Purple Magazine
— F/W 2013 issue 20
A$AP Rocky
fashion killer
photographed by TERRY RICHARDSON
styled by HEATHERMARY JACKSON
Rakim Mayers, 24, known as A$AP Rocky, was raised in Harlem by a single mother, began rapping at eight, but took it more seriously at 13, after the death of his brother. Not an easy life, but maybe pressure for change led him to the hip-hop collective A$AP Mob and a rock star’s way of life. His music resonates with power and fearlessness. His sophisticated style — his clothes, his words, the fusion of sound and images in his music videos Wild for the Night and F**kin’ Problems — makes him the New York icon of multimedia hip-hop.
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Blue oversized printed wool flannel shirt ALEXANDER WANG
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Vintage sweater GIANNI VERSACE JEANS worn with gray Oxford cropped pants ALEXANDER WANG and Air Jordan 4 sneakers NIKE
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Bank Robber knit sweater EDDIE EDDIE BY BILLY TOMMY with denim Foreman shorts KSUBI
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Japanese denim jacket KSUBI
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Black denim jumpsuit GIVENCHY by RICCARDO TISCI
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Denim and cotton High School jacket and gray hoodie EDDIE EDDIE by BILLY TOMMY with a cotton plaid shirt wrapped around the waist STUSSY, and raw indigo ’50s denim low-waisted slim jeans SAINT LAURENT by HEDI SLIMANE
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Black wool slim notched-lapel suit with a Grosvenor waistcoat RAG & BONE
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White cotton shirt DIOR HOMME
