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Old 1st July 2014, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0 View Post
I think she needs a happy medium. Being accessible was what got her popular in the first place, but being an accessible GODDESS was what made her a legend. Her outfits weren't incredibly normal & basic, nor were they high fashion no one could ever really wear without being a celebrity. They were interesting & unique things you could buy or make yourself. She was cosplayable back in the day.

Then between 2006 and 2008 or so she was getting too inaccessible (too "goddess"), with high fashion no one could ever imitate or buy affordable knock-offs of. Then she went WAY too natural, posing with beige everything, in sheets, in her underwear, looking like she's in her PJs all the time.

This booklet has her more in "costume" type fashions overall, which is very cool, and the cover has an outfit you could easily find something similar to in a department store if you like that style, even though it's not the same thing. This is overall a step in the right direction.

But it still doesn't seem to have a point. Which I miss. I want her booklets to have a point. And this one clearly COULD have had a point, but it doesn't seem to - That photo of her standing in the red outfit in front of the brick wall REALLY should have been one of the covers. The whole album marketing should have centered around THAT LOOK. That's an urban phoenix, rising from the ashes of low sales to blow our frickin' minds with an amazing comeback! Why is THAT not THE LOOK for this album!?
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