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October 20th, 2008 at 8:08 am

Beyonce InStyle Magazine November 2008 Cover, Photos, Video

Beyonce - In Style magazine cover November 2008

Beyonce is on the cover of InStyle magazine November 2008 issue and featured in a glamorous photo spread and feature article. See the photos, video and article excerpts here. Beyonce’s highly anticipated third studio album, I Am… is set for release on November 18, 2008.

Designer Obsessions
‘Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier are two designers I love right now. Their clothes are feminine, sexy and modern. I just went to the Giuseppe Zanotti showroom, and he had the most spectacular shoes. It was like being in a candy store – I was obsessed with every shoe! Right now, I love anything with a high platform.’

Style Icons
‘Charlize Theron is always beautiful and feminine. I love her couture looks and dramatic silhouette. Halle Berry is elegant and sophisticated. I love that in the seventies Cher and Diana Ross looked like superstars and never played it safe. When they were onstage, they gave you drama – and I love drama.’

Beyonce - In Style magazine photo November 2008

Pre-Superstar Style
‘Growing up, I was a tomboy. I refused to carry a purse and wouldn’t wear a dress. That was the eighties and it was all about the hip-hop influence – baggy jeans and big shirts. [Her mother, Tina Knowles] hated it! But then I started singing and ended up watching all of the footage of the Supremes and Tina Turner. And I thought to myself, ‘They’re so beautiful. I want to be like them.’

Off-Camera Style
‘I’m a lot more conservative in my personal life. But even when I’m dressed down, I wear a nice shirt, nice jeans and stilettos. Even when I go on vacation, where no one’s going to see me, I enjoy picking out new clothes, bathing suits and accessories. I do it for myself because I enjoy fashion. It makes me feel like me.’

Beyonce - In Style magazine photo November 2008

Latest Look
‘I was going to do the shorter hair [for her new album] that I had when I performed with Tina Turner at the Grammys earlier this year, which I loved. But I’ve decided to wear my hair straight instead. I’ve had so many different hairstyles, and I don’t want this project to be about my hair. With my makeup, I was doing a lot of liquid liner before. Now I’m into a gold smoky eye and natural-tone lip.’

Cover, photos and article excerpt source: In Syle magazine via Beyonce World

Photo credit: Robert Erdmann/InStyle Magazine

Click here to watch the Beyonce InStyle Magazine Video