Armani Privé, Elie Saab and… Topo Studio.
Among the list of big houses that dressed Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards on April 3, this last name certainly does not speak to you.
However, behind him hides undoubtedly the closest collaborator of the star: his sister, Natali Germanotta.
The New York designer had the honor of designing her eldest's third outfit for the American ceremony, a pleated strapless dress topped with a pale blue feathered veil.
A first for an event of such magnitude.
And for good reason: Natali Germanotta, 6 years younger than Stefani (Lady Gaga's first name in the civil registry), is a “sister of” and a stylist with a very discreet career.
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Lady Gaga and Natali Germanotta at the Brandon Maxwell show at New York Fashion Week.
(September 13, 2016.) Getty
An early vocation
We know that Natali Germanotta was passionate about fashion at a very young age and joined the prestigious New York fashion school Parsons School for Design.
From the age of 19, in 2011, she created the costumes for a musical,
Simon Says.
The same year, while in the limelight with her album
Born this way
, Lady Gaga hinted that she was working with her sister on a brand project.
On Twitter, her stylist at the time, Nicola Formichetti, also alludes to it.
The idea?
Revisit Hollywood's most iconic silhouettes, from Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn.
The brand will never see the light of day.
But the stylist will find her place in her sister's entourage.
The looks of the stars at the 2022 Grammy Awards
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In the footsteps of Gaga
In the following years, Natali Germanotta's name could be seen associated with some of her sister's stage costumes, such as for the Joanne World Tour in 2017, and even in the credits of the film
A Star is born
in 2018, as Lady Gaga's stylist.
The 2022 edition of the Grammy Awards is an opportunity to reveal the designer's new project, under the name of Topo Studio.
Launched in September 2021, the brand obviously has the singer, but also their mother and Gwen Stefani among its customers.
"Topo" means "mouse" in Italian, the nickname given by Lady Gaga to Natali.
True kindred spirits.