The only proviso was that, because the knickers were prototypes for the company's latest collection, Lady Gaga would have to return them. Unfortunately, the chart-topping singer appears not to have kept her end of the bargain. Four pairs of the knickers have been lost in transit and, because they are prototypes, production of the Rigby and Peller autumn/winter collection is now in chaos.
The exclusive firm, which provides underwear for The Queen, claims it sent the lingerie collection to New York for the singer – known for her hits "Paparazzi", "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" – to wear in a new music video. But only three were returned in time for the Rigby and Peller catwalk show, which was staged on Thursday.
The three sets of underwear that made it safely across the Atlantic were brought back in luggage, but the rest of the collection was reported missing by couriers, according to Rigby and Peller.
A spokeswoman for the lingerie company said: "Obviously we were delighted that Lady Gaga wanted to use our new pieces in her next video but we did stress we needed them back in plenty of time for our press show. They are all handmade and unique designs that are simply priceless and are not available anywhere in the world, so we are really disappointed not to get them back in time for our major showcase of the year.
"The last we heard, the underwear was still 'Awol' and we are not sure when we will see them again. If we don't get them back then it could hold up the whole production of our autumn/winter 2010 collection as they are the prototypes."
3 comments:
With so much at stake, if I was the responsible person at that firm, I would only have agreed the Gaga-outfit to use that underwear if a personally responsible bodyguard was appointed to that garment 24-7.
Alternatively, how about not shipping the most essential and irreplaceable core of your business over seas to an american pop star, presumably uninsured?
I'm with Kansan...
1) Why not make another pair, since, presumably, they would get some hard wear from a music video
2) Why not ship them all with the same courier, who would then be responsible for bringing the whole lot back
or 3) make a pattern so you can make another few pairs.
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