Here is Lady Gaga in 2021 explaining the process herself

Did you know that Lady Gaga worked with small, independent artists to create chromatica album cover? The creative process of making chromatica album cover is pure art — A short Thread (🧵)

Cecilio Castrillo Martinez—who is from a small village near Madrid, Spain - created the full-body armor within 5 months and knife-heel shoe and leg piece within 3 months. Every piece is handmade with real leather, embellished with hand-cut metal pieces

Gaga asked to wear one of Coffield’s “Howlin Wolf” pumps, which is worn on her left leg on the cover. The monstrous shoe is a design by Coffield made seven years ago. It’s named for the blues crooner and musician of the same name.

Gaga’s stylist Del Rio approached Gary Fay, a self-taught artist from Australia- they pulled two of Fay’s claws: one silver set of razor-sharp fingers which is worn by Gaga on the cover, and another extra-long pink set, called the “Mech Claw” - worn by Gaga in another promo image

and that’s how one of the best album covers of all time was created. Stunning, isn’t it?😍

Oh no

i'm so proud of her

Love this so much