30 Of Lady Gaga’s Best Party Looks

Classic early Gaga. The lightning-bolt eye detail is poking through the flash-blacking sunglasses. The cut-off shorts and latex leggings are so 2000’s New York it hurts.

Another classic Gaga look, with a heavy bang, even heavier eyeliner, and the heaviest spray tan.

The bow hair matches the bow on this latex skirt so well, and we love to see her in the Ray-Ban Wayfarer.

The iconography of her hand-on-hip pose needs to be studied. This is a classic Haus Of Gaga creation; we can tell due to the multiple fabric-clashing (latex, lace, metal, vinyl).

Mickey Mouse on acid, with pearl-drop earrings and a sequin dress.

Her infamous Alexander McQueen lace bodysuit she wore to the Brits got a tough edge when she threw this studded leather jacket over it for the afters.

When your longtime collaborator debuts his first collection at a French brand, naturally you wear something off the runway and party ‘til the sun comes up.

Mother loves a jumpsuit, and this lacy number is offset by her piled blonde hair and some beaded stompers.

Custom Chanel is the ultimate flex, and this stamp of approval from Karl Lagerfeld cemented Gaga as one of the greats.

She came out of a life-size bottle of her own perfume in this Iris Van Herpen beetle couture. What could be more Gaga than that?

For another Fame Fragrance party, she wore this Comme des Garçons Fall 2012 floral piece backwards, signaling a shift towards more, er, art pop tendencies.

Her natural makeup and mature hair mark a new era for Gaga, where she stripped away some artifice.

But she still remembers who she is, and Artpop was freaky Gaga at her finest.

Fur, lingerie, and a mustache? It could only be Artpop.

When you’re called upon to sing at a Christmas-themed show, why not show up in custom Vera Wang and a Grinch-green wig topped with a fir tree?

This Pam Hogg outfit is so London, and of course Gaga brought her own flair to it with round glasses and a white blob fascinator.

Gaga all grown up. She had just booked her first acting role in American Horror Story: Hotel, and her relationship with Donatella Versace was never stronger.

See: Versace all day and night.

Even though she’s growing up, thank god she knows how to have fun. This inflatable spike couture was made by a Central Saint Martins student, Jack Irving, and got as much hate as it did love when it first hit the Internet. We think it holds up.

A lady of the night in Alaïa.

Black-hair Gaga was a rarity in these days, but for the Met Gala look, she’d do anything.

Remember when she was in her Bowie bag? This custom Brandon Maxwell dress fit like a glove.

This is so 2008 of her, and only Versace can nail her high-fashion-meets-dive-bar energy.

She’s an actress! This Ralph & Russo Couture was very demure of her, and she was dead serious about becoming a star of the screen.

Partying with Mark Ronson in lingerie is the only way to celebrate picking up a Grammy for “Shallow.”

When the theme for the Met Gala was announced as “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” Little Monsters rejoiced, because who embodies that better than Gaga? This Marc Jacobs (with the tiniest purse of all time) was just a taste of what she’d get up to on the red carpet.

This yummy butter yellow tulle dress works with her complexion so well, and the red lip brings it home as an Old Hollywood homage.

After introducing Bad Bunny as the musical guest on SNL, she partied all night in this Celine jacket.

She’s a rocker, baby! She paired this custom jumpsuit with all Celine accessories, as one does.

Finally, before the Mayhem began, she rocked out at SNL50 and gave a taste of what’s to come via this opulent jacket and classically Gaga hat.