At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards
Frederic Aspiras
Q: What’s the favourite hair look that you’ve ever created for her?
Q: You’re a key member of the Haus
of Gaga, the creative team behind the artist. What’s that experience like?
A: You might as well ask me what my tax
A: Through the years, as we found all the key
returns are! That’s too hard! Normally what makes me like something is members, we became a family that travelled when she likes it the most, not together. We all share the same passion. Before because it looks beautiful, but it every job we fill a room full of creative minds makes her feel beautiful. She felt that lead each department – her wardrobe, her so beautiful at the Grammys, choreography, her make-up, nails, hair – and we wearing that Celine by Hedi tackle the big picture. It all stems from her ideas Slimane dress and she had that she want to see come to fruition. It’s very very casual hair, very natural. interesting because you have Pop Star Gaga, She felt so happy and free, and Actor Gaga, Philanthropist and Activist Gaga. to me that felt more important than We have to create a look that is synonymous or trying to top the last work, or trying identifies each world. It can’t be that you turn on to stay current with trends. the TV and you see Gaga singing for Joe Biden Another favourite was the in a meat dress, you know what I mean? How good are you look at the LA premiere of Each department brings their ideas A Star is Born (pictured under pressure, do you collectively. It’s a series of meetings and phone on previous page). She conversations and I present her with multiple thrive on that? looked like a star in the hair stories, like when a designer creates a sky. She’s wearing that collection. That’s why we call it the Haus I wish I did, because it would be so much capelet dress made of Gaga, it’s like an atelier, complete with easier, but it doesn’t work like that! Because of of liquid silver on fittings and trials. Sometimes I create a her, I’ve become a much better artist. She sees the lace. It was such wig that I’ve worked on for weeks and potential in people and pushes them to go further. At an inspiration, I it gets scrapped the night before. I’m the Oscars, we were doing an abstract version of Audrey coloured her obviously like: “Argh!” But I’m still okay, Hepburn, but it was a risk – are we doing Lady Gaga on the hair with a because sometimes it just doesn’t red carpet, are we doing Hollywood Gaga? chrome tone. work. What are you going to do? It was about owning my identity and reading her mind, hearing: She felt With the Haus of Gaga, we see ‘I know you really want to do this because this is what you actually confident that she really respects us. Each like the most. You don’t want a simple top knot or bun, you really want and one of us in our department, to show off! I’m going to give you the time to do this, but it had better regal. there’s not an ego in the room. look good!’. That’s the challenge, it takes a lot of mental preparation. It’s the Although we get stressed I pressure that I guess I’m so used to working with, and it’s something that I’ve have more fun doing the learnt to appreciate. If you’re just going to do something boring, then what’s the creative process than I point? That’s why we always strive to do the fantastic. She said: “Okay, let’s do this. do the actual day of I have the Breakfast at Tiffany’s diamond on, I might as well be brilliant!” the performance.
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