A Clothing Line for Nicki Minaj?
Will Nicki Minaj be the next music-fashion crossover? Many have tried, though few have done it well. Whether or not the artist has music staying power remains to be seen, so I don’t blame her for seizing the moment! If a line does happen I hope it’s full throttle, but well curated. None of this 150-piece-watered-down-for-Target nonsense! Or maybe she should just do a wig line… I’d cop!
“A year ago, Ms. Minaj was making dresses for herself in her basement, said John Demsey, group president of Estée Lauder Companies, which owns MAC Cosmetics, the brand that worked with her on a lipstick. “Now the others want to get their hands on her.”
Last spring, she split with her manager, P. Diddy, and began working with the hip-hop veteran Gee Roberson and Cortez Bryant… A priority of his, Mr. Bryant said in a phone interview, is to negotiate a deal with a fashion house so Ms. Minaj can sell her own line of clothes. “
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