WELCOME TO FASHION AS A 2ND LANGUAGE: ARE YOU FLUENT?

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Fashion Moments: Lady Gaga Makes An Entrance

Lady Gaga arrives at the CFDA Awards. Photograph by Tommy Ton/Style.com
Fashion is a 2nd Language–but any style-sensitive observer worth her Mugler couture knows one picture is worth 10,000 words. The eagle-eyed Tommy Ton managed to be in precisely the right place at exactly the right time to catch Lady Gaga's descent from Mount Olympus, just as her toes touched the earth and her tulle skirt unfurled. Even her turquoise bob was glowing with an otherworldly light. The lesson? Fashion moments happen at lightspeed; blink, and you'll miss one.