Which designer created Lady Gaga’s raw-meat dress for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards?

Franc Fernandez created Lady Gaga’s raw-meat dress for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

Gaga wore the controversial outfit at the ceremony in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010. The dress, shoes, purse, and hat were made from raw beef and assembled for the singer by Los Angeles-based designer Franc Fernandez, with assistance from stylist Nicola Formichetti.

The look attracted immediate attention because it transformed a familiar red-carpet fashion format into a deliberately confrontational visual statement. Gaga explained that the outfit symbolized opposition to discrimination and the idea that people should not be treated like pieces of meat.

The dress was preserved through taxidermy after the event. It later entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame collection, where it was displayed as an example of the singer’s use of fashion, performance, and publicity together. A common mix-up is crediting the outfit entirely to Formichetti; he was Gaga’s stylist and collaborator, while Fernandez is identified as the dress’s designer.