.

Activists Ask Lady Gaga to Pose in Lettuce Dress

PETA India encouraging pop star to embrace vegetarianism

October 28, 2011 8:55 AM ET
Lady Gaga poses for photographers
Lady Gaga poses for photographers
ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

Lady Gaga has been challenged to embraced vegetarianism and pose in a lettuce dress on her visit to India this weekend. The singer, who famously wore a dress made out of meat at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010, will be in New Delhi for the country's first Formula 1 Grand Prix race, as well as an invitation-only concert at one of the city's five-star hotels on Sunday.

Photos: Lady Gaga's Best Looks
PETA India has put the pressure on the pop star to promote vegetarianism, and they have offered her a lettuce gown for a photo shoot. The dress, which would be held together by pins and threads, would need to be constructed leaf by leaf on her body. "Someone will be on hand to spray the lettuce with water so that it doesn't wilt," says Sachin Bangera of PETA India.

As of yet, Lady Gaga has not publicly accepted PETA India's challenge.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

prev
Music Main Next

blog comments powered by Disqus
Daily Newsletter

Get the latest RS news in your inbox.

Sign up to receive the Rolling Stone newsletter and special offers from RS and its
marketing partners.

X

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Song Stories

“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

More Song Stories entries »