\u201cThe nudes by Paolo are so iconic and signature to his art,\u201d Cyrus said of the campaign. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n
Sometimes she\u2019s the artist, sometimes she\u2019s the canvas.<\/p>\n
Miley Cyrus is making fashion history as the first face of Maison Margiela in four decades \u2014 and she\u2019s doing it in nothing but body paint.<\/p>\n
The \u201cFlowers\u201d singer stars in the French house\u2019s Autumn\/Winter 2025 Avant-Premi\u00e8re campaign, shot by famed Italian photographer Paolo Roversi.<\/p>\n
The \u201cUsed to Be Young\u201d singer is the fashion house\u2019s first-ever celebrity face. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n
Cyrus is styled in \u201cemblematic pieces from the collection,\u201d including leather outerwear and Tabi shoes. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n
In several of the painterly portraits, Cyrus appears nude save for white brushstrokes, accessorized only with a handbag and cleft-toe Tabi boots.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nudes by Paolo are so iconic and signature to his art. Standing naked for a fashion\u00a0campaign\u00a0felt major,\u201d the 32-year-old said in a release. \u201cAll I wore was body paint and the signature painted Tabi boots. In that moment, Margiela and I became one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pop star previously wore Margiela <\/a>on the 2024 Grammys red carpet. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n Even the makeup \u2014 white mascara and brushstroke-style white shadow \u2014 paid homage to one of the house\u2019s classic techniques. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n The portraits reference the label\u2019s iconic bianchetto technique, first introduced by founder Martin Margiela in 1989.<\/p>\n With bianchetto, layers of white paint are applied to furniture, garments, and now bodies, reducing each surface to a blank canvas and symbolically revealing the \u201ctrace of time.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n For longtime Cyrus fans, one image may look familiar. The over-the-shoulder pose echoes the infamous 2008 Vanity Fair photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz, in which a then-15-year-old Cyrus posed draped in nothing but a satin sheet. <\/p>\n The side-profile shot recalls a controversial image from the singer\u2019s past. Paolo Roversi<\/p>\n Cyrus\u2019 2008 Vanity Fair shoot by Annie Leibovitz caused an uproar when it was published.<\/p>\n The images caused a media firestorm at the time, forcing both the star and the magazine to apologize \u2014 though later, the singer changed her tune.<\/p>\n \u201cIM NOT SORRY,\u201d the singer posted on Twitter in 2018<\/a> alongside a photo of the New York Post cover from April 28, 2008. \u201cF\u2013k YOU #10yearsago\u201d<\/p>\n