It didn’t reek or leave a trail of blood, but warmed up pleasantly on her skin. Lady Gaga’s “meat dress” was real and made of beef, designer Franc Fernandez revealed Monday, one day after the singer traipsed around in it at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Singer Lady Gaga poses in the press room during the MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. — Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Construction took two days and the dress was refrigerated; Mr. Fernandez later transported it in a cooler – “its own little coffin.” The final product weighed 40 pounds and sat atop a corset. “Gaga said it smelled good,” he said. The singer also got meat booties wrapped in butcher twine and a clutch with an antique brooch applied to the beef. Mr. Fernandez said the dress would not rot, but harden into “jerky.” Although the butcher suggested taxidermy, the designer said the dress would be immortalized in the “Gaga Archives.” The singer, who donned a meat bikini on the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan last week, told Ellen DeGeneres she meant “no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian,” insisting it was a human-rights statement of sorts. Ms. DeGeneres, a vegan, then presented Gaga with a kale bikini. Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was equally unimpressed. “What’s next: the family cat made into a hat?” she wrote in a statement Monday. They can rest assured: Mr. Fernandez says the beef gown was a one-shot deal. “There’s not going to be meat dresses in the future.” Related Posts: Lady Gaga From Toronto to Buffalo Lady Gaga Raises 250K for Japan Relief Efforts Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez: Vanity Fair Oscar Party Couple Ride ‘em Gaga: The Lady hits Texas in her ten gallon hat and cowboy boots Lady Gaga
