Thanks for the insights Bob.
GaGA is certainly controversy personified.
She has the bible-(t)humpers and conservatives collective knickers in more knots than even the boy scout's manual dreamed possible.lol
Guess I've been living under a rock, because I'd never even heard of her-until iON!
Germaine, I meant no offense w my comment about the "fashion-istas" and am happy that you took it stride.
It truly is a different and fascinating world unto itself.
Several years ago I did a gig on the road working in assorted dept stores in various parts of the country, promoting jewelery and fashion accessories.
It was an education in itself, experiencing the different flavors, mindsets, lifestyles and "fashions", (and sales!) depending on what part of the country I was in.
Lemme tell you, I love small town rural America, but honestly, it has not been THAT long ago that women were making their own dresses out of feed sacks- and fashion had no thing to do with it!
(aside from those free spirits who could turn a sows ear into a silk purse!)
We still have the Amish and Mennonites who make all of their own clothes, but of course their primary objective is to be "plain"-some of them do not even use buttons.
So to these groups, the fashionista's are from a different planet entirely, and anyone who is different and who does not conform to their mold is to be "shunned".
What a world of contrasts!
I can't imagine a world without our GaGa's and Poppycocks and RuPauls and Chanels.
I feel fortunate to have been around some very creative people (who invariably are VERY different from the status quo- to put it mildly! ha).
Now that I think about it, I think that these shining stars must have come into their power just to be able to do what they do.
We are all the richer for it .
So I salute you all!
Even though some of it is a little far out even for me,
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THIS is what keeps life interesting is it not?
Cher? OMG she was really out there and ahead of her time-ooops did I say time?
Cher is "timeless"!
onward and upward
(stilettos and platform shoes can give you a whole new view from up there)
Tullah