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’90s rock icon Courtney Love graces the cover of the November issue of Interview Russia and she certainly isn’t holding back – not that we’d expect her to.

In the magazine, Courtney poses wearing Prada, Emilio Pucci and Hedi Slimane, keeping her grunge roots, but with an added sensuality. Alongside her amazing pictures, the 49-year-old answered questions involving her style inspiration, fashion moments she regrets and her opinions on Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry.

Check out photos and excerpts from Courtney Love’s interview with Interview Russia below.

On what she likes to wear and her current style:

“I look at simple chic as what works best for my age, but I also want the prettiest gown, not the most boring, and the sharpest. I love Marchesa for this and I love Calvin Klein classics and [Michael] Kors, and Chanel gowns. The latter mixes my love of Edwardian and Victorian and flapper with chic. I’m not Daphne Guinness and I don’t have much to prove in rock and roll–that I have down pat. But for my newly committed career, acting again, I’m going to have to really pull off a chic and great look and never get it wrong with too many youthful details such as the ones that inspire me for my line. I love boho, but there’s an appropriate way to wear it. I like Jason Wu, Altuzzara, Valentino and Westwood, as well as Saint Laurent.”

On seeing ’90s grunge’s comeback in 2013:

“I don’t see it anywhere, really. I have always used a flannel shirt as a belt. It’s classic in some ways. The easiest next street trend to steal will be crust punk, which ought to be interesting through higher-end designers’ eyes.”

On fashion moments she regrets:

“Obviously Lycra and Spandex and rubber were all bad ideas, but I’m very open; I always try. It doesn’t mean I’m Kate Moss and always nail it. Kate and I went to a store in Notting Hill and purchased the same exact almost Victorian capelet; I wore mine first and got slammed for it and she wore hers the following week in an identical boho outfit and it was heralded; it’s all about context. Weight plays heavily into it, too, and facial beauty. No one could have worn that Givenchy couture gown that I tried on a few times three years ago except Ciara to the VMAs–a black girl with curves in the right places. On me, it looked like a belly dancer.”

On Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry:

“She has a crap stylist; at least Katy Perry lives out her insane fantasies and kids love it. I liked Katy when she was in a black shag and the shy girl on Glen Ballard’s arm at events. She was damaged goods by the time she got to Capitol [Records]. She really worked for it: ‘It’ being a career I find so boring it’s sort of sad, but what she wears is cute and in her own universe. Miley provided me with endless laughs at the VMAs. The Harajuku Japanese girl little bear suit was cute.”

Damn, Courtney Love brought out her fierceness, but then again, when doesn’t she?

SOURCE: Interview Russia