Fashion police bust Mariah Carey
Memo to Mariah Carey: Lose the slutty outfits. Now that the singer has signed up with Island Def Jam records, a source says that execs at her new label are urging her to clean up her act. "In the last few years, she's started looking and acting too provocatively," says a source. "She wasn't doing herself any favors. She shouldn't try to look like Britney Spears. She has her voice going for her. They've told Mariah to re-think her image."
And Lyor Cohen, president of Island Def Jam records, recently told the Financial Times that he advised Carey: "If you have this magnificent voice and you write such compelling songs, why are you dressing like that, why are you using all these collaborations [with other artists and other songwriters]? Why? It's like driving a Ferrari in first - you won't see what that Ferrari will do until you get into sixth gear."
Says the source: "Mariah's not going to start wearing a potato sack, but [Cohen's] advice really hit home." Mariah's spokeswoman says the singer is unavailable for comment, but adds that "she trusts Lyor and his team". (MSNBC)
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