Hansel & Gretel

Inspired by the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Hansel and Gretel, a fashion fairy tale of white frocks unfolds. The shoot also featured Lady Gaga as one of the stories characters, and wouldn’t you know it, a shoot like this was right up her alley.

Fired Up: “I’ve always been an outspoken and extreme dresser,” pronounces Lady Gaga, here embodying a Marc Jacobs-clad witch for Annie Leibovitz’s Hansel and Gretel portfolio (inspired by Richard Jones’s production of the 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera, opening this month at the Metropolitan Opera). To prove her point, Lady Gaga arrived at Vogue to discuss the shoot wearing a trailing white chiffon Galliano goddess gown with a Philip Treacy headdress that spelled VOGUE in clipped white feathers. The following day, she came to see Creative Director Grace Coddington in a little black dress with a flaming-red wig, and later appeared on location, as Coddington recalls, “stark naked except for her white rubber raincoat and some very, very high heels!” She then promptly threw herself in the mud at Leibovitz’s feet.”Gaga was so bubbly and chatty and enthusiastic and excited to be alive,” says Coddington. “She was up for anything.”
- Excerpt from the December 09 issue of Vogue

The shoot is tons of fun and as always, Annie Leibowitz’s photography is stunning. Be sure to check out the video at the bottom of the page which is a great behind the scenes clip of the event.