Hats off to Lady Gaga’s bespoke Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show headwear

Lady Gaga has sported many unconventional and intricate headpieces throughout her career. From a red lace spiky crown to a Philip Treacy lobster hat to an orb, Gaga’s head has seen a lot.

Lately, the singer has opted for variations of one particular hat, which we first saw her wear in the artwork for her “Joanne� album. Gaga wore a more opulent version of the “Joanne� hat for her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show performance yesterday, and it took some serious manpower to create.

Gladys Tamez Millinery, who is responsible for Gaga’s “Joanne�-inspired hats, partnered with Swarovski to design a bespoke headpiece for Gaga’s 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show performance. The collaboration resulted in a black hat adorned with 45,700 Swarovski crystals. It took a team of 10 craftspeople and more than 300 hours to complete, and it features 60 hand-beaded hanging crystal strands. It’s valued at one million dollars. That’s a hat if we’ve ever seen one.

A sketch of the hat and a shot of the hat by itself on a mannequin. (Gladys Tamez Millinery)

Gaga also wore a bespoke Gladys Tamez Millinery design to this year’s American Music Awards. She paired the white hat with a custom all-white Brandon Maxwell suit.

Gaga’s hat craze started with the release of her “Joanne� album earlier this year. Though popularly known as the “Joanne� hat, its actual name is “Marianne.�

Hats off to Mother Monster for serving all kinds of hat-spiration this year. Perhaps the new year will bring a new set of hats, as well.