If it was the 90s, and Lady Gaga and Donatella Versace were in middle school, you can bet they’d be wearing BFF heart necklaces. I mean, Gaga even wrote an entire song dedicated to and named after Donatella on her ARTPOP album.

So really, it should come as no surprise that the iconic designer has asked her fashion-forward friend to front Versace’s Spring 2014 ads. The only thing shocking will be the ads themselves. This is the woman who wore a thong to the VMAs, after all.

Read more about Gaga as the new face of Versace at The Cut.

By Keriann Coffey, Associate Editor

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