DJ Cuppy don explain why she stop her signature pink look. The entertainer, wey real name na Florence Otedola, say na personal growth and she no want make one colour define her. She talk am for one clip from her interview with GQ Poland.
For years, pink na more than fashion for Cuppy. E become her visual identity and symbol of her personality for industry wey men dominate. She bin dey known for pink hair, outfits and accessories. But she say things don change. “I was known for the colour pink, and it was my identity for so many years, and a lot of people are asking what happened to the pink,” she talk.
Cuppy say growth dey always come and she no think say she suppose dey boxed into one colour. “Pink for me meant power, vibrancy, expression, unapologeticness, positionality, and that’s still me, but I’m able to express it through other colours as well,” she explain.
She link the pink era to early days of her career about 17 years ago. She talk say she be young woman wey dey try carve space for herself for entertainment. “When I think about my style, I think about a woman in a male-dominated industry,” she talk. “Maybe also when I first started 17 years ago, a young girl that was using pink to represent her femininity and stay in the room.”
Now, Cuppy say that phase don serve its purpose. “Now that I’ve been through a lot of doors and kicked down some windows, I feel like I can represent my femininity through any colour,” she talk. She describe her current style as “vibrant, grounded and ethnical”. She no see the change as she dey leave who she be, but as she dey expand who she don become.
