Nicki Minaj's New Outfit Is Pretty Cool, Only Covers One Boob

Nicki Minaj went all out for a hot look while at Fashion Week in Paris. Well, maybe not all out. More like partially out, as the musician sported a black top that exposed her left breast, which was covered by a strategically placed pastie. Check it out in the photo below...

A photo posted by on

Nicki Minaj posted numerous photos of herself in the eye-catching outfit...

A photo posted by on

She also included credit where credit is due to the various labels responsible for her chic look:

Top: MuglerShorts: GivenchyShoes: Alexandre VauthierPasties: Agent ProvocateurRings: PristineShades: Veronique Leroy

Luxury Lingerie seller Agent Provocateur is to credit for the pasties. It looks like she's sporting the Adora Pasties Silver, which retail for $115. Wonder if they allowed her to only purchase one of them. I imagine they only come in a set.

If Nicki Minaj's partially-bare-breasted look seems familiar, you may be flashing back to the outfit Lil' Kim memorably wore to the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards...

The obvious conclusion to jump to is that Nicki Minaj is paying tribute to Lil Kim, especially when we take into account those purple Veronique Leroy shades, which look like they'd match Lil Kim's outfit perfectly. That said, Nicki Minaj's inspiration may be coming from an artist that goes a bit further back than 1999. She shared this instagram photo of a Picasso painting that does seem to bear some similarity to her outfit in one specific way...

A photo posted by on

So it seems Nicki Minaj may have been paying tribute to Pablo Picasso's Woman with a Fan. Regardless, it takes a fair amount of confidence and style to pull off a look like this. Lil Kim brought both with her to the 1999 VMA's and well over a decade later, it hasn't been forgotten. The same may be said about Nicki Minaj's Paris Fashion Week look.

Kelly West
Assistant Managing Editor

Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006, and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before joining the staff full-time in 2011 and moving over to other roles at the site. At present, she’s an Assistant Managing Editor who spends much of her time brainstorming and editing features, analyzing site data, working with writers and editors on content planning and the workflow, and (of course) continuing to obsess over the best movies and TV shows (those that already exist, and the many on the way). She graduated from SUNY Cortland with BA in Communication Studies and a minor in Cinema Studies. When she isn't working, she's probably thinking about work, or reading (or listening to a book), and making sure her cats are living their absolute best feline lives.