Katy Perry & Mariah Carey Become Icons for Harper’s Bazaar

But when Stephen Gan and Carine Roitfeld asked me if I’d be interested in being involved with their Bazaar’s Icons project, I jumped at the opportunity-providing each celebrity, majority actors or entertainers of some sort, would interpret characters they had always wanted to play and so far, never had a chance to do so.

Oprah took on Wizard of Oz’s Glenda The Good With while Mimi gave her best impression of Marie Antoinette. Will and Jada’s daughter, Willow went blue as the Hindu Goddess, Kali.

Andy Warhol Artwork / The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. “Glinda is a spiritual goddess”, she says.

“[Liz as] an icon transcends time”, Perry said. In the interview that accompanies her piece, Perry tells Harper’s Bazaar, “Liz was so fabulous and decadent and had a style that evolved with the years … and I’m sure I’ll be married just as many times!”

Who’s that lady? In Harper’s Bazaar’s upcoming September issue, some of the industry’s biggest names – including Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, and Mariah Carey – transformed into their own versions of iconic divas, and the results are unbelievable.

While Dakota Johnson got in touch with her mythical side. “In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the primary image of feminine divine love”, she said.

Ms. Johnson as Aphrodite in Harper’s Bazaar’s 2015 Icons feature.

The portfolio will appear in all of the magazine’s worldwide editions – 32 in total – with the U.S. version hitting newsstands on August 18.