She'll never not be Jenny from the Block.
Jennifer Lopez has never been afraid to show up and show out—let’s not forget that her big revenge dress moment included a Tamara Ralph gown that was completely open on the sides—so it’s not surprising that her latest photoshoot has her embracing over-the-top looks by skipping out on a top entirely. In a new interview and accompanying photo set for Interview, which was lensed by Brianna Capozzi, Lopez wore a leopard-print combo that brought together vintage undies and a coordinating Norma Kamali shrug. It was the lack of actual top, however, that made the snapshot, which the publication also shared on Instagram, stand out. Instead of a shirt, Lopez opted for a huge statement necklace from Margiela and covered herself with gloved arms and a strategic pose.
Lopez finished that look with a pair of chunky black shoes from Balmain and large sculptural gold earrings that brushed her collarbones. For such a statement-making look, Lopez kept her usual full glam toned down, with her hair pulled back off her face and her makeup done in bronze tones with a focus on bold brows and a barely there pink lip color.
In the accompanying interview, Lopez spoke to comedian Nikki Glaser about her latest projects, This Is Me…Now and The Greatest Love Story Never Told, and how she felt like the "whole fucking world exploded" when the audience reception wasn't what she expected.
"I think that’s what I love about life, that there’s no arrival point. There’s only getting better and growing if you want to. It’s either growing or dying, and I don’t want to do the dying part," she explained. "And yeah, there's times when I thought I figured it out, and then life goes, 'Let’s send you another thing and see if you fall for it. Let’s see if you really have learned that lesson.' And I hadn’t."
She went on to say that she's not letting the situation get her down and using it as an opportunity to grow and learn.
"I understand that now in a much deeper way, which doesn’t mean that I won’t make mistakes in the future, but again, when your whole house blows up, you’re standing there in the rubble going, 'How do I not ever let that happen again?'" she added. "And then you start examining it little by little saying, 'Okay, I did this, this was my part in it, this was what I should have seen early on, this is what I didn’t look at.' Those things are what really are the lessons."