From Carnivore to Vegetarian: Lady Gaga’s Lettuce Dress

From a meat-wearing vamp to a lettuce-loving poster child.

Will Lady Gaga wear the lettuce dress?

Indian animals rights activists have asked the international icon to pose in a dress made only of lettuce leaves to promote vegetarianism during a weekend visit to India.

PETA India wrote to Gaga's publicist hoping that she would honor India's reverence for animals by turning vegetarian for the duration of her visit, writes the Christian Science Monitor.

If she agrees, we'll make her a dress entirely of lettuce and held together by pins and threads. It will be a full length gown, and we'll make sure it looks sexy, said Sachin Bangera of PETA India.

Someone will be on hand to spray the lettuce with water so that it doesn't wilt, Bangera added.

The dress will reportedly take between five and six hours to make, as each lettuce leaf needs to be constructed directly on the singer's body.

Gaga wore the infamous meat dress to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

When Gaga wore the dress made of prime cuts of raw meat, she faced flagrant criticism from PETA's founder Ingrid Newkirk.

Meat is the decomposing flesh of an abused animal who didn't want to die, and after being under the TV lights it would smell like the rotting flesh that it is and likely be crawling with maggots. Not too attractive, really.

Lady Gaga is currently in India, scheduled to perform after the country's first Formula 1 racing event on Sunday Oct. 30, says the Christian Science Monitor.

This performance will be held at a five-star hotel in New Delhi and is invitation-only.

India's Formula 1 race has been getting significant attention because it is seen as representative of India's growing position in the global commercial world.

The race will highlight this advancement as well as the extreme disparities in socioeconomics in the country.