Lupita Nyong'o Lands her first cover of VOGUE Magazine

This lady is unstoppable!

After months of speculation, crossed fingers and utter obsession over whether theKenyan Oscar winning-actress would land a spot on the much worshipped cover, the moment has finally arrived!

Vogue captured the 31-year-old star for it's July issue in the enchanting city of Marrakech. Nyong'o looks stunning for the cover, which was shot by Mikael Jansson, in a printed Prada dress that perfectly reflects her colorful style.

Between her head-turning looks on the red carpet, fronting Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2014 campaign and becoming the first-ever black brand ambassador for Lancôme, it was only a matter of time before the Kenyan-born beauty made her Vogue debut.

 Catch the beautiful spread and some excerpts from her interview with the magazine after the cut............

On her seemingly sudden stardom trajectory

“It just feels like the entertainment industry exploded into my life. People who seemed so distant all of a sudden were right in front of me and recognizing me—before I recognized them!”

On her first paparazzi experience

“For a split second I looked behind me to see who they were flashing at—and it was me!  That was, I think, the beginning of the end of my anonymity.”
On her prom dress before graduating from an all-boys high school in Nairobi (that girls were only allowed to enter via placement tests)
“It was a velvet miniskirt with a matching little top and an iridescent silver translucent fabric that flowed to the ground,” she remembers. “It was kind of ridiculous, but it was fabulous at the time.”

On her Pinterest board she brought to her first meeting with stylist Micaela Erlanger

Bold color, interesting print, interesting silhouette—simple but architectural and feminine,” Erlanger remembers. “Elegance, but with a sense of humor.

On their epic six-hour fittings

“It’s a job; it’s work, you know! We’d just try, try, try, try, try, try, try. At first it was very daunting, but I ended up really having fun with it.”
Their choices have run the gamut from Christopher Kane and Sacai to custom Prada and Chanel Haute Couture. Most times, she adds, “especially for the bigger awards, the dress let me know it was going to be worn. It’s quite scary when you fall in love with a dress, because it’s nothing to do with your brain. It’s like a gut reaction.”

On that epic Golden Globes dress

“We got goose bumps,” remembers [herstylist] of that fitting. “I told her, ‘This is going to be a game-changer.’ And it was.”

On her red carpet life

Before she embarked on her fashion marathon, “everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ ” she confides. “I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only once it was past that I realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience. Nothing can prepare you for awards season,” she continues. “The red carpet feels like a war zone, except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it.” She considers for a moment. “I hope they don’t make that the big quote!” she says, laughing. “Because that would be sad! Tell them not to do that!”
“My family is very close-knit,” she explains. “My aunt, who was an actor herself, would get all us children together to write and perform plays. I loved manipulating my parents’ emotions.”

 

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