Nicki Minaj got splashed with a dose of digital technicolor for her feature in this month’s issue of Vogue.
After being seen out and about with Anna Wintour and seated next to the magazine’s Editor in Chief during New York Fashion Week last fall, sources started to question whether or not a cover was in the works for the “Starships” rapper.
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Photographed by Steven Klein, Nicki is perched on a chair in a stunning red evening gown ready for what could have served as a perfect glamour shot, but with Nicki Minaj, things are never that simple. The red dress fades as the focal point of the photo as Nicki’s blue skin and pink wig come to the forefront – talk about capturing her essence!
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The photo, however, is wildly appropriate for the content of the article, in which Nicki admits that she discovered the power of costume when she dressed as Freddy Krueger for the “My Chick Bad” video with Ludacris two years ago. “It made me feel so free. It was me inside,” she tells Vogue of making the video.
Nicki also talks about the first time she was exposed to the “glamour girl” lifestyle as a student at LaGuardia high school for the performing arts:
“I was dressing in Tommy Hilfiger baggy shirts and Boss jeans, but then I met a person who dressed like a tiny lady—pantsuits, heels, lots of makeup. I thought she was larger than life. She once did my makeup—I had never seen myself made up before. I didn’t want to wash it off; I felt like I had one day to live this fantasy of being a glamour girl.”
Check out the full article over at Vogue.com
