November has brought us a superb photoshoot on Gotham magazine featuring Beyoncé with creations of Calvin Klein in the first image. Chanel's black coat edged with fur, while signing Atelier Versace dress bustier in a multicolor. The Indian tunic is Naeem Khan, while wool jacket and hat are vaguely spanish from the Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.

Beyoncé is notoriously tight-lipped about Jay-Z, whom she dated “secretly” for six years before “secretly” marrying him in April. “This is like my first relationship,” she says. “I’m very private and, of course, I don’t talk about it, but I’m very, very happy. That’s all I’ll say. We were together for a really long time before we got married; we were in no rush. We don’t have a normal relationship because of our careers. But celebrity or not, you go through the exact same things. We’re not perfect.”

“I still have the values I grew up with. But when I’m performing, I’m able to be whoever I want to be.” “I have Sasha, and it’s kind of like a character, but I leave it on the stage. And I don’t walk around being over the top, the way I am onstage. It’s just a part of my artistic expression.”


We are still remember last year when Beyoncé Knowles appeared on billboards and newspapers across the United States showing her holding an antiquated cigarette holder. Taken from the back cover of B'Day, the image provoked response from an anti-smoking group, stating that she needed not to add the cigarette holder "to make herself appear more sophisticated".