LA's Very Fashion Forward Statues

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In terms of being a fashion city, LA lives in the long, tall shadow of New York. But when's the last time you saw a Lady Gaga-inspired meat dress on the Statue of Liberty? Curbed rounded up a few of LA's better-dressed monuments, statues, and pieces of public art. Like the vested bear outside of Griffith Park, the Hollywood Blvd. statue dressed in that infamous Versace J.Lo wore to the Oscars, a bow-tied James Dean, and yes, a dinosaur wearing a meat dress. [Curbed LA]