Nicki Minaj is transformed in elegant black dress as she bags a front row seat at Herve Leger's Fashion Week show

She has pioneered her own vivacious sense of style, but on Saturday Nicki Minaj was among the enthusiastic spectators of somebody else's creations at the Herve Leger by Max Azria show at New York Fashion Week show.

 The 30-year-old rapper joined an array of stars including Jamie Chung and Giuliana Rancic to see the Spring runway show of the designer responsible for the famous 'bandage' dress.