UNITED KINGDOM: Pop icon Mariah Carey models clothes from latest collection of Italian fashion store in London

Record ID: 190326

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Pop icon Mariah Carey models clothes from latest collection of Italian fashion store in London
  • Date: 22nd February 2007
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SAYING "I don't know about (being) a trend-setter but I have seen a lot of looks that look really familiar on other popstars, if we call them that, you know so I mean it's like that's cool that's fine, but I like clothes and this is fun." CUTAWAY CAREY'S JEANS/WIDESHOT CAREY (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, ABOUT UPCOMING OSCARS, SAYING "Sometimes I have my favourite movies that I watch, obviously I think everybody loves 'The Queen' and Helen Mirren. I really love 'Devil Wears Prada' too. I love Meryl Streep, I love that movie so, I'm conflicted."
  • Embargoed: 9th March 2007 12:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAD8Z8XK3V3429P4BTVCP5LC85A
  • Story Text: Pop icon Mariah Carey on Thursday (February 15) attended the launch of a new fashion campaign at the Italian flagship store Pinko in London. Carey was announced as the new face of the fashion brand earlier.
    Previous faces of Pinko include supermodels Elle Macpherson, Naomi Campbell, and Eva Herzigova.
    The diva, who's often hailed as a fashion icon, said she didn't follow other trends, but just does what come naturally to her.
    "I've never followed a trend you know , I just wear what I feel like and I know that makes some people mad but the thing is is that it should be about you expressing yourself when you are a musician, songwriter, an artist, and some people feel like they need to follow the trend so they get on those pages every day, you know who worked better and for me it's about being yourself and maybe people end up following you, you know what I mean", she said.
    Turning from fashion to film, Carey said it was too hard to nominate a favourite when asked if she had any hot tips for the upcoming Oscars.
    "Sometimes I have my favourite movies that I watch, obviously I think everybody loves 'The Queen' and Helen Mirren. I really love 'Devil Wears Prada' too. I love Meryl Streep, I love that movie so, I'm conflicted."
    Fans continued to gather outside the store in the hope to catch a glimpse of Carey who stopped long enough to sign a few autographs and have her picture taken.
    "I think she's great and I think she's good to her fans as well. She keeps in touch with them and I think she's achieved a lot , I think she's gone through a lot and made a great, what they say comeback, but I think she's been there the whole time just waiting to come through again," said one fan.
    "She's an amazing singer and we love her so." "Everything. Her voice, her body, hi Mariah, everything," added another.
    Carey is currently shooting the movie "Tennessee" with Lee Daniels, the producer behind Oscar award winning film Monster's Ball and the Woodsman.
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