The temperature is rising and Solange is to blame! The R&B songbird graces Complex Magazine’s June/July 2013 issue and she reminds women how to show off their bodies tastefully.
In the cover story, the “Losing You” singer talks about discovering her fashion style, the challenges she faces as an indie artist and the importance of living your life through no one’s eyes — but yours.
Check out excerpts and photos from Solange’s cover story.
On Living For You…
“When I wake up in the morning, I get dressed for myself, I listen to what I wanna listen to, I make decisions for me,” says the “I Decided” singer. “Life is short and you have to live for you. I would never wanna look back on my life and feel like I missed out on any of that.”
On Discovering Fashion Sense….
One day, she wore a “full-on Native American outfit” to Will Rogers Elementary School in Houston. “I had my own little quirks as a child,” Solange says. “I had a very vivid imagination, mostly through my style and fashion choices. The kids had a lot to say.” Her fourth-grade teacher, Miss Bethann, found Solange on the verge of tears in her Pocahontas costume outside of the classroom and gave her a lesson that stuck with her: “Don’t you ever, ever bend or break because of who you are.”
Read the full cover story on Complex.
