TATTLE DOESN'T know squat about fashion, except that those runway clothes are too pricey and the models are too skinny.

Vanity Fair, however, takes couture seriously and has once again come out with its International Best-Dressed List. It's a potpourri of designs and designers.

The most offbeat choices on the annual list are in the "originals" category, which includes cover girl Lady Gaga, John Galliano and Helena Bonham Carter.

Gaga channels the "Dada Catholic girl" in the spirit of Gypsy Rose Lee and Rosie, the Jetson's robot maid, VF says, while Bonham Carter, who says her favorite items of clothing are her "bloomers," is inspired by Vivienne Westwood and Marie Antoinette, before she lost her head.