The New York Times has seen Lady Gaga's debut fashion column for V magazine's summer issue, and as it so happens, she's is a veritable expert on...everything. Stephan Gan, the editor in chief of V, describes her as "almost Vreeland-esque in her analysis and critique of fashion." Wow. Gaga's column clocks in at 1,445 words with two footnotes, so there's ample room for sartorial erudition. An example, after the jump.

“I myself can look at almost any hemline, silhouette, beadwork or heel architecture and tell you very precisely who designed it first, what French painter they stole it from, how many designers reinvented it after them and what cultural and musical movement parented the birth, death and resurrection of that particular trend."

Gaga's encyclopedic knowledge of literally everything sounds impressive. Apparently the debut column is a rebuttal of people (like this blogger) who think Lady G is basically a reprisal of Madonna in the 80s. "Art gives birth to new art,” she writes. “There is no chicken or egg.”

Well, there is a literal egg, and Lady Gaga wore it to the Grammys. Looking forward to G's column, if all of it turns out to be as grandiose as the above excerpt. I'd like to know which French painters influenced my heel architecture!