arizona Senator John McCain called the effort to repeal the ban 'a blatant political ploy in order to try to galvanize the political base of the other side, which is facing a losing election,' according to the Wall Street Journal.

Ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” isn’t about political calculus; it’s about right and wrong. What right does the government have to distinguish among us, to treat one group of citizens differently because of who they are?

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