--- title: Lady Gaga's Million-Dollar Hat at 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show description: Get the details on the million-dollar hat that Lady Gaga wore to perform at the 2016 Victoria's Secret fashion show. canonical: https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-06T20:50:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:02.531Z og:title: Lady Gaga Wore a $1 Million Hat at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show og:description: The singer's love affair with fashion continues og:url: https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25a358c9bf32f5a8/6988b0ddcd1bba563a7034e7/gettyimages-627828654.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Wore a $1 Million Hat at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show twitter:description: The singer's love affair with fashion continues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25a358c9bf32f5a8/6988b0ddcd1bba563a7034e7/gettyimages-627828654.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga Wore a $1 Million Hat at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show > Sponsored content. 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Lady Gaga performs at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The show was filmed in Paris and broadcast on Dec. 5. CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Dec 6, 2016 8:50 PM UTC [Lady Gaga](http://motto.time.com/4560523/lady-gaga-melania-trump-hypocrisy/?iid=sr-link9) is no stranger to pushing fashion boundaries, and her latest choice would appear to have a hefty price tag to match. The singer recently wore a hat estimated to be worth $1 million. Gaga performed at the 2016 [Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show](http://motto.time.com/4547474/jasmine-tookes-victorias-secret-bra/?iid=sr-link3) in Paris, which aired last night, and she wore an eye-catching black ensemble as she treated the audience and viewers at home to hits from her latest album [_Joanne_](http://time.com/4539470/lady-gaga-joanne-new-album-dive-bar-tour-bud-light/?iid=sr-link1). As [_Marie Claire_](http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a23947/lady-gaga-million-dollar-hat-victorias-secret-show/?src=socialflowTW)reports, Gaga’s custom-made hat was designed by [Gladys Tamez Millinery,](https://www.instagram.com/gladys%5Ftamez%5Fmillinery/) who created the million-dollar design in partnership with Swarovski. The wide-brimmed number was adorned with 45,700 crystals and was reportedly constructed by a team of 10 craftspeople over 300 hours. The release of _Joanne_ appears to have heralded a new phase of the singer’s style evolution, and Gaga has sported different headpieces by Gladys Tamez Millenery before. This particular hat, with its 60 hanging beaded strands composed of crystals, has affectionately been referred to as “Million Dollar,” a subtle reference to the new Gaga track “Million Reasons.” \[[_Marie Claire_](http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a23947/lady-gaga-million-dollar-hat-victorias-secret-show/?src=socialflowTW)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga Wore a $1 Million Hat at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show","datePublished":"2016-12-06T20:50:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:02.531Z","description":"The singer's love affair with fashion continues","url":"https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/","keywords":["motto","fashion","Lady Gaga","Victoria's Secret"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25a358c9bf32f5a8/6988b0ddcd1bba563a7034e7/gettyimages-627828654.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25a358c9bf32f5a8/6988b0ddcd1bba563a7034e7/gettyimages-627828654.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show","caption":"The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4591915/lady-gaga-hat-victorias-secret/","name":"Lady Gaga Wore a $1 Million Hat at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show"}}]}] ```