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Thursday April 5th, 2012

‘What’s That Jacket, Margiela?’: Ten of the Best Fashion Lyrics in Hip-Hop

‘What’s That Jacket, Margiela?’: Ten of the Best Fashion Lyrics in Hip-Hop

This information might come as a surprise to the folks over at Vogue Italia, but rappers have been vocal about their love for high-end fashion labels for years.

And the love affair continues. On Nicki Minaj’s latest album, Pink Friday 2: Roman Reloaded the bewigged rapstress shouts out Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour:

When I’m sitting with Anna, I’m really sitting with Anna / Ain’t a metaphor punchline, I’m really sitting with Anna / Front row at Oscar de la Renta, posture / Ain’t a b*tch that could do it, not even my imposter

And even more recently, fashion fanatic Kanye West boasted about his fashion exploits on his new track “Theraflu”, from dinner with Anna Wintour to racing go karts with Anja Rubik:

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Monday March 24th, 2008

Eve for Cartier!

We hear from some chatty party planners that diamonds have a brand new face: Eve. The rapper, actress, and designer of Fetish Clothing will add “bejeweled spokesmodel” to her name this spring, when she helps Cartier with their Love Charity bracelet. Based somewhat on the iconic Cartier Love bangles, the Love Charity program sells limited-edition Read more →

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Published at 9:29 AM