The highly anticipated video for 'Telephone' by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé has finally hit the small screen with an electric mix of pop-culture goodness and fierce fashion. The 9-and-a-half minute long clip is full of eye-catching strong-shoulder dresses, unitards, studded bikinis and hot shoes.

Let's take a look at some of the best shots.

The video opens with jailbird Gaga in a high-shouldered, prison striped Jean Charles de Castelbajac dress, being led to her cell by two intimidatingly buff women. A seductively low neck reveals that Gaga is wearing star-shaped nipple pasties, which are exposed, along with her barely-there underpinnings, when she is eventually stripped and pushed face down in her barren cell.
Scene two shows Gaga decidedly overdressed for the prison yard in oversized chains and a strapless black catsuit by Viktor & Rolf, and a pair of Haus of Gaga cigarette sunglasses that are literally smoking. The yard girls' surprised stares intimate that while Gaga looks slightly ridiculous, something fabulous may just happen.

Though our Lady in waiting was stripped of her clothes in the opening scene, she somehow managed to hold on to vintage Chanel Shades and a badass Search and Destroy leather studded jacket (the rest of her wardrobe including plebian hair rollers apparently didn't make the cut-- she is wearing large soda cans to hold up her 'do).

Beyoncé finally makes her debut after a dance number featuring inmates in stockings, bikinis, and lace up patent leather booties. Bey bails Gaga out of jail rocking a deep plum lipstick, a short banged style, and a vintage hat and outfit by Thierry Mugler.
Bey takes us back to her Texas roots in the next scene, featuring Tyrese, in a bright yellow close-fit, low cut Atsuko Kudo dress, and matching cowboy hat. Though not as daring as Gaga, she shines in her own way.
She brings it back in a following scene, where she prances around a technicolor motel room in a Wonder Woman-esque Jean Charles de Castelbajac jacket and matching short shorts by Franc Fernandez and Oscar Olima.
Gaga takes the 'Telephone' name literally in the following scene, where she, as a waitress, has a Danilo telephone shaped headpiece.
Then the ladies join forces in an 'American' themed dance sequence, with both pantsless ladies in stars and stripes. Gaga is in Haus of Gaga and Christian Louboutin boots, and Beyoncé wears Oscar Olima.
The oeuvre d'art concludes with the girls flanking a truck in long flowing gowns and headpieces by Emilie Pirlot that seem reminiscent of conservative burqas. Their decidedly 'covered up' outfits stand in stark contrast to the video's previous sartorial choices, but don't be fooled. They promise the story will continue.

The video, directed by Jonas Akerlund, has been called a, "true cinematic masterpiece."

Do you agree?

Watch the full saga here: