Above is a twit-pic of Lady Gaga’s March cover of Vogue Magazine, shot by Mario Testino (courtesy of The Fashion Spot). While I’m still suffering from Gaga exhaustion after the past year’s All Gaga, All The Time media blitz, I have to say, I am looking forward to seeing what Gaga and Vogue created together. So this is just a taste! Vogue probably won’t be releasing any of their Gaga editorial for another week or so.

In other Gaga news, there’s a substantial story in this week’s Star Magazine, all about whether or not Gaga is still abusing cocaine, and whether her alleged coke binges fuel her “creativity.” Creativity being more meat dresses.

Riding high on cocaine and alcohol during a rare night off in NYC, Lady Gaga was in a jovial mood, belting out sonfs on the street and chattering a million miles a minute.

“She was totally out of it,” says an eyewitness. “She her shoe caught in a grate, and she fell in the path of a cab that almost ran her over!”

While she narrowly dodged disaster that time, Lady Gaga is knowingly throwing herself directly in danger’s path with her out-of-control drugging and drinking, warns a close family friend: “She’s getting too heavily into cocaine,” says the pal, claiming Gaga is snorting it more and more frequently. “Stefani used to be so happy and full of life, but lately I’m shocked by how much she has changed – she has gone completely off the deep end!”

Gaga has previously admitted to “occasional” cocaine use, but she’s relying heavily on coke to give her the bump in creativity that she thinks it sparks, explains the friend. “She has this crazy room in her house that’s solely dedicated to getting high and writing songs. She sits with drawing charcoal in there for hours and just writes all over the walls… Then she’ll have people come in and repaint it, and then she’ll start all over again.”

“The idea for her meat costume was the result of a coke-fueled binge that she went on… she thinks doing drugs helps her as an artist, but it’s really gone too far. She needs help now! I told her I was worried about her,” says the friend, “And her reaction was to instantly put up a wall and not listen to anybody’s advice. She thinks, ‘I am this big person now.’”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

I could honestly see how the meat dress seemed like it could be a good idea when you‘re blitzed out of your skull. It makes sense, right? And when you think of Gaga, is it so much of a stretch to think that she dedicates one room her “crazy room”? Unfortunately (or fortunately), a rep at Gaga‘s label tells Gossip Cop: “This is complete bullsh*t.” And Gaga’s personal spokeswoman calls Star’s story “ridiculous.”

Additional photos courtesy of WENN.