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Everyone has a view on Gwen Stefani:

She’s a punk-rock pin-up, a female David Bowie, the new princess of pop, a style icon, a hip-hop superstar, a movie starlet, the red-carpet goddess, a cultural chameleon. Just don’t call her a faker…

“What I would say to those people,” spits Stefani in her helium-tipped Cali-purr, “is do your research. I was in a band with all guys since I was 16 years old. I’ve been in a fucking rock band touring the fucking world for eighteen years. So if you’re gonna try and erase that, then I’m gonna stick my finger right up in your face. ‘Cos you know what? I did it. And you try and be a girl and do that in 1987. Read the rest of this article »

Gwen and Pharell Redefine Music and Fashion

Gwen Stefani: Ska, new wave, rock, and rap. The outrageous white girl with punk roots – who, like Lil’ Kim, rocked pink hair and made it hot – has quietly influenced fashion and music of all genres and styles. Whether she’s teaming with fellow fashionista Eve or creatively sparring with Andre 3000, Gwen’s ghetto fabulous pass extends beyond musical borders. And she’s carried that fusion into her own L.A.M.B. (Love, Angel, Music, Baby) clothing line, bringing into fashion fold the Japanese Harajuku girls (named for Tokyo’s famous shopping district). And the beat goes on.

Style: Marilyn Monroe meets Cyndi Lauper

Known for: Blonde hair, Rasta influenced wristbands, bindi

Fashion words: “Think what money could bring/I’d buy everything/Clean out Vivian Westwood in my Galliano gown.” Read the rest of this article »

Bound for glory

Ska-punk siren Gwen Stefani is about to go stellar with a debut solo album and a plum role in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator. But GQ managed to tie her down… By Charlie Porter. Photographs by Marc Hom.

Gwen Stefani is sitting in a Mercedes and she’s fizzing, fast words, few pauses. “The record is ridiculous. It is RI-DI-CU-LOUS.” Ridiculous, in her native Orange County, California speak, appears to be a very good thing. We’re driving away from the photoshoot at an abandoned riverside building in deepest south London, where the basement rooms feel like dungeons and the sparse furniture includes what seems to be a miniature bondage chair, rope knotted tight across its frame. Would she sit on it for GQ? Stefani strides up and straddles it, happy to oblige. Read the rest of this article »

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Gwen Stefani

Scared solo

When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry. All she wanted to do was sleep. And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry’s house, nothing she did seemed fast enough. Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed. “Dude, slow down. This is my record. Let me be a part of it,” Gwen thought. Read the rest of this article »