Lady Gaga was honored as one of Elle’s Women in Hollywood Monday night, yet her acceptance speech wasn’t about her film acting debut in A Star Is Born.
Instead, she began her speech with what she was wearing while giving it: an oversize, shoulder-padded Marc Jacobs suit.
Gaga explained that when she was getting ready for the event, she tried on “one tight corset after another, one heel after another,” and suddenly felt sick to her stomach. She continued:
“So, after trying 10 or so dresses, with a sad feeling in my heart, that all that would matter was what I wore to this red carpet, I saw an oversized Marc Jacobs suit buried quietly in the corner. I put it on to a resounding view of eyes glaring at me in confusion. But the Rodarte was so beautiful! one said. But the Raf Simons for Calvin Klein was so stunning on you! said another. But what about the Brandon Maxwell? What about the Dior? Lots of questions. They were all dresses. This was an oversized men’s suit made for a woman. Not a gown. And then I began to cry. In this suit, I felt like me today. In this suit, I felt the truth of who I am well up in my gut.”
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