Flare Magazine

## 2011

Natalia Kills was featured in the March 2011 issue of Flare Magazine. The image used in the magazine was taken by Phil Knott.

### Media

* Media
* Gallery

Photoshoot with Phil Knott
### Interview

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 **Special thanks** | Holt Renfrew

### Transcript

I'm Natalia Kills, and you're watching me on Flare.com.

Actually, I'm not into fashion. I don't believe in fashion. I don't like the idea of following a trend because we're told to follow a trend. I think the most important thing is to have a strong sense of style; just a trademark or an identity within the clothes you wear and the places you wear them and the places you shop.

I would describe my personal style as feminine brutality. I like really aggressive clothing in a more simple way. I don't want to be too sensational, but at the same time, I definitely like things that are more striking, more dramatic. I like weird shapes, and often I'll see something in a film and that'll inspire me for an outfit, like *Pulp Fiction* hair or *Clockwork Orange* or something.

My shoes are Dsquared and they're the spine shoes. Dsquared's Canadian! How cool is that, that's fantastic! I have to say, I really like it here, I love Canada so I feel like people definitely have a strong sense of style here. Most recently, I found myself buying a lot of Alexander Wang. I think there is some Alexander Wang here; this one I believe, there you go. Yes it is. It's just very abrupt. It's very aggressive in shape, but it's so feminine at the same time.

I don't really think about what I wear. I don't think, "How do I create a look?" or "How do I create an image?" It's like... impulsive. I go in my closet or when I go shopping and I'll see something, and if it feels right--it's a feeling, it's an impulse. And I'll be like, "That's me, that's how I feel! That can be an expression of who I am." I don't kind of decide and calculate what I need people to see; it's more about how I feel wearing the clothing I think.

You can check me out in the March issue of Flare Magazine; right here!

### Description

We talk fashion, fantasy, and killer footwear with the nouveau pop star as her new hit "Mirrors" burns up the chart.

 **Interviewer** | Alexandra Breen

### Transcript

British electro-pop artist Natalia Kills, 24, swung by Toronto while on tour with Robyn to promote her debut album, *Perfectionist* (dropping this spring). Decked out in Alexander McQueen jewelry, YSL mohawk pumps and a faux fur jacket, she dished on her climb in the music biz, which started back in 2008 when Perez Hilton gave her a shout-out on his website and likened her sound and look to the ultimate chart-topper, Lady Gaga. "I think it's great," says Kills of the comparison. "We come from the same record label, Cherrytree, and they only sign artists like me, Gaga, Feist and Robyn, who write their own songs and are self-styled." As for her album's title, she explains: "Being a perfectionist has nothing to do with being perfect. It's just finding the perfect way to deal with all of [life's] disappointments and heartbreak," **ICON:** Kate Bush. "She was the first female in Britain to ever write her own number one hit." **INFLUENCES:** Queen, Prince, Eurythmics and Depeche Mode. **DOWNLOAD:** The Gaga-esque "Mirrors" and check out her *Pulp Fiction* meets *A Clockwork Orange*-inspired web series *Love, Kills xx,* which she writes, co-directs and stars in.