Friday Fashion Fracas: Lady Gaga VS Madonna

It's Friday! And not only does that mean the weekend, but also time for our Friday Fashion Fracas. We got a great response from last week's Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston face off, with the majority of you voting for Jen's style over Ange's. But who will win this weeks Lady Gaga vs Madonna funky fashion fracas?

Yes, we know it may seem like an odd choice given Madge's more sophisticated style nowadays. However she was a style icon in the 80s, and dare we say it, possibly the pioneer of raunch, leotards and leather.

So to get the fight going we'll start with the 80s pop queen.

As we've already said, Madonna's style now, does nothing to reflect her 80s outfits. Today she'll be seen out in suits, leather jackets and jeans, which although are all lovely, aren't very, well, exciting. However rewind 30 years and you'd hardly recognise the leather clad, skimpily dressed pop star.

Madge was one of the first to be risque with her stage and everyday outfits, and was rarely seen with more than a few clothes on. She introduced the Gaultier "conical cone" bra, which has slowly made its way back into our fashion radars as the underwear as outwear trend continues to go strong.

And although leotards are now more associated with Lady Gaga, Madge was wearing these, before the Queen of Quirkiness was even born, teaming them up with fishnets, studs and of course PVC. There have also been times in the past few years where Madge's daring ulterior ego has come through. She wore a bright green headpiece with batwing skirt for an event in 2007, and her stage outfits are all still about bodysuits and stockings.

Worst outfit.
After a quiet couple of years, a newly-gothic Madonna decided to shock fans and the fashion police when she stepped out in a hideous yellow long satin frock in 1999 to help commemorate MTV's Top 100 Music videos.

What other's say
"Club kid, raunchy sex flirt, geisha, school ma'am - what style hasn't Madonna done? Always stylish, never boring, and above all, a true fashion feminist: Madonna, we salute you." Handbag.com

Lady Gaga.

If we're honest, we're not actually sure where to begin here. Lady G is the epitome of 2000 outrageous fashion incorporating everything from PVC, leather studs and bralets into her "everyday style." And she has a huge designer following with everyone from Armani, Viktor & Rolf and of course the late Alexander McQueen, queueing up to dress.

We've seen things we could never have even imagined from this singer, including coke cans in her hair for the Telephone video, a telephone on her head for her appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and lobsters, for, well, just a night out. We could go on all day listing these.

Miss G is also no stranger to leotards, bearing her body on and off stage very successfully. But are her outfits an "updated" wackier version of Madge's style or is she unique in what she wears?

Worst outfit.
We're a little bit torn between the white 3 tiered Armani Prive cape the star wore to the Grammies and the hideous gothic PVC frock she donned to perform at the 2009 Royal Variety show and to meet the Queen.

What others say
"We're ignored this lady for as long as possible, not because she didn't interest us or anything, but because we weren't sure what to make of her individual style.
She's quirky to say the least, after appearing in rubber outfits and origami style dresses quite recently and she also seems to have a fetish for wearing some outrageous false eyelashes too." Female First.

Our verdict.
Both singers have revolutionised style to a great extent, but we think this Friday's winner has got to be Madonna. The original style icon paved the way for unique and outrageous outfits venturing into territory others had only dreamed about.

Who do you think wins the fashion fracas? View the gallery below and then vote to let us know.

2005 MTV European Music Awards

 

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Madge rocks the leotard look
at the MTV 2005 music awards.