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Nicki Minaj For W Magazine

Nicki Minaj Transformed by Francesco Vezzoli

Styled by Edward Enninful
Artwork by Francesco Vezzoli

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BIESENBACH: How have you transformed her?
VEZZOLI: In her performances, Minaj makes very explicit and ­challenging use of her beauty and her body, so I thought of comparing her to some of the most famous courtesans in history: the Marquise de ­Montespan, Comtesse du Barry, Madame de Pompadour, and ­Madame Rimsky-­Korsakov. My idea was to reproduce four iconic portraits of some of the most fascinating females of the past in a series starring an American pop-culture role model. We tried to re-create those original portraits using similar furniture, props, and clothing, à la Visconti. Luckily enough, the result came out as surreal as it could be, just as I wished.

 

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