As a co-chair of the 2025 Met Gala, A$AP Rocky was in fact anticipated to reach in a memorable look. And like a real modern-day dandy (or “Trend Killa,” relatively) the Vogue Might cowl star didn’t disappoint, selecting a customized design from his personal artistic company, AWGE. (Speak in regards to the final type flex: “Oh, this? It was customized made for me, by me.”)
Executing a recent spin on tailoring, Rocky took a cool, sportswear-minded route that mirrored his impeccable private type, carrying a double-breasted AWGE parka in technical wool, with coated snaps and Velcro detailing on the sleeves. The jacket was impressed by the Marmot outerwear Rocky noticed being worn in his native Harlem rising up. To him, the jackets represented modern-day dandyism, and he wished to pay homage to that. “Marmots are a Harlem custom—within the winter, everybody has a Marmot on,” Rocky advised Vogue throughout his last becoming in New York. “That was our teenage jacket.”
Rocky’s longtime stylist Matthew Henson, who performed a pivotal position in bringing the design to life, provides, “It’s a very loopy outside technical jacket, nevertheless it has a very lovely form.” The duo reinterpreted the piece with a double-breasted closure, giving it a surprisingly formal really feel. “It closes the identical manner {that a} tuxedo would,” says Rocky, who paired the jacket with dressier items, together with a white cotton poplin shirt, black wool trousers, a vest, uncovered satin boxers, and a black wool necktie for a extra conventional end. Accessorizing the look had been a pair of dressy oxfords that AWGE made in collaboration with Christian Louboutin, together with jewellery items by Bvlgari.
