David Bailey On Lady Gaga: 'If She Can Sing, Why Wear Funny Clothes?'

Plenty of people don't have the patience for Lady Gaga's sartorial antics (sometimes, even we just wish she'd throw on some sweatpants and get on with it).

Add David Bailey to the list of Gaga detractors. Bailey, a famous British photograher with a carefree attitude and a dating history filled with models (he was married to Catherine Deneuve), spoke to the Telegraph about his thoughts on today's famous females, from the Duchess of Cambridge to Lady Gaga.

Kate, he must admit, is "very beautiful." Gaga, on the other hand, is just a bit much. Bailey said he had to cancel a scheduled photo shoot recently because "there were too many rumours about her storming out and being silly. And I can't be bothered."

He added:

"If she can sing, why wear funny clothes? Ella Fitzgerald never wore funny clothes."

Bailey isn't the only famous photographer to admit he's less than enamored of his celebrity subjects. Patrick Demarchelier, one of fashion's top lensmen, said recently that he often doesn't recognize the names of those he photographs and prefers to take pics of his dog.

Luckily for us, Demarchelier and his colleagues begrudgingly snap our favorite celebs anyway. Because somebody needs to focus their camera on Gaga -- it would be a shame to let a giant egg, a meat dress, penis shoes and blood perfume go to waste.

Read more of David Bailey's unvarnished opinions at Telegraph.co.uk.

Comments

[BlackYowe]

02:11 AM on 01/13/2012

She is sort of like a train wreck its hard to look away.

[anticdominic]

09:25 PM on 01/12/2012

Megahyped like she is and still someone in this world doesn't want to work with her. I'm shocked!

[sybarys]

07:46 PM on 01/12/2012

Her headache inducing music is reason enough to stay away from her.

[TipsyFrisky]

07:25 PM on 01/12/2012

Maybe he heard her overrated karaoke singing style and he is not impressed!

[shan1984]

07:24 PM on 01/12/2012

I think she is attention deprived, or that she has to wear outrageous attire so she can get her songs on the top billboard because honestly pop culture lags big time when it comes to talented singers.

[Branches]

10:51 AM on 01/13/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU

Untalented singer I think not.

[shan1984]

05:15 PM on 01/13/2012

How do you wake up Lady Gaga? Poke her face!!!!!!!

[Jeffin90019]

04:34 PM on 01/12/2012

I also think Gaga's outfits are a distraction from her music. It makes her seem to sadly desperate for people to look at her.

[Max Shaw]

03:04 PM on 01/12/2012

he sorta has a point...i mean, yea she wants to be unique and different..but she can sing, so there is no real reason she needs to dress like a hooker from outerspace.

[Pattie Segura]

07:54 AM on 01/12/2012

GaGa is one smart lady who can sing, love her own way of dressing, stage, she is awesome and i will always like her, i guess Baily only see's what he wants to see. GAGA WE LOVE YA . ALBUM OF THE YEAR. that says something.

[JojoHomefries]

03:38 AM on 01/12/2012

Ella Fiztgerald would eat Lady Gaga for breakfast. Little bits of Lady Gaga would be in her teeth.

[stape45]

02:05 AM on 01/12/2012

If David is such a good photographer, then why the critical rhetoric? Shutupand take some pictures already.

[Kay Nicks]

10:34 PM on 01/11/2012

Like Gaga cares...

[rdk70816]

10:14 PM on 01/11/2012

So Bailey is jealous. Lady Gaga's attire is splendid and represents the best of fashion in the modern age.

[rdk70816]

12:41 PM on 01/12/2012

She is very elegant.

[veritas88]

06:56 PM on 01/11/2012

Lady Gaga had to use the gimmick of wearing silly clothes because when she first began her music by itself wasn't strong enough to command a large audience. So, she needed something to get attention...thus her adoption of a style persona done before by David Bowie, Elton John, Grace Jones, Roisin Murphy, etc.

[Ascare26]

06:15 PM on 01/11/2012

I really dislike the bias Huffington post has against Lady Gaga. Its not balanced at all. Get some younger and more open minded writers who look into what she really is about and maybe you will see why she is such a big deal. I used to be a hater of gaga, but now I realize a lot of what she does is really cohesive, artistic, and makes sense in many ways.

[JojoHomefries]

03:42 AM on 01/12/2012

She really is under-appreciated, isn't she. *cough*

[CaroleK1970]

05:45 PM on 01/11/2012

if David Bailey can photograph, why make snide comments?

and - who is David Bailey? dont really care

[Ascare26]

06:17 PM on 01/11/2012

Agreed. Also, he cancelled because of rumors? That seems kind of silly...She "might" do something bc I heard from whoever who heard from whoever...