Lady Gaga's MTV Evolution

VMAs September 13, 2009

The first time the singer graced MTV's Video Music Awards stage, she - unsurprisingly - made a statement. Wearing white knee-high boots, underwear and a lace top, the singer opened her number with a few lines from hit "Poker Face" before transitioning to "Paparazzi" and finishing her set with blood suddenly dripped from her chest.

TRL August 12, 2008

Months before she released her debut album, The Fame, Gaga visited the now-defunt Total Request Live for her MTV introduction. She premiered the video for her "Just Dance." "I was the new pop underground in New York," she said of her musical roots. 

VMA After party September 13, 2009

Gaga donned a vaguely bridal all-white number for her VMA after party at club Avenue in NYC, where she partied with Katy Perry, Russell Brand (before they were married), Diddy and Kim Kardashian.

VMAs September 12, 2010

Now a bonafide pop star, Gaga ruled the 2010 show, taking home eight moon men throughout the evening. And, never one to disappoint, she had many costume changes as well. Here, the singer accepted her Best Pop Video award from Glee's Cory Monteith (L) and Jane Lynch (R) in a black Armani dress with spikes to match her spiked headpiece.

VMAs 2010, L.A.

Probably her most sensational outfit to date, Gaga wore a dress made of real meat during the 2010 show. Los Angeles designer Franc Fernandez constructed the carnivorous creation out of matabre meat, which weighed about 40 pounds. "She said it was the most comfortable dress of the night," Fernandez has said.  

VMAs 2010, L.A.

To make her 2010 entrance at L.A.'s Nokia Theater, Gaga wore one of her favorite designers: Alexander McQueen. The regal-looking Renaissance-art inspired gown with a golden Mohawk headdress and the designer's famed lobster claw heels.

VMAs 2009, NYC

After winning Best New Artist, the fashionista - never one to wear pants - sported a silver tubed one-shoulder bodysuit in the press room. "I will always remember Best New Artist," she later said.  

VMAs 2009, NYC

To accept her Best New Artist moon man, Gaga made a statement by sporting a nearly-head-to-toe red lace number that, most shockingly, completely covered her face. But, at the end of her speech, overcome with emotion she removed the mask to thank "God and [her] gays."