Okay, so, the other day I had this wild idea to try and recreate Lady Gaga’s infamous meat dress. I mean, who hasn’t seen that thing and thought, “What was THAT all about?” So I decided, for fun, I’d try to make my own mini version.
First, I went to the butcher. Trying to explain what I needed was… interesting. I asked for a bunch of thin, flat cuts of beef. I think I got some flank steak and some other stuff – honestly, the butcher seemed a little confused, and I don’t blame him.
Back home, I laid out all the meat on my kitchen counter. It was… a lot of meat. And it was cold. Really cold. My hands were freezing after, like, five minutes.
The Construction Process (It’s Messy!)
- I started by trying to shape the meat around a small dress form I had.
- I have this little one which, I thought, would the size of my gaga dress
- Let me tell you, raw meat is SLIPPERY. It kept sliding off.
- I tried to use some kitchen twine to hold it together.
It was kind of like playing with raw, meaty Play-Doh. Except it smelled, you know, like raw meat. Not exactly pleasant. I kept layering and overlapping the pieces, trying to make it look somewhat…dress-like. It was a struggle.
After a good hour of wrestling with meat, I had something that vaguely resembled a dress. It wasn’t pretty. It definitely wasn’t as smooth and, um, elegant as Gaga’s, but it was a dress made of meat!.
I took some pictures, because, well, you gotta document this kind of craziness. Then, I carefully took it all apart (no way I was wasting that much meat!) and, after a serious kitchen cleanup, I called it a day. I should do the cooking now, maybe.
Would I recommend this as a fun weekend project? Probably not. It was messy, smelly, and kind of frustrating. But, hey, I can now say I’ve made a meat dress. Sort of. Mission accomplished, I guess!