Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress is to be archived

Lady Gaga's meat dress divides opinion

Photo: Lady Gaga at the MTV Video Music Awards

Lady Gaga's infamous "meat dress" is to be "archived" as beef jerky, it has been claimed.

The pop singer had tongues wagging when she turned up to collect eight prizes at the Video Music Awards earlier this month.

She then continued the theme by addressing a rally in support of repealing the Don't Ask Don't Tell laws that prevent gays and lesbians from serving in the military by saying that "equality is the prime rib of America" and everyone should have the right to wear a "meat dress".

Many music and fashion lovers wondered what happened to the dress and may have found their answer.

Franc Fernandez, the fashion designer who designed the outfit, has told the celebrity gossip website e-online: "The dress will go through a process where it becomes a sort of 'jerky' and will be archived. Thank you."

The dress, complete with boots, purse and a hat was made from cuts of beef divided internet opinion.

Cher, who presented the prizes, wrote on her Twitter account that as an "art piece it was astonishing!" and that the meat purse was "genius."

She added: "modern art elicits discussion, introspection and conflict! Everyone's talking about it! BINGO!"

However, animal rights groups condemned the garment.

A statement from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that "wearing a dress made from cuts of dead cows is offensive enough to bring comment, but someone should whisper in her ear that more people are upset by butchery than are impressed by it".

Lady Gaga told chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, who had presented her with a "veggie bikini" on air, she meant no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian, and called herself "the most judgment free human being on the earth".

"However, it has many interpretations. For me this evening, if we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights pretty soon, we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat.”

Source: Original text and photo from www.telegraph.co.uk