A trip down memory lane with Lady Gaga, the reigning queen of reinvention

Whether Lady Gaga is showing up to award shows decked out in a raw meat dress or accepting an Oscar, one thing is for sure: She is a master of reinvention.

Whether Lady Gaga is showing up to award shows decked out in a raw meat dress or accepting an Oscar, one thing is for sure: She is a master of reinvention. “I like to liberate myself with my ability to change,” Gaga said in her 2011 “Gaga by Gaultier” film. “The fantasy becomes my reality.” It’s an ethos that has become a thesis of sorts for what came to follow in her career as Lady Gaga, time and again, has taken on several new personas. With each new album has come a new Lady Gaga, a new look, a new statement, a new avant garde outfit and a new sound. With her new album “Mayhem” coming out on Thursday, she’s perhaps not reinventing so much as she is returning to form. Ahead of Mother Monster’s return, here’s a look back at some of her most memorable moments of reinvention. The 2010 MTV VMAs only had one real winner: The woman whose flank steak frock by Franc Fernandez delivered one of the most memorable fashion moments in recent history. Special shout out to the accompanying meat purse, which Gaga asked Cher to hold while on stage accepting a VMA statuette. That same night, Gaga announced that she’d be releasing her next album “Born This Way” and sang a sneak-peek riff from the title track’s chorus.