American superstar Alicia Keys lands the cover story of The Edit Magazine‘s latest edition captured by fashion photographer Quentin De Briey, with art direction from Gemma Stark. Styling is work of Tracy Taylor, who for the session selected looks from R13, Dodo Bar Or, Chloé, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Maria Black, Roberto Cavalli, Peter Pilotto, Alaïa, Dinosaur Designs, Ellery, Jennifer Fisher, J.Crew, Rachel Zoe, and Sacai. In charge of beauty were makeup artist Dotti and hair stylist Chuck Amos.
“When you’re first figuring yourself out, you care so much about what people think of you. It’s the worst time. You become introverted and weird because you’re second-guessing yourself; you want to be everything that other people want you to be. Then you become cloaked in this societal bull**** that’s plonked in your lap and you spend the rest of your time digging yourself out. And that’s my conclusion for life […] I constantly ask myself if what I’m doing is for me or for someone else. You can convince yourself something is good for you, but is it really? So I ask, are you doing this for you, or because you feel like it’s the right thing for you? Lately, I’ve been exploring my relationship with myself. It’s tripping me out!” – Alicia Keys on figuring out who she is.
