HE spent his teenage years skating in the Hindley St ice rink and hitting books at Adelaide High School - now Perry Meek is creating singer Lady Gaga's most eye-popping costumes.
Based in Los Angeles, Meek, 46, has been with Gaga's costume design team, the Haus of Gaga, for two years.
In that time he has designed some of the pop star's most outrageous outfits, including several looks in the singer's new Judas video and two costumes for Gaga's recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, seen on the ABC.
The stunning looks in leather and latex are a world away from where the former ice skater began, designing costumes for his performances at the now-demolished Hindley St ice rink in the late 1970s.
Sister Donna Barratt, 53, of Glengowrie, said fashion design had always been in Meek's blood.
"He's really been designing since he was young, making his own costumes and then costumes for other people," she said.
Soon after he got his first big break - costume designing for Cher.
He went on to create outfits for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Tina Turner and made the costumes for the Spice Girls' 2008 world tour before being snapped up by Lady Gaga for her personal design team.
Now Meek is never far from the singer's side, touring the world with her to create outfits at a moment's notice.
Meek designed several costumes for Gaga's Monster Hall concert in Sydney on Wednesday, including a last-minute request by the star that ended up making headlines. "The fishtail dress that Gaga was wearing while she was in the wheelchair was decided on that morning," Mrs Barratt said.
"So Perry and some friends in Sydney got that made in about five hours."
Meek, who also performs as drag queen Heaven Lee, also hosted Gaga's two "secret" shows at Sydney nightclubs Arq and Nevermind on Tuesday.
Mrs Barratt got a glimpse into her brother's VIP lifestyle this week when he flew her to Sydney to meet Lady Gaga.
"She's very nice," she said. "It was the end of a very long day - it was about half past 11 at night - but she still made lots of time for her fans and when I met her she was lovely and down-to-earth.
"He really enjoys working with her. She's very creative and very talented - you only have to see her shows to realise that."
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