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In the opening scene of our ‘ARTPOP’ film, Gaga, portraying the injured Himeros, wears a pair of brown wings by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and Haus of Gaga arrow, both custom-made for the video. 

Her body is spray painted with crimson paint and she’s also wearing fishnet tights.

When injured, barely alive Gaga came to the castle, she was welcomed and carried inside by two guardians (played by Graham Breitenstein and Asiel Hardison), wearing hooded black rubber capes from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate, Martijn van Strien‘s “Dystopian Brutalist Outerwear” collection.

In the healing process scene, the dancers in black wear swimsuits by Mikoh, Beach Riot, Araks and American Apparel. 

One of the girls wears a super elaborate creation by London-based costume maker and avantgarde fashion designer, Katarzyna Konieczka. The one-of-a-kind corset, a fusion of plastics and fabrics, is called Black Snakes In The Water, and was inspired by “black snakes entangling bodies immersed in water. The shape was designed to evoke the way of swimming and writhing of moray eels and water hoses”. 

The dancer on the right wears a leather shoulder piece from Valentim Quaresma’s Fall/Winter 2013 collection, “Daydream”. With this collection Valentim yearns to find the connection between industrialization and creativity. 

The model in the middle wears another leather shoulder piece from Assaad Awad’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection while the black headpieces are by Arturo Rios: Alison velvet bow headband and Noir silk satin bow headpiece.

All girls are wearing Vince Camuto Fall/Winter 2013 Onya black leather pointed-toe Chelsea booties!

The healing process scene continues as we see more and more dancers and models. 

We see a few wearing black braided hair headpieces by Charlie Le Mindu while others wear Bea Szenfeld Spring/Summer 2014 paper couture (more to these later) and silver orb skirts (worn as headpieces) from Bea’s “Sur La Plage” collection. 

Her male dancers are wearing white vests by BLK DNM, jeans by PAIGE with white leather boots by Dr. Martens. 

The synchronized swimmers are wearing black swimsuits by Body Glove with custom neoprene headpieces by Mia Gyzander.

The dancers cover Gaga with a purple tulle veil embellished with flowers and colorful monarch butterflies - a custom creation by Philip Treacy for the video.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills make an appearance in the music video. All of them are wearing custom hand-painted pink neoprene dresses by artist and designer Holly Fowler.

The models around them are all wearing the paper couture creations from Bea Szenfeld’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection which included shapes of animals (lions, bears, gorillas etc.), plants and architectural sculptures.