Versace Designs Costume Couture For Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball

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Back in 1995, pop music’s leading bad girl Madonna was featured in her first Versace ad campaign. She followed it up with another turn as the brand’s spokesperson in 2005. Now Donatella Versace’s “topless” friend Lady Gaga is going in with the fashion house on a new deal of her own.

The singer announced yesterday via Twitter that the Italian fashion house will provide custom costume pieces for the American Born This Way Ball running through mid-March 2013.

THE BORN THIS WAY BALL is getting a face-lift for America. I heard rumors @versace IS CUSTOM DESIGNING ALL THE CLOTHES AND NEW LOOKS.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 13, 2012

The announcement should actually come as no surprise. Gaga has been spending at lot of time with designer Donatella Versace in the past few months after being crowned as her muse for the latest collection. The two women have been practically inseparable as they attended Paris’ Fashion Week together and enjoyed some down time at Donatella’s late brother Gianni’s apartment in Milan.

Back in June Gaga declared that she would wear nothing but vintage Versace for the next two months, thus beginning her Versace craze. The singer even wore archival pieces from Versace’s 1992 bondage collection in the “Edge Of Glory” music video.

Following her Tweet, Gaga also announced a pre-show parking lot party before every U.S. show on the new tour. Tailgating — does that go with Versace?

#BTWBALL in America will have a tailgate gypsy party being thrown by @breedlovenycand @ladystarlightny EVERYDAY pre-show in parking lot

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 13, 2012