Keeping mum: Lady GaGa steps out for some retail therapy at a vintage clothing store in California with a little baby boyHer avant garde outfits are enough to terrify even the most macho man.
So Lady GaGa's decision to abandon her usual outré attire for a trip out with a small baby was - dare one say it - eminently sensible.
Ambling around make-up free in studded leather vest, white T-shirt and black jeans, the chart-topping singer looked surprisingly ordinary.
Male companion: The singer was stopped off at the Giant Dollar store with a mystery male friend before the shopping tripHer only concession to eccentricity was a hat swap from a black woolen beanie to a straw boater with a grey wig.
The decision to adopt a more incognito approach on a shopping trip in South Gate, California, appeared to have gone down well with her young companion.
And as GaGa's name - taken from the Queen song Radio GaGa - sounds like baby talk, they probably found quite a bit to say to each other.
She was accompanied by a mystery male friend as they trawled a vintage clothes shop after they'd stopped off for some snacks at the Giant Dollar store.
Who's your mother? GaGa holds the little boy as she makes her way into the Giant Dollar mall in South Gate, CaliforniaThe Bad Romance singer and her male companion took it in turns to hold the baby, GaGa giving the little boy an admiring glance at one point as she walked through the shopping mall's car park.
While her friend, who appeared enamoured with the baby, took a photo of himself and the tot on his phone.
Meanwhile the outrageous star, who named herself after Queen's Radio Gaga, recently had some new body art added to her collection in honour of her fans.
Fresh from her incredible Grammy night, in which she won two awards and performed a show-stopping array of songs with Elton John, the singer decided to show how grateful she was for her success with a new tattoo.
She had Little Monsters etched in italics onto the skin on her skin and then posted the pic on her Twitter page.
GaGa tweeted: ‘Look what I did last night. Little Monsters forever, on my arm that holds my mic. x.’.
Her new arm ink now sits below another tattoo in German, which is a quote from her favourite philosopher Rainer Maria Rilke.
Lady GaGa also has a peace sign on her wrist in memory of John Lennon, roses and daisies on her neck, back, hip and the words ‘Tokyo love’ written on her left shoulder.
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