Editing Impossible Princess (section)

==Artwork and title==
[[File:Photograph of Billy Childish by Charles Thomson.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Photograph of Billy Childish whose book ''Poems to Break the Harts of Impossible Princesses'' inspired the album's title| The title of the record, as well as the song "Dreams", is a reference to [[Billy Childish]]'s (''pictured in 2007'') novel ''Poems to Break the Harts of Impossible Princesses'' (1994)]]
[[Stéphane Sednaoui]] shot the images and designed the cover sleeve.<ref>{{harvnb|Mushroom|1998d}}; {{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=138}}</ref> Inspired by French and Japanese pop culture, Sednaoui took inspiration from [[Nobuyoshi Araki]]'s erotic work and tried to convey a similar aesthetic to the photos.<ref name="LaLaLa">{{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2002}}</ref> Initially, the cover art was based on a string of experimental images of Minogue in [[geisha]] costume; the concept was later revisited for the music video of "[[GBI (German Bold Italic)]]" (1997), Minogue's collaboration with [[Towa Tei]].<ref name="classic49">{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: Cover Story from "Classic Album: ''Impossible Princess''" by Lindores, Mark|page=49}}</ref> The final cover depicts Minogue sitting and surrounded by swirling multi-coloured lights, dressed in a blue sleeveless Véronique Leroy [[Miniskirt|minidress]], with no title or name imprinted.<ref>{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: Cover Story from "Classic Album: ''Impossible Princess''" by Lindores, Mark|page=49}}; {{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2012|pages=46, 107}}</ref> Because Deconstruction wanted to distribute a limited-edition version of the album with a hologram sleeve, Sednaoui had to photograph separate artwork for those editions.<ref>{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: Cover Story from "Classic Album: ''Impossible Princess''" by Lindores, Mark|page=49}}; {{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998a}}</ref> The [[three dimensional]] lenticular sleeve required multiple static cameras to shoot Minogue in the dark. To create the [[long-exposure]] effect of the lights circulating around the singer, Sednaoui fully dressed in a black bodysuit so he could not be seen in the final shot. The shoot took a week to complete, and Minogue had to pose for hours.<ref>{{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2012|page=46}}; {{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=138}}</ref> She remarked "the shoot was so very difficult but we knew that once we got it right it would be amazing".<ref name="KylieFashion">{{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2012|page=46}}</ref> In 2004, Minogue donated the dress worn for the cover shot to the Cultural Gifts Program of the [[Arts Centre Melbourne]].<ref name="artcentre">{{harvnb|Arts Centre Melbourne}}</ref>

The record's title is a reference to [[Billy Childish]]'s 1994 book ''Poems to Break the Harts of Impossible Princesses''.<ref name="titleref">{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997a|ps=, track 13}}; {{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=138}}; {{harvnb|Whiting|1998}}</ref> A copy of the book had been dedicated to Minogue but was accidentally passed on to Nick Cave, who eventually gave it to Minogue not long after, when she started working on the album.<ref name="titleref"/> She recalled only looking at the title of the book and saying, "It had me written all over it."<ref name="interview13">{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997a|ps=, track 13}}</ref> Additionally, she believed the book's poems summarised where she was at that point in her life under the spotlight.<ref name="titleref"/> Minogue considered the title to be ironic, imaginary and that it conjured up a lot of truths from her life, saying, "Sometimes my life feels so good that it's almost too much–it's like a joke–and sometimes it should be so good... but it doesn't feel that way."<ref name="interview13"/> The title is referenced in the chorus of the album track "Dreams".<ref>{{harvnb|Mushroom|1998d}}; {{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997a|ps=, track 13}}</ref>