For most of us, a late-night snack run to the local convenience store necessitates an inconspicuous ensemble: a get-in-and-get-out-quick look that won’t alert your fellow shoppers to your odd midnight cravings. But for rapper Nicki Minaj, a store run prompts some must-see fashion decisions. Case in point? The Gucci ruffled leather bomber the rapper wore to peruse the aisles of a CVS drugstore in Los Angeles this past weekend. She broadcasted the quick stop on her Instagram, peering into the camera from behind a pair of oversize Chanel sunglasses while cracking jokes with her boyfriend, Meek Mill.
The couple’s stylish turn at the checkout counter recalls a very similar one made by Minaj’s fashion-conscious peer, Rihanna. The pop star famously threw on a sheer Simone Rocha coat and a pair of denim cutoffs for a spin down the snack aisle of a Duane Reade store in Hawaii last year. And it was only a matter of months ago that Selena Gomez had a major Instagram moment in the frozen-food aisle of a supermarket in Canada. Clearly it’s something about those bright lights, lurid-colored candy packets, and dollar snacks that have celebrities rethinking their selfie game. Either way, it’s a look that certainly has all of our attention.