Did Christina Aguilera ape Lady Gaga's look?
Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style
Many people--Perez Hilton among them--are questioning just how much Christina Aguilera's new look has been "inspired" by recording artist Lady Gaga. The long, blonde extensions with heavy bangs. The slinky, black catsuits. The masks. The mod, mod makeup.
In a brief interview with the Los Angeles Times this week, Aguilera laughed off a comparison to the hipster dance-music songstress, claiming that she'd never even heard of Ms. Gaga until people recently started asking whether she'd copied her style.
"This person [Lady Gaga] was just brought to my attention not too long ago. I'm not quite sure who this person is, to be honest. I don't know if it is a man or a woman."
We're not saying Christina is trying to appropriate Lady Gaga's look, but come on--you can't tell if someone who goes by the name LADY Gaga is a man or woman? We may have believed her had she simply said that Lady Gaga wasn't on her radar. After all, she remains a pretty underground phenomenon. But that comment's just a little disrespectful and dismissive of her fellow recording artist.
After the jump, check out our gallery of eerily-similar Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera pictures and decide for yourself: simple coincidence or straight-up stealing?
Ang 11-16-2008 @ 2:14AM
totally. hahahaha. shes getting old :)
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oh my Goff! 11-16-2008 @ 7:08AM
I think it's totally cool if she rips the look... perhaps it's a way to pay tribute to a time she admires.
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chelsey 11-18-2008 @ 5:04PM
Rude rude rude. yea right! no one in her entourage of hundreds of people who work for her, her record label, her stylist, etc. saw that the two are almost identical? Lady Gaga's mv was mainstream in July with "just dance." X-tina revealed her ripped look in the fall... Man or Woman? Please, she is just jealous Lady Gaga looks good in a corset and not spilling out of it. somebody never overate for 2...
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RCDnyc 11-19-2008 @ 1:22AM
I first heard Lady Gaga a couple months back and thought when her voice went high, she sounded a lot like Christina. Tonight, I just saw a Target commercial and totally thought it was Lady Gaga. But obviously, being that it was actually Christina, I hit the web to see if there were any comparisons. Turns out there is! Christina has a voice like no other, so I was a little shocked by the need to borrow so closely. But hey Madonna did some of that later on in her career (doesn't make it right), but also most of Lady Gaga's "look" is ALL borrowed--everything she does is in homage to some other group/band/artist - Queen, David Bowie, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Paris is Burning, and even Madonna. Lady Gaga isn't an original in creating content, but she is original in how she combines what she borrows. Much of her style is carryover from electroclash and very reminiscent of artists W.I.T. and Peaches...
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M 11-19-2008 @ 11:30AM
Um - funny thing is, no one seems to think Lady Gaga (and I guess Christina) took the look from Gwen Stefani! Gwen had the whole long blond, bang look (albeit a wig) from her last album!
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CAM 11-20-2008 @ 3:47PM
Xtina did what tons of commercial artists have done...rip off the ideas of truly unique artists out there!! the messed up part is that with more $ and face time she can easily plead ignorance.
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rukk 12-29-2008 @ 3:20AM
jerk
T 12-29-2008 @ 3:12AM
Christina looks better with the look!
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rukk 12-29-2008 @ 3:17AM
it was at the vmas so i doubt she got to pick what she was going to wear and she probobly didnt copy her on perpose if she did i mean she just had a baby
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abby 12-29-2008 @ 10:23AM
i think lady gaga had the hair style first and christinna copyed lady gaga but admits that she doesnt know that lady gaga is a women or a man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CAM 12-29-2008 @ 7:33PM
she has a baby but clearly no ideas of her own cudos on the kid but get a clue!!!!!!!!!!
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meme 1-02-2009 @ 10:05PM
christina's style was inspired by cartoon characters...not lady gaga...
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Lezli 1-02-2009 @ 11:58PM
Exactly what I said the second I saw Christina performing her new song. My jaw dropped. I'd choose Lady Gaga over Christina any day, and I used to be a big Christina fan :) LADY GAGA WOOOOT!
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