Lady Gaga At 2020 MTV VMAs: The 10th Face Mask That People Missed Out On
She wore 9 different masks (to match her outfit changes, duh) to the awards, and a tenth when hanging out backstage with Ariana Grande
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The VMAs may be one of the music industry's most celebrated awards show after the Grammys, but let's just say the real winners of that night were arguably Lady Gaga's face masks — there were multiple reports on her 9 wardrobe and mask changes for the night, but guess what? We found one more mask that she sported backstage while hanging out with Ariana Grande, totalling her mask count at 10.
The 2020 MTV VMAs is the first high profile awards show to take place ever since COVID-19 took over the world, and viewers were treated to an awards show with social distancing measures in place.
The show was held over multiple stages in New York to prevent overcrowding, as well as chic, stylish face masks from some of the show's performances.
Styled by her longtime friend and collaborator Nicola Formichetti, Lady Gaga brought a whole new level to the term pandemic-chic with highly stylised looks that each came with their own complimentary face masks. Scroll down for a closer look at all of them!
For her first look of the night, Lady Gaga graced the red carpet in this futuristic ensemble from Area and a fish bowl face shield from Conrad Muscarella which we can only assume is a cheeky nod to the Moon Man VMAs trophy.
When receiving her first award, Lady Gaga changed into an iridescent feathered mini dress by Iris van Herpen paired with a bubblegum pink patent leather face mask, making her look like a chic and fashionable praying mantis.
For her second award, Gaga returned in a stunning green dress by Christopher John Rogers, but what really stood out was her horn-rimmed face mask from Lance Victor Moore.
When it came to performing "Rain On Me" with Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga got performance ready in a lingerie set by Dead Fetish Couture and a custom Smooth Technology digital mask that lit up as she performed.
As Lady Gaga continued on to her second song of the night, she swapped out her purple lingerie set for a mint green latex one from Vex clothing as well as and a custom Smooth Technology digital mask.
For her final performance, Lady Gaga put on a catsuit by BCALLA and another digital face mask by Smooth Technology, created in collaboration with cisual artist Diego Montoya.
As Lady Gaga swept up her third award of the night, she showed up looking like an angelic alien in a sequinned Valentino Huate Couture catsuit and feathered cape, as well as a Maison Met crystal face mask.
She then swapped out her feathered cape with a patent leather jacket from Candace Cuoco and face armor from Lance Victor.
And in her most casual and laid-back outfit of the night (she did just serve us like eight amazing looks), Lady Gaga changed into an MTV VMAs x Chromatica T-shirt by Hause of Gaga and a punk-inspired mask with spikes and chains by Michael Ngo.
While most news media outlets were raving about the nine different masks Lady Gaga wore in public, she actually had a hidden 10th one! In a selfie with Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga was spotted in a custom metallic pink mask with cut-outs and spikes by Diana Couture.
Text: Cheryl Chan