FOCAL POINT: Front-row chatter at Haider Ackermann’s fall show centered on one square-inch of silver plastic — a gleaming pasty that was the only thing standing between Nicki Minaj’s breast and the wider world.
But the best-selling female rapper was less focused on causing a stir than on stirring her own imagination. Since arriving in Paris on Wednesday, Minaj had attended fall shows including H&M, Balmain and Rick Owens.
“I’m definitely getting inspired,” the artist said. “This is a great way to get some visuals I could use in videos or in photo shoots.”
The Rick Owens show had been a high point for Minaj. “People probably think I wouldn’t like that, but I do — it was so different,” she said. As for Olivier Rousteing’s Balmain, “That’s always a movie. When I saw that show I was thinking, wow, I could take some of this inspiration out on tour.”
Minaj was perched between music producer and “How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are” co-author Caroline de Maigret and the singer Lou Doillon. During the show, Minaj perked up at the sight of an electric blue pantsuit, snapping a photo.
The model and musician Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis took a break from recording to come out for the show. “I’ve been in the studio
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