Let's be honest, Little Monsters: Lady Gaga may be a talented, chart-topping singer, but even more than her hit songs, it's her wild costumes that really get us talking. Gaga's affinity for avant-garde artistic fashions has solidified her status as a style icon. Whether you'd re-create her most memorable looks for your day-to-day wear — meat dresses are totally work appropriate — or you're just in awe of her creativity and confidence, Gaga's unique creations definitely deserve a little recognition.
In honor of Lady Gaga's 28th birthday, we're celebrating the icon the only way we know how: a fashionable trip down Mother Monster lane. So put in those headphones, turn up Artpop, and relive some of Gaga's whackiest wardrobe moments of all time.
— Additional reporting by Mandi Villa
We are still talking about this legendary Armani Privé gown she wore to the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Gaga claimed her throne as Queen of Statement Coats when she wore this Saint Laurent coat to arrive at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2016.
Remember that one time Lady Gaga jumped off the roof of NRG Stadium to kick off her Super Bowl LI Halftime show? Yeah, you can't pull of a crazy stunt like this in a basic outfit. . . so she chose a star-studded Versace bodysuit.
What makes this outfit so outrageous is the fact that she wore it in ninety degree weather. This fashion killer doesn't care.
She was definitely turning heads with this Elton John inspired Versace look.
Wearing the most angelic Armani Privé dress for her performance at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Perhaps one of the most extra outfits ever worn in an airport. But hey, we would have worn it too if we could pull it off.
Gaga was the latest in a string of celebrities to style a structured, shall we say, gas mask while walking around NYC earlier this month.
I didn't think anyone loved Christmas as much as I did until Lady Gaga worked this custom, crimson, structured Vera Wang romper in December 2013. She accessorized her festive look with a real Christmas-tree headpiece adorned with gleaming ornaments and a gold star perched on top.
Gaga was a vision in white in the tiered gown by Francesco Scognamiglio that she wore to the Brit Awards in 2010.
If Gaga was to audition for Black Swan, we're guessing her ensemble would look something similar identical to this 2013 London look.
Gaga gave Ms. Piggy a run for her money layering a plush light-pink coat over an all-white ensemble in February 2014.
At ArtRave, her official release party for Artpop, Lady Gaga showed galactic pride (did you hear she's going to perform in space?!) in an astronaut-inspired jumpsuit — paired with heels, of course.
On Halloween, Lady Gaga was seen in a floral kimono-inspired dress, which she accessorized with an umbrella in the shape of a seashell.
Lady Gaga debuted a sculptural all-black look while out in London.
For the 2013 Jingle Bell Ball, Gaga stepped out in a starfish-print suit with a lace bralet and statement necklace — because why wouldn't she.
If there's anybody who can pull off a look from Marc Jacobs's last collection for Louis Vuitton, it's Lady Gaga.
Just in time for Halloween, Lady Gaga channeled a ghost in a tattered white dress while leaving her hotel in London.
Lady Gaga was spotted again in London wearing a dress adorned with Botticelli's Birth of Venus. She accessorized her outfit with a guitar and a pair of goggles.
If there is a theatrical way to arrive to a hotel, Lady Gaga will find it. Here she was in a diaphanous layered white dress at a hotel in London.
Lady Gaga channeled Salvador Dalí — and perhaps a matador — at a party for Artpop in Berlin.
Lady Gaga stunned everybody when she stepped out at the 2010 VMAs in a dress designed by Franc Fernandez — and made entirely of raw meat.
In true Lady Gaga fashion, the avant-garde star accessorized her lavender cutout Versace gown with a white "human horse" at the 2013 American Music Awards.
To meet Queen Elizabeth, Lady Gaga opted for a Victorian-inspired red leather and latex dress with a high collar — and sparkling eye makeup to match.
Lady Gaga not only wore a floral headpiece by Philip Treacy while sitting front row at his Spring 2013 runway but also opened the show.
Mother Monster donned a crystallized black-and-gray harlequin-print Versace jumpsuit with sky-scraping platforms during a Parisian excursion earlier this year.
To celebrate the launch of Fame, her first scent, Lady Gaga emerged from a carriage in the shape of the black and gold bottle in a futuristic black evening dress with embellished platform ankle boots.
Most recently, Mother Monster was spotted wearing all black and sporting the same multicolored, smeared makeup that is featured on the cover of her new album, Artpop.
Gaga shimmered as much as the ball that dropped in Times Square when she rang in 2012.
The 2010 VMAs were also when Lady Gaga introduced us to her male alter ego, Jo Calderone.
Lady Gaga honored the memory of her friend Alexander McQueen at the 2010 VMAs by arriving to the award show in a gown from the last collection he designed.
Lady Gaga and Armani teamed up to create this celestial beauty, which she wore on the red carpet of the 2010 Grammys.
How could we forget about the hair bow that started it all? Remember when Lady Gaga broke onto the scene in 2008 with Just Dance?
Gaga looked statuesque in a strapless embellished Atelier Versace gown at the 2014 Oscars.