Nicki Minaj Style: Does Singer's Shocking Bondage Outfit Go Too Far? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post Canada  |  Posted: 04/19/2012 8:16 am Updated: 04/19/2012 3:11 pm

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Celebrity "shock" style just got a bit more ridiculous, thanks to Nicki Minaj.

Gone are the days of Marilyn Monroe and Katharine Hepburn -- they and other screen sirens of their time used fashion as a way to raise important women's issues (Monroe, body esteem; Hepburn, women's rights) and to express their confidence in sophisticated, smart and stunning looks.

To grab headlines in this day and age, many celebs resort to shocking and inappropriate outfits (hello, Lady Gaga's meat dress).

Case in point is this look from Nicki Minaj. Yesterday, in London, the talented singer left her hotel wearing this bondage dress. Yes, bondage.

Strapped down in leather, barely there shorts, buckles and PVC, the outfit is weird. It detracts from Minaj's talent (she's, by far, one of the most reputable female rappers out there) and her natural beauty. And we're left wondering about the message she's sending young fans. We're also curious about how this outfit could possibly be comfortable.

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Celebrity "shock" style just got a bit more ridiculous, thanks to Nicki Minaj. Gone are the days of Marilyn Monroe and Katharine Hepburn -- they and other screen sirens of their time used fashion ...
Celebrity "shock" style just got a bit more ridiculous, thanks to Nicki Minaj. Gone are the days of Marilyn Monroe and Katharine Hepburn -- they and other screen sirens of their time used fashion ...
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eden4barack08
Yes WE can!!!
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07:41 AM on 04/23/2012
Oh please! we've seen so much worse.
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chiara0
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03:05 AM on 04/23/2012
Go too far? I say the hair and nails go too far.
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Mr Anonymous
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09:38 PM on 04/22/2012
You'd think that when someone who has a sense of fashion like that wears something, it's not shocking. It's just normal for them. If my grandma wore that, it'd be shocking. Nikki Minaj, not so much.
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crabbyguy75
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05:12 PM on 04/22/2012
Uh, most of us lived through the 80s so at this point nothing shocks us. Seen it all already.
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dopamineboy
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05:04 PM on 04/22/2012
Note to HP: maybe it's time to retire the Shocking headline. gets old after its used endlessly and for things that are not shocking anyway.
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DSevere
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03:39 PM on 04/22/2012
If you go to a fetish club in any big city you will find hundreds of girls dressed in similar gear (well, not the red jacket, that's cheesy.)
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redheaded stranger
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10:53 AM on 04/22/2012
"Shocking"? Hardly.

Foolish? Definitely.

Garish? yep.

Tacky? uh huh.

Desperate for attention? But of course.
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sims1022
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06:49 PM on 04/22/2012
haha, so true.
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charleyvldm9
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10:38 AM on 04/22/2012
Go too far, no, at her age, thats what they do to stay in our view, trying to keep relevant.
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SuperMoncho
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09:06 AM on 04/22/2012
Look at me everyone I'm dressed like and !d!o+
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the964kid
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11:34 PM on 04/21/2012
Ummmmm, compared to Lady Gaga's meat dress? Then the answer is no.
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Absolute
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10:00 PM on 04/21/2012
What a nonsensical article. I'm so tired of the WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN meme. There's nothing "shocking" about this dress and no rapper or pop princess dresses to be your kids' role model. Get over it.
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waitingforlifeafterbush
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05:55 PM on 04/21/2012
"Shocking?" It just looks ugly and kind of stupid to me to say nothing of uncomfortable.

And "too far" for what?
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liz29
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05:15 PM on 04/21/2012
Does it go too far ? Compared to what ?
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12:54 PM on 04/21/2012
It's shocking that this person is famous for anything but being tacky.
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belladio
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10:30 AM on 04/21/2012
Nope. She has a sheath on under it and a jacket over it - maybe if she tried it without panties and her breasts uncovered, ok, then it may be "shocking" but as it stands are we shocked because it has buckles and leather straps? Hardly.

What's next? Shocked for wearing "inappropriate" colors on certain days of the week???
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04:20 PM on 04/21/2012
I can only guess that just having the word "bondage" associated with it, it makes the outfit SHOCKING!! Now, leather straps by themselves isn't shocking, nor are buckles (else lots of purses and shoes would be SHOCKING), so obviously that by themselves doesn't make a "bondage outfit". So, what exactly does??

The answer is CONTEXT! If you are wearing to just walk around to cause attention because of your clothes, then it is NOT shocking... just disappointing.

If you ARE wearing it for bondage activities, then have fun and be safe, and none of our business otherwise.
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04:58 PM on 04/21/2012
Excellent reply, William! Fanning and faving you for it.
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redheaded stranger
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10:55 AM on 04/22/2012
And remember the 'safe' word. :)
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