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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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Tuesday January 13th, 2009

Fall 2009 New York

No Alexander Wang After-Party

Another Fashion Week / Econ casualty: Alexander Wang will not be hosting his crush of an after-party after his show at the Roseland Ballroom on Valentine’s Day (same day as Swaim and Christina Hutson’s new line debuts), which lets him off the hook from topping that surprise Foxy Brown performance from Spring 09. In the Read more →

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