Top Choices For Holiday Gifts From Lady Gaga’s Workshop At Barney’s

Gaga’s Workshop has unusual retail surroundings, Christmas windows, a Gaga website, and exclusive products created in collaboration with Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, artists, Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson, and Barneys creative director, Dennis Freedman. Gaga’s Workshop will donate 25% of sales of all items to Born This Way Foundation. The foundation concentrates on confidence, being healthy, anti-bullying, and helping with careers.

Lady Gaga’s top holiday picks are a magnetic Dress-up Set for $65, “Telephone” Face Cookie by Eleni’s for $15, Composition Books for $20, Roald Dahl’s Special Edition Book for $75, Hair Bows for $85, “Diamond” Tea Cup for $65, Gaga Press-on Nails for $45, Little Monsters Sets for $58, Gaga Motorcycle Ornament for $25, Gaga Workshop T-shirts for $38 to $58, and a Gaga Tote bag for $38. These items will be sold at Barneys Madison Avenue Flagship Store and some will be sold at Barneys New York Stores nationwide.

I think the items are too expensive. I ask you, a composition book sold for $20, Press-on Nails for $45, and t-shirts for $38 to $58? I don’t think putting an artistic label on items justifies high prices. Why does only 25% of sales get donated? Shouldn’t it be more?

Here is the official press release:

Lady Gaga’s Top Holiday Picks From GAGA’S WORKSHOP at Barneys New York

NEW YORK, December 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –

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In true Lady Gaga fashion, GAGA’S WORKSHOP is not a traditional holiday destination, but rather a unique celebration of the universality of gift giving and charity. With so many gifts to choose from in the Workshop, Lady Gaga has shared her personal favorites which are sure to include something for every Little Monster on your list.

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Best of all, 25% of sales from all items featured in GAGA’S WORKSHOP will be donated to the Born This Way Foundation, recently founded and announced by Lady Gaga and her mother. The Born This Way Foundation focuses on youth empowerment and equality by addressing issues like self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring and career development and will utilize digital mobilization as one of the means to create positive change.

Lady Gaga’s Top Holiday Picks from GAGA’S WORKSHOP:

Magnetic Gaga Dress-Up Set, $65
Lady Gaga “Telephone” Face Cookie by Eleni’s, $15
Composition Books, (Available in Orange, Green and Yellow), $20
Ronald Dahl Special Edition Book, (Available in Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach), $75
Hair Bows, (Available in Headband and Barrette in assorted colors), $85
“Diamond” Tea Cup, $65
Gaga Press-On Nails, $45
Little Monster Set, (Set of Four Plush Little Monsters), $58
Gaga Motorcycle Ornament $25
Gaga Workshop T-Shirt, Women’s Tee, $48 (Also available for Children & Men $38-58)
Gaga Tote, $38

In addition to being sold in GAGA’S WORKSHOP at the Madison Avenue flagship store, a selection of GAGA’S WORKSHOP products will also be available at Barneys New York locations nationwide and online at Barneys.com.

About GAGA’S WORKSHOP

A multi-faceted celebration, GAGA’S WORKSHOP includes: a fantastically transformed retail environment, holiday windows, a dedicated Gaga interactive website, and limited-edition, exclusive products created in collaboration with Lady Gaga under the creative direction of Nicola Formichetti with artists Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson of assume vivid astro focus (avaf), in collaboration with Barneys’ creative director Dennis Freedman.

From elaborate art installations, vivid colors and bold patterns designed by avaf, to exclusive one of-a-kind products created specially for the Workshop by Barneys New York, GAGA’S WORKSHOP will be a holiday treat for shoppers of all ages.

About Barneys New York

BARNEYS NEW YORK (Barneys) is a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. Founded as a men’s retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan it turned into an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s and became renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Barneys is famous for selling the most intriguing edit from the world’s top designers including women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home. Barneys’ signature sense of wit and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Barneys’ innovative CO-OP, a mecca for young and emerging designers, was launched in 1985 and has since expanded into a freestanding store concept. Barneys operates more than a dozen CO-OP stores in eight states across the U.S. For more information about Barneys New York please visit http://www.Barneys.com.