The VMA Tour de Force
Collage of Lady Gaga's 2009 VMA outfits
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Lady Gaga got the world's attention at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with six costume changes. She added an Alex Noble lace headpiece to a chiffon-topped white dress for the after-party (left), a Jean Paul Gaultier sculpted one-piece (along with Viktor & Rolf boots) backstage (right), and wore a sheer vintage Alexander McQueen number and a Haus of Gaga crown to pick up one of her three awards (center).