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We are LIVING for Lady Gaga stripping through four Met Gala outfits

Now THIS is camp.

Morgan Sung

on May 6, 2019

We are LIVING for Lady Gaga stripping through four Met Gala outfits

Four outfits, one Lady Gaga. What a legend. Credit: mashable composite/getty images

Lady Gaga, patron saint of all that is Extra, arrived at this year's Met Gala with not one, not two, not three, but four stunning looks for the pink carpet.

Are we OK? Not at all. Take a deep breath — you'll need it as we walk you through the wonderful journey that is Mother Monster's camp-themed Russian nesting doll strip.

This year's Met Gala theme is Camp, based on the essay "Camp: Notes on Fashion." Susan Sontag, who wrote the essay in 1964, defined camp as "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration." She clarifies that you can't expect to take camp seriously, and campy art tends to be viewed as "kitschy."

In modern day terms, camp is anything extra, and Lady Gaga nailed the theme based on her four-outfit strip alone.

Let's start with outfit one. Gaga arrived at the pink carpet in a billowing fuchsia gown, accompanied by an entourage of tuxedo'd men to help her, well, billow.

Billow! Credit: Karwai Tang/getty images

Can we just take a moment to appreciate those lashes?

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Here's a close up and are SHOOK. Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Then, she slid out of the massive dress while still owning the carpet, revealing a classy black gown.

And the cape is OFF! Credit: Dia Dipasupil/getty images

Gaga reveals a second outfit underneath her pink cape. Credit: Kevin Tachman/Getty Images

She paired it with a fun umbrella, looking like the whimsical goth we all wished we could be in middle school.

Vampy Mary Poppins? We're so in. Credit: Kevin Tachman/Getty Images

Gaga stunned us all once again when she was unzipped out of the black gown to reveal another hot pink dress underneath. This time, she accessorized with oversized sunglasses and an '80s-esque clunky phone. She even reapplied lipstick while posing for photos.

We stan an icon!

Impossibly, we have another look on our hands, folks! Credit: Theo Wargo/getty images

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this icon? Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/getty images

Finally, as if we weren't shook enough from the three perfect examples of camp, Gaga stunned us all with a fourth and final look. She literally stripped down to underwear and bedazzled tights, and toted a hot pink and gold wagon around the carpet.