Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Gets Preserved Forever—as Beef Jerky

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If you've been lying away at night wondering what happened to the raw meat dress that Lady Gaga wore to the MTV Video Music Awards—whether it was just chucked at the afterparty or grilled and given to the homeless—well, here's the answer.

The designer Franc Fernandez tells E! Online that the dress will be preserved: as beef jerky! "The dress will go through a process where it becomes a sort of 'jerky' and will be archived. Thank you," Fernandez says. Wonder if that's a metaphor for something too.
· Did anyone ever eat Lady Gaga's meat dress? [E!]
· All meat dress coverage [Racked]