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Frederic Aspiras

Frederic "Freddi" Aspiras (born July 13, 1976) is a wigmaker and hair stylist from San Francisco. He started working with Gaga on the Monster Ball in November of 2009 as the hair stylist for the tour, introduced by Kim Kimble. Since then, Aspiras is involved on various projects including photoshoots, music videos, events, concert tours while working on a day-to-day basis with Gaga as a member of the Haus of Gaga. He's Fozzi's "dad", a male apricot poodle/maltese dog adopted in 2012.

According to a Billboard interview in 2019, Frederic archive in a warehouse or his studio in New York all of the wigs worn by Gaga. He mentioned that Gaga also have a few of them. He received the Guild Award in 2016 for his work on American Horror Story: Hotel and 2019 Fashion Los Angeles “Hairstylist of the Year Award.”

Frederic uses either natural hair, wigs or even hair extensions depending on the looks, style and color required. Since December of 2018, Frederic is Joico’s Celebrity Guest Artist (ambassador) and uses their color, care and styling products on Gaga’s appearances and performance. He also use products by GHD. Prior to that, he used TRESemmé.

Work with the Haus of Gaga[]

For the day-to-day work in details, see the individual page linked below.

2009[]

Main articles: November, December

2010[]

Main articles: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

"Urine Yellow" / "Piss Blonde" wig[]

Main article: The Monster Ball Tour: Show - Development.

The bright yellow hair that became Gaga's signature trademark during The Monster Ball 2.0, also known as "piss blonde" or "urine yellow". “As I was sitting in the glam chair, slowly his hands pushed a ripped-out page from Italian Vogue across the table with a model who had piss-yellow hair. He said, ‘I know. I was just thinking,’ and then he stopped talking, not sure if I wanted to hear his ideas to collaborate with him. I said, ‘Freddy, with this hair and with this makeup, I would look like a live Lichtenstein.’ He said ‘yes.’ I said ‘this is live pop art.’ And he said, ‘what if we added a root to give you an edge?’” — Gaga at the 5th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on March 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Originally and for the first version of the tour (The Monster Ball 1.0), the wig was created by Sam McKnight and styled every night by Frederic. The first "piss blonde" wig was worn on December 30, 2009 but debuted at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on December 31, 2009. The wig evolved into different shades of yellow and was worn by Gaga until 2011 with the end of the tour.

2011[]

Main articles: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

2012[]

Main articles: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Fiber Optic Wig[]

On September 5th, 2012, Gaga posted a video of her backstage at the The Born This Way Ball Tour wearing a handmade "Fiber Optic Wig" made with a mix of real light blonde hair and fiber optic. The wig was conceived by Frederic Aspiras and took 6 months to be completed. Gaga revealed in the video that Tara Savelo, Chris Vineyard and herself also helped in the creation of the wig. The concept was of a "Disney princess taken to a rave". According to Gaga, the wig feels and move like real hair.

The wig is lit at the source of it and is plugged to a generator. The particular model shown on Gaga can also be plugged to the lightning board of the Born This Way Ball and be controlled by the lightning engineer. Tara revealed on September 7th, that "the wig is for the BTWB, we are trying to put in sound sensors so that the louder she sings, the stronger it glows. #UnicornWig".

2013[]

2014[]

2017[]

Main articles: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

2018[]

2019[]

2020[]

2021[]

2022[]

  1. Hair and makeup.
  2. Using Joico.

Trivia[]

  • “The dress was being made and I said, ‘What am I going to do? Maybe I can make the hair grow on her,’” Aspiras tells TZR. He spent a month devising a mechanical way to make her wig’s hair grow out to a length that would cover her body and stop at the floor. While the steps of the Met never saw his invention — it was ultimately decided that the star’s outfit should remain front-and-center — and even though years have passed, he still beams over the creative triumph.

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