Lady Gaga tributes McQueen

If you had to pick the one thing that Lady Gaga and Alexander McQueen
had in common, it was the ability to pull off an eccentric, jaw-dropping show.

But now that McQueen has passed, Gaga is paying tribute to the designer by scaling back on her normally outrageous performance style.

According to U.K. paper The Sun, Gaga will take the stage at tonight’s Brit awards in a plain black leotard to play acoustic versions of her lesser-known songs, “Telephone” and “Dance in the Dark.”

According to a source in The Sun, Gaga’s original Brit performance – which included a “water dress” and renditions of her more popular songs, like “Poker Face” – was ready to go, and Gaga scrapped it all at the last minute feeling that it would be inappropriate.

Gaga, who seemed to emerge out of thin air to become the definition of fashion in the extreme, has been called McQueen’s unofficial muse – those 10-inch, space-age heels she rocks in her “Bad Romance” video were crafted by McQueen himself.

While most celebrities released statements at the time of McQueen’s death, Gaga was silent, posting only a picture of herself with the late McQueen on her Twitter page.

Aside from recording music, Lady Gaga contributed to a number of charities and causes throughout her career. In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake there were numerous celebrities working together for the cause of helping restore what had been destroyed, and also helping those left to survive.

Gaga donated all of her proceeds from the January 24 show of her current tour, the Monster Ball (ticket sales, merchandise, etc.), and from her online store; the total amount donated was over $500,000.

She has also been very proactive with raising awareness to young women about the risk of HIV/AIDS. Along with recording artist Cyndi Lauper, Gaga teamed up with MAC AIDS Fund’s VIVA Glam campaign, which raised over $160 million to fight against AIDS and HIV, and bring awareness about the diseases to women around the world.

By purchasing VIVA Glam lipgloss and/or lipstick, all of the proceeds goes directly towards the fund to aid those infected with the disease.

In a statement, Gaga said that, “We want women to feel strong and feel strong enough that they can remember to protect themselves. To have this lipstick as a reminder in your purse, that when your man is laying naked in bed, you go into the bathroom, you put your lipstick on, and you bring a condom out with you…There are no exceptions.”