Lady Gaga Channels Ziggy Stardust at the Grammys in Custom Marc Jacobs

Lady Gaga in custom Marc Jacobs. Photo: Getty

Ziggy Stardust, is that you?

It was announced early this month that Gaga would perform a tribute to David Bowie at this year’s Grammy Awards—but it seems that she’s chosen to extend her homage to him well beyond the stage (in more ways than one). The 29-year-old showed up on the red carpet wearing a long, bright red wig and glittery eyeshadow reminiscent of the style the late, great glam rocker wore in the video for his 1971 hit, “Life on Mars.”

David Bowie in “Life on Mars.”

On her bod, Gaga wore a custom electric-blue, double-breasted satin coat dress by Marc Jacobs, embroidered with multicolored sequins and decorative metallic elements in clouds and feather shapes. Though it was covered up, she also commemorated Bowie with a new tattoo of the artist’s face by tattooist Mark Mahoney, which she revealed on social media just hours before her performance.

Of all the artists making music today, Lady Gaga may be the one whose career has been most influenced by Bowie. Her ever-changing public personae, outrageous stage sets, and experimentations with various musical genres can be traced back to the Thin White Duke’s own boundary-breaking career.

Gaga’s much-hyped performance Monday night was billed as one of the night’s longest. “She will take us through quite a bit of history of David Bowie’s repertoire,” said National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president Neil Portnoy. “It’s one of the longest, larger segments of the night.” Portnoy added that Gaga’s segment will feature “some very exciting brand-new technology that’s never been seen on television.”

We truly can’t wait to see what she’s got in store. If only Bowie himself were still around to watch it.

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