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I know intrinsically that I have a Kemp
soul so I knew because we're such a
family and the way that we work together
as a creative collective that what we
would create together would be camp
the creative process is very natural to
both of us it's as much having a
conversation about what we're gonna do
on the red carpet as it is what we're
gonna eat for lunch as we tried things
on and went through sketches it just
sort of came alive the team and I
presented her lots of sketches
she picked ones that she felt you know
more attached to it was pretty simple I
don't think we ever even talked about it
until we had a fitting I think that
speaks to our decade-long friendship of
working and very high stress scenarios
once we've decided on a sketch then we
create a muslin which in this case
because everything came down to the fit
we had to measure exactly how the dress
would fit over the previous dress and
the inner-workings that that dress had
to reflect a dress underneath it so
everything had to be cut in similar or
the same fabric and because we had no
room for error here we made everything
in the actual fabric the first muslin so
the massive Cape code which had 25 yards
of silk file we made two of those so we
went in in those 50 yards running
throughout the studio we did one garment
each and then our head pattern maker
actually has the same body measurements
as Gaga and because Gaga was in
California and we tried those on and did
a fashion show every night in the studio
then we had only two fittings with with
Gaga the two days prior so we were
really grateful that they fit when
Brandon created that pink dress and I
saw it is something was catapulted like
a childlike place what I really love
about what we're doing is that it it
reads like an essay or a poem and until
the story and it's so in line with Susan
Sontag notes and I feel it's also very
absent I also think this is the biggest
you of all time the camp is a way
of seeing the world as an aesthetic
phenomena one that rests on innocence
and that innocence which is revealed by
the person thing performance or
otherwise arrives an extravagance
however this is to say that extravagance
is not the point
camps is serious and it's not a - and in
its irony it is ultimately and a
sickness it's not all about just being
as over-the-top as possible because
that's not the point
if it is over the top and we are
extravagant then that's what it is but
it's not the point to try to be as
extravagant as possible you're like a
casual pose beside you and then you guys
can float away
I'm Richard I would give them like my
god this there's an element to me
in camp that is somewhat address some
sue some stones but not in another way
that I perceive it was just to put me is
to walk away and I could even suppose on
the side like this
having my escorts in our parade with
umbrellas you know it's not raining so
why are their umbrellas why selectively
the dress so dramatic
why the length of the eyelashes
extravagant why one two three
it feels intelligent to being five six
seven eight one two
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the second fitting we rehearsed every
single thing and that was probably the
fitting that gave me the most stress
because the outfits weren't finished yet
and you know Gaga doesn't do anything
like on a small level so she's
rehearsing she's like full-out
rehearsing and so there were some hems
not finished so the full reveal this
good life dress right and then I'll go
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and I'm not gonna
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don't worry like we have 20 minutes they
could be in your pocket or they could be
in the wagon you know I'm sorry I fired
me wearing fishnets and a bra and panty
playing piano on stage this to me was
camp because it harkens back to cabaret
the camp becomes camp overtime so for my
last reveal to be something that is
something that I did ten years ago
or even more it can't be now I knew I
wanted to end in a bra and panty with
her because that's really become a look
over time that she's very known for also
when we were very young Schuster like
saunter through the airport in their
underwear and like into like a an Olive
Garden or wherever we were I also love
the idea of being at the Met at this
event it's all about the clothes with
you know no clothes on don't be afraid
to cuz I'm gonna that's how I'm I'm
gonna be like here we are like we've
arrived this is the house of Gaga House
of fun we're gonna walk in like snobs
making it not snobby and that is Ken
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I want you to really channel your inner
Chinese today the PPU that always wanted
to dance always wanted to perform that
is why for here
I knew my higher models you are all
beautiful to be involved able to model
what we have that many on that carpet
will not have it's their family there's
always your looks you know all them love
all that kingship this is serious
business but it doesn't mean you have to
be serious or it actually doesn't mean
you have to be anything other than you
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he's just doing this paper this is from
honor oh thank you
well she's thank you flowers and they're
now gonna swinter I'm sorry
another Oh Margaret I know
let's go through my hair with all the
makeup isn't it perfect Oh God and
that's it laughing OH
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give us a stereo forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us lead us not into
temptation
singing to the two
the thing that I feel most proud of is
that almost ten years ago I went to the
Met Gala for my first time in her
dressing room
ten years later I'm walking up the
stairs with her and right into the front
door
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you never go into something like that
thinking about what the world will think
about it I mostly thought about every
little kid like
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this is really just us being us and that
campus part of who we are it's not
something that we have to try to be they
could go underneath redness and they'd
be open to mess with me