I am mildly obsessed with
Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" video. I know, it was her last video but
it's not very recent news. I'm making a conscious effort to blog about
inspiration, new or old, it's far too much work trying to keep up with breaking
news.
Christina Aguilera's
"Bionic" is probably one of the most underrated albums of the last few years. It
gained a lot of criticism for it's electric feel in comparison to Lady Gaga. Not that I don't love the Gaga, but she is hardly
the only artist with an electric feel in the industry.
The Lust List is suddenly a big fan of teal. Lady Gaga's "Yoü and I" is the fourth single from Born This Way and what some call a return to the video style that established the teal-haired Lady Gaga as a musical genius.
The song itself was inspired by Gaga's relationship with rumored on-again-off-again boyfriend Lüc Carl, and the video symbolizes that exact idea of relationships. In the video, Gaga walks from New York City to Nebraska [actual location of the video] to get her boyfriend back. According to Gaga: "I'm walking with no luggage and no nothing and it's just me and my ankles are bleeding a little bit and there's grass stuck in my shoes and I've got this outfit on and it's real sort of New York clothing and I'm sprinting... And the [video is about the] idea that when you're away from someone you love, it's torture," she continued. "I knew I wanted the video to be about me sprinting back and walking hundreds of thousands of miles to get him back."
Lüc Carl does not appear in the video, instead Gaga's love interest is played by herself. Or rather, her alternate male ego "Jo Calderone". Along with Calderone, her other mermaid alter ego, "Yuyi", appears alongside actor Taylor Kinney in what's reffered to as sexual intercourse scenes. But how can a man have sex with a mermaid? Gaga explained that metaphorically it emphasized the fact that sometimes relationships did not work. "No matter what you do, there's this giant boundary between you and someone else. So that's what it's about, perceiving in your imagination that there's something magical inside of you that you can make it work."
Ice cream trucks [which accroding Gaga represent the destruction of her youth], dancing in fetish attire inside a hay barn [and submerged in a tank], torture scenes with a mad scientist, a grey haired Gaga as a bride, and corn field scenes with Queen guitarist Brian May [the song samples the bands "We Will Rock You"] all make up lustable visual delight as only Gaga can do.
Rolling Stone explains, "the best moments of the video put a distinctly Gaga-ish spin on the iconography of Americana and traditional love stories."
Lust with your eyes below. Make a splash with LuStylist as Yuyi!
Growing up at the height of silly white rappers, lustful pop music ladies, and all of our favortie boy bands, it wasn't always the music that created the image. Magazines like Rolling Stone and Blender [remember that one?] featured artistis like Britney Spears, Eminem, and Pink all photographed and stylized by David LaChapelle.
David LaChapelle is a renown photographer working in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography. His work has been described as surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous. Just a good ol' American boy from Conneticut who fled the suburban life for New York City.
It was in New York where LaChapelle met Andy Warhol in the lustworthy hot spot Studio 54. Warhol offered him a job as a photographer for Interview magazine. Interview magazine led to Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ, Photo, and Vanity Fair [among many others].
LaChapelle hasn't stopped there. He has directed two films, "Krumped" and "Rize", as well as numerous television ads for brands like H&M and shows like "Desperate Housewives". In 2004, he took his vision to the stage directing Elton John's "The Red Piano" in Las Vegas.
I lust for the style of LaChapelle's work, having been a fan since seeing his witty photos of Britney Spears. He has a way of taking ideas of the present day and throwing them in society's face. His subjects are always styled in a combination of sex and glamour, usually with some sort of religious aspect idolizing them in a way. I'm an even bigger fan whenever he works with the iconic Pamela Anderson, like the photo above.
LaChapelle has worked with everyone from Lady Gaga and Madonna to Angelina Jolie and Hugh Hefner. He has published numerous books for your coffee table including Heaven to Hell, Hotel LaChapelle, and Artists and Prostitutes.
There are probably only two rings I fantasize about. One includes a sizeable canary diamond, and the other is the Cartier Panther ring. Seen on the hands of Rachel Zoe, Cameron Diaz, and Lady Gaga [to name only a few], it celebrates Cartier and their infamous "Bestiary" theme. In fact, the Panther has been iconic for Cartier since it's first piece of jewelry to celebrate the animal in 1914. There are many variations available, but it takes a substantial amount of pocket change to tame even the entry level style.
