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Lady Gaga has made it onto the hallowed pages of American Vogue's December 'Arts' issue - playing the role of wicked witch, alongside stage actor Andrew Garfield and model Lily Cole, who play Hansel and Gretel.The Annie Leibovitz shoot, inspired by the Metropolitan Opera's production of the fairy tale, was styled by "The September Issue" star Grace Coddington, who in a behind-the-scenes video clip at Vogue.com reveals that it was actually Anna Wintour's idea to include Lady Gaga in the special performing arts issue.
Also captured in the video is Gaga - dressed in a white rubber raincoat with nothing on underneath in order to give Coddington a "clean palette" - murmuring something about not wanting to show off her legs: "I always do that s***," she says.
The final photos show off plenty of Gaga - highlighted by Marc Jacobs ruffled bloomer shorts and a belted Marc Jacobs gold lamé jacket worn with towering fetish boot by Nina Ricci (also seen on Jennifer Connelly).
Vogue editor Hamish Bowles says that Gaga was so excited about the shoot that she arrived at the Vogue offices to discuss the project wearing a John Galliano gown and a Philip Treacy headdress with "Vogue" spelled out in white feathers.
Gaga also tells Bowles that she considers her art director Matthew Williams "my Jean-Paul Goude." Williams is, she says, "the inspiration that made the connection for me between the art world and the fashion world. He used to say things like 'If you want to make a shoulder pad, don't research jackets - research sculpture, mineral rocks, paintings.' He thinks in a different way; he is the designer of the future."
To watch the video, read the article and check out more of the fairy tale-themed shoot, head over to Vogue.com.
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