Photographer Markus Klinko Talks Mariah Carey's Iconic 2005 'The Emancipation of Mimi' Cover
In an attempt to look sexy, a professional photographer claimed Mariah Carey ran her scissors over a designer dress she thought didn't look sexy enough during her 2005 album cover photo shoot. Mimi's emancipation.
During an interview with page six, Snapper Markus Klinko claimed that the Grammy winner “grabbed her scissors and told her stylist, 'Make this show have more legs.'”
She continued, “I wanted to cut the dress. And the stylist was very reluctant because he was probably petrified… You don't just cut designer dresses. He kind of didn't know what to do.”
Amid the impasse, the celebrity photographer revealed, Mariah took matters into her own hands.
“She just grabbed [her scissors] And cut some more slits in that dress. And I say the rest is history because it literally became one of the most iconic musical covers of all time.”
Describing the scissors, Markus said: “And they weren't normal scissors; They were definitely Mariah,” he noted the pop icon's abrupt move to make the dress “sexier,” prompting him to recall Johnny Depp's long-leaf movie character Edward Scissorhands.
“Mariah Scissorhands: I love that title because she was so good at it too! It was over in like two seconds,” she noted. “She knew exactly what she wanted.”
