Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Is Going On Tour
WENN.comThe meat dress Lady Gaga wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is set for the limelight once again. The bizarre outfit is going on tour as part of the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" exhibition.
The show aims to focus on pioneering women in rock 'n' roll and the singer's garment is just one of 250 artifacts included in the display, which will be unveiled at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC this Friday. The collection will then head to Omaha, Seattle and Phoenix.
In preparation for the tour, Gaga's crazy ensemble has actually been dried, preserved and restored to its original raw meat colour.
Other items come from Cher, the B-52s, Donna Summer, Stevie Nicks, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna. Some artifacts date back to jazz singer Billie Holiday, first blues recording artists Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey and country music trailblazer Mother Maybelle Carter.
Curator Meredith Rutledge-Borger believes the show to be political as it highlights many 'first ladies of rock' who have spoken out about women's rights, gay rights and other issues through their music.
She told the Daily Mail, "We really wanted to make sure this wasn't just a fashion show. We wanted to showcase these artists as musicians."
Gaga's dress shocked the world but she had an important message to put out. The star wanted to explain that if people don't stand up for their rights, "pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat."
"It was the 26-year-old's push for inclusion of gays or anyone else who is different that helped cement her place as a pioneer," added Meredith.