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Ms. Minogue may be a darling of designers, but as the lack of any recognition from fellow diners at the St. Regis suggested, she is far better known by the global paparazzi than by the American public. But she is trying (one more time in a two-decade-plus career) to change that, in part by reframing herself as a fashion icon. Last week, Running Press released “Kylie: Fashion” ($40), an ode in photographs to her sartorial high points as a performer. It was written with her longtime stylist, William Baker, and has a rhapsodic foreword by Jean Paul Gaultier (“who could forget the gold hot pants and the white jumpsuit with the openings so deep that anyone could feel your pale, delicate skin”). Along with flamboyant costumes, like Mr. Gaultier’s anime-geisha tour outfits from 2008, the book contains examples of Ms. Minogue’s cover shoots for the influential fashion magazines i-D (March 1991) and The Face (June 1994), which the stylist Katie Grand has said was the best-selling issue during her time as fashion director there. Ms. Minogue also has appeared on the cover of British Elle seven times, most recently in January. (She has never appeared in Elle’s edition here.) Ms. Minogue, who has sold more than 68 million records globally, admits that she has never truly mastered the American market, despite her widespread popularity in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. If she fails to do it this time around, it will not be for lack of trying.
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Kylie's SkirtThe Australian Pop Sensation Hikes it Up in Her Smashing New Video The indomitable antipodean Kylie Minogue explodes into view in a video for new song “Skirt”—a peek at new music as she works on her 12th, as-yet-unfinished album and her debut with Jay-Z’s management company Roc Nation. The synth-heavy and dubstep-influenced track, co-written by The-Dream, who has collaborated on hits with Beyoncé and Britney Spears, was previewed in a set in Ibiza by its Scottish dance producer Nom De Strip, aka Chris Elliott, before being unveiled to the public on the eve of the singer’s recent 45th birthday. Minogue rose to fame as a young actress in Australian soap opera Neighbours, then scored a succession of bubblegum pop hits in the late-80s such as perennial favorite “I Should Be So Lucky”, before turning in a more indie direction in the 90s. The millennium saw Minogue reinvent herself once again, turning back to pop and setting the dance world alight with several hits and the help of some miniscule gold hot pants. Today’s stop-motion video was created from around 1000 stills by fellow Australian photographer and director Will Davidson, whose clients include Calvin Klein and Nike, with work published in V magazine,i-D and AnOther. Davidson shot the singer in her Los Angeles hotel room just last week in only three hours, as she wore clinging black Alexander Wang,Vanessa Bruno and vertiginous Jimmy Choo stilettos. “In 25 years I haven’t done anything like this,” says Minogue. “It was also really last minute and thrown together in a heartbeat. I love how Will’s shots have a rawness to them. They feel real, unprocessed and much like the viewer is there with me.” Read on for the lowdown straight from the performer herself, plus a chance to win an exclusive piece of Kylie memorabilia. What can we expect from the album? Do you feel that spending more time in Los Angeles has influenced your musical style? How do you feel that being with Roc Nation has helped in shaping this album? You have collaborated with quite a few people on this album—is there anyone you still dream of collaborating with? You’ve recently made a few forays back into acting. Anything exciting in the works? You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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