Lady Gaga Collaborates with Marc Jacobs, Jane Birkin, and a Sharpie on Signature It Bag

Last night it was reported that Lady Gaga arrived in Tokyo with a "defaced" Hermes Birkin bag tattooed with Japanese text. The more appropriate word is customized. Others might even say enhanced. I say Gaga took a hallowed and timeless piece, something forever linked to the singer/actress/style icon Jane Birkin--that starts at about $6,000--and with the swipe of a 70-cent Sharpie, made it her own.

The first thing that came to mind when I saw Gaga's Japanese ode to her "Little Monsters" was...