It wasn't an outfit designed for a camera shy wallflower.

The combination of 8inch heels, one armed skin-tight dress and sheer bodice was designed to attract maximum attention - and it did.

But as Lady Gaga arrived at a recording studio in Sydney yesterday her downcast expression implied she'd rather have gone unnoticed.

   

The drama loving pop star even carried a single red rose, along with her favourite Chanel bag.

But in some respects at least, Gaga looked relatively normal. In place of her often over the top hair pieces was a simple centre parting.

The Poker Face singer is in Australia as part of her sell-out world tour.

But she has been fitting in plenty of recording time as well, tweeting: 'Been in the studio for days and hours of record after record.'

Yesterday she leapt to the defence to one of her fans, 15-year-old Cole Goforth from Tennessee in the U.S.

He was sent home from school for wearing one of her T-shirts, bearing the legend 'I (heart) Lady Gay Gay'.

She tweeted: 'I love you Cole, you just be yourself. You're perfect the way God made you. 

'Thank u for wearing your tee-shirt proud at school, you make me so proud, at the monsterball, you are an inspiration to us all. I love you.'

Gaga has openly talked about her own experiences of being bullied as a child