EXCL: ‘Mariah Scissorhands’ Carey slashed designer dress herself for 2005 album shoot, says photog: ‘She had great legs’
Mariah Carey slashed her designer dress with a pair of bedazzled scissors while shooting the cover for her iconic 2005 album, “The Emancipation of Mimi,” photographer Markus Klinko exclusively tells Page Six Style.
“And they were not normal scissors; they were definitely Mariah,” he elaborates, emphasizing that Carey’s crystallized cutting tools matched her sparkling energy — though her hasty moves to make the garment “sexier,” he says, reminded him of Johnny Depp’s slice-savvy 1990 film character, Edward Scissorhands. “She just grabbed and cut a few more openings into that dress,” recalls Klinko, playfully calling the superstar “Mariah Scissorhands.
Shortly after Carey arrived at Klinko’s New York City atelier, they began sifting through his portfolio for inspiration. But when the celebrated songwriter saw his campaign for Wolford, the premium tights brand, she wanted to recreate it to a T. Carey, for her part, was excited to show off the hard work she had been clocking in at the gym, Klinko remembers.Carey wanted to “show off” the fact that she was “in fantastic shape,” Klinko says of the memorable shoot with Carey.“She was in fantastic shape. Mariah arrived and she was really looking stunning, sexy, she had great legs and everything. I could tell she wanted to show it off. This was her cover. This was her big moment,” he tells us.
“It’s almost 20 years, close to the 20th anniversary of that album, and … she dominated 2005 with ‘The Emancipation of Mimi.’ I think it was the biggest album of the year and I think it was the biggest album of her career, too, or at least close to that,” he says, reflecting on the LP’s enduring impact. Klinko — who also captured Carey’s March 2007 Playboy magazine cover — says he is thrilled to work with the entertainer in new capacities in the near future.
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