Nicki Minaj Looks Straight Out Of The Future In This 'Billboard' Cover Shoot
Make way for Barb season! With Nicki Minaj's The Pink Print on its way in the "fourth quarter of the year," we have a lot more of Nicki to look forward to before 2014 is over. Which is GREAT because, for the record, any excuse I can get to see Onika slay in berets or in a bobbed wig or with cotton candy-colored poodles is a good one.
For the cover of her feature for Billboard magazine, Nicki assembled her "home team" to get her cover-ready: Oscar James on hair, Mylah Morales on makeup, and Rushka Bergman (*achem* Michael Jackson's personal stylist, NBD) on fashion duty. The result is Queen Barb in a retro pin-up rolled bang, a glowing fresh face, and a gold seqin-laden bodysuit adorned with chunky gold arm cuffs and a kind of gold breastplate necklace situation. Serving many 1968's-version-of-the-future vibes.
The space age channeling doesn't stop there, though. Nicki gets a little wardrobe change for the rest of Billboard's photos. For the slightly (like, really slightly) sportier look, Nicki throws up her hair and kills it in a bodycon dress with strategic contrast pipe-like detailing. The lines give the otherwise straightforward tube dress a little structure, and the vaguely latex-looking fabric gives it a little future lean.
