Nicola Formichetti on Diesel, Mugler and Lady Gaga | In Fashion

The man responsible for Lady Gaga's meat dress, stylist and art director Nicola Formichetti's earliest forms of creativity saw him imaging himself as a female manga character. Armed with a series of magazines and Hello Kitty plushie, Formichetti joins SHOWstudio to talk about his career in fashion, including lying to his parents about architecture school and his relationship with Jefferson Hack at Dazed. Interviewed by SHOWstudio’s editor Lou Stoppard on 17 September 2013 for SHOWstudio's In Fashion series. In Fashion is the SHOWstudio interview series profiling the individuals shaping the ever-changing landscape of contemporary fashion. https://www.showstudio.com/projects/in_fashion Listen to the full conversation on the In Fashion podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-fashion/id1828171048 https://open.spotify.com/show/52vjM15G4HPaV4Sxw5bium?si=VF_keOQ3TZ2KQHo3pHdvFA Established in November 2000, SHOWstudio is an award-winning fashion website, founded and directed by Nick Knight, that has defined the manner in which fashion is presented via the Internet. A pioneer of fashion film and live fashion broadcasting, SHOWstudio is now recognised as the leading force behind these mediums, offering a unique platform to nurture and encourage fashion to engage with moving image in the digital age. In its documentation of fashion and the arts, SHOWstudio has collaborated with pop culture icons and creatives including Tracey Emin, Lady Gaga, John Galliano, Kate Moss, Alex