Yes, it’s already been over 20 years since Beyoncé released “Crazy In Love.”
In June 2003, the singer ascended to solo stardom with her debut album, Dangerously In Love,
which proved that she was a force to be reckoned with outside of Destiny’s Child.
The album won five Grammys and spawned four Billboard top five hits, including her infamous collab with now-husband Jay-Z.
However, that album also proved that she was a fashion icon in the making.
All it took was Beyoncé putting on some crystals to create a memorable cover, and it remains one of the most iconic images in pop culture.
Styled by her mom Tina Knowles, Bey wore a custom lattice top made entirely of Swarovski crystals, fastened together at the shoulders with large floral gems. Even the sleeves extended into a crystal grid that created a majestic cape-like effect.
In 2023, photographer Markus Klinko told Interview about shooting the album cover, revealing that Bey was inspired by his 1990 image of French supermodel Laetitia Casta in a diamond spider web. “She asked me if I could do something like that, but smaller on her, and I didn’t really know what to make of that,” he recalled.
Luckily, he didn’t have to look far, as Knowles brought just what Klinko had envisioned. “When they arrived at the shoot, I looked at the styling pieces and there was this top [made of] Swarovski crystals and I grabbed it and said, ‘This is exactly what we talked about. We can do something amazing with it.’”
In December 2020, Knowles reflected on co-designing the top with jewelry designer Jose Barrera, which were inspired by crystal pants that Cher wore on a 1990 Vanity Fair cover.
“I saw the cover while in his showroom and asked, ‘Could Jose fashion it into a top for Beyoncé?’” she wrote on Instagram. “We added a few extra touches. Jose is a genius. The rest is history!” However, Bey actually wasn’t sold on the crystal top at first.
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Source: Los Angeles Times
