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Alexander mcqueen asap rocky fashion killa11/19/2022 ![]() ![]() "Red Bottoms and Balenciaga," Soulja Boy: Aw, remember Soulja Boy?! According to this transparently named song, in 2014 he's been "rockin Balencicaga" in order to "hop a rari." Following that: "hop up out the rari rop a Maserati." Presuming he's wearing Alexander Wang's Balenciaga the entire time.ģ. "Anaconda," Nicki Minaj: Nicki has guys buying her Balmain and Alexander McQueen in this song that you thought was just about butts. Below, 14 of the biggest tracks that reference fashion.ġ. One thing that was consistent from years past, though, was the abundance of brand name-dropping throughout the year's hits. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.Ģ014 was a big year for radio hip-hop: Nicki Minaj released her first (completely) new album in three years, Rick Ross put out two albums, and the world was introduced to the phrase "no flex zone" and the shmoney dance. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. What makes the collaboration significant is the company allowing Rocky to make his own logo for the tie-in which would infer, in some respects that they believe there’s more than a little bit of significance to having Rocky being associated with it in a major way.Racked is no longer publishing. ![]() But working with the brand, which is partially owned by LVMH (as is Dior), takes things to a different level. Rocky pre-empted his Anderson project by wearing the designer’s pieces in his “Jukebox Joints” video. He followed it up the next year when the whole A$AP Mob partnered with Pacsun on a controversial capsule of tees. Rocky broke on to the scene in 2011 dropping names like Rick Owens and Raf Simons in his debut single, “Peso.” By 2013 he was in those designers' inner circles, getting Adidas collaborations and paling around with Michele Lamy (Rick’s wife).Īfter having worn Jeremy Scott’s Adidas line in videos before, the Harlem-repping rapper collaborated with the brand on a pair of all black Wings sneakers. The product hasn’t come out of nowhere though. Anderson range (which does include fur coats) released last week. What came instead was a 90s inspired Guess Originals capsule collaboration in January that included overalls, a two-tone bomber, denim jackets and tees. Unfortunately, that project hasn’t materialized. That same month it was revealed that the creative was working on a line of luxury fur coats. Since then, it seems Rocky has taken it upon himself to make a change. I’m just over it.” It’s worth noting that the statement came shortly after releasing his At.$A P project where he dropped over 20 brand names including Goyard, Hermes, and Saint Laurent. “Now that’s why I’m wearing old Raf Simons jeans, beat up Alexander Wang boots, and a distressed VLONE T-shirt. “ I used to put a lot of thought into what I was wearing and then when all my favorite brands were being bought and worn by the biggest poseurs and celebrities with terrible taste,” he said. Last year in an interview, Pretty Flacko said that celebrities ruined fashion for him. Anderson range, it could be the dawning of a new era. And while this isn’t the beginning of his fashion voyage by any means, when combined with his recently released J. It made him the first person of color to front the label, putting him alongside Rihanna was the first to front the women’s label. The accomplishment erased any doubt that the Fashion Killa had etched his name in fashion history books. When A$AP Rocky was revealed as a face of Dior Homme yesterday it wasn’t just a notch in his belt it was the notch. ![]()
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