Lady Gaga and artist Daphne Guinness pose provocatively as singer celebrates late designer Alexander McQueen

She is well known for mixing her music style with contemporary art and fashion.
And Lady Gaga is truly in her element in the latest issue of V Magazine in which she celebrates the life and designs of late fashion great Alexander McQueen. 
Gaga guest edited the feature which sees her posing with British artist Daphne Guinness in a series of provocative images.  
Church of fashion: Lady Gaga and designer Daphne Guinness celebrate the life of Alexander McQueen as they pose for the new issue of V Magazine

Church of fashion: Lady Gaga and designer Daphne Guinness celebrate the life of Alexander McQueen as they pose for the new issue of V Magazine
The issue boasts a massive 16 individual covers photographed by Steven Klein - the lensman who helmed Gaga's Alejandro music video. 
The 29-year-old dedicated each of the covers to the 'creators, collectors and collaborators who have inspired her life in fame and fashion' - the group of people she calls her 'Fashion Guard'. 
Gaga poses with her arm wrapped around Guinness' naked breasts in one photograph in the series.
The women wear bondage style black strap-up vests along with leather shorts.
'It's okay to be in pain all the time': The ladies pose in the iconic armadillo heels in one image where Gaga is seen embracing Guinness
'It's okay to be in pain all the time': The ladies pose in the iconic armadillo heels in one image where Gaga is seen embracing Guinness
In another image the duo sport the iconic armadillo heels where Gaga is seen embracing the 48-year-old blonde, kicking one leg out behind her.
The songstress explains: 'This issue of V is about all of these people coming together to express a passion for art and fashion, to really 'go there' to make a great statement and to change things...,
'I feel like we all share an appetite for living a life of passion and creativity…it's like we all found our immortality through art and fashion...we share that deep spiritual place.' 
Included in the variety of covers are two black and white portraits that Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld and photographer Hedi Slimane shot of each other.