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.
Blue oversized printed wool flannel shirt ALEXANDER WANG
Vintage sweater GIANNI VERSACE JEANS worn with gray Oxford cropped pants ALEXANDER WANG and Air Jordan 4 sneakers NIKE
Bank Robber knit sweater EDDIE EDDIE BY BILLY TOMMY with denim Foreman shorts KSUBI
Japanese denim jacket KSUBI
Black denim jumpsuit GIVENCHY by RICCARDO TISCI
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
Black wool slim notched-lapel suit with a Grosvenor waistcoat RAG & BONE
White cotton shirt DIOR HOMME
Duffy @ TIM HOWARD MANAGEMENT, hair — Nicole Williams, hair braider — Carolina Dali @ SEE MANAGEMENT, make-up — Lindsey Steinberg and Julia Reis, production — Seth Goldberg, studio manager — Rafael Rios, digital technician — Nikki Tappa, photographer’s assistant — Lindsay Grosswendt, stylist’s assistant
Cotton Fluide t-shirt A.P.C., Bold 3 sunglasses SAINT LAURENT by HEDI SLIMANE, and his own yellow gold and white diamond pavé ring VERSACE and necklaces, worn throughout
[Table of contents]
Roland Barthes The Rustle of Language
by Camille Bidault-Waddington
night pictures
by Olivier Zahm and Stéphane Feugère with a portfolio by Patrick Sarfati
by Glenn O'Brien
by Olivier Zahm
by Luca Lo Pinto
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Donatien Grau
by Olivier Zahm
by Camille Bidault-Waddington
by Mario Sorrenti
by Paolo Roversi
by Sandy Kim
by Katerina Jebb
Kacper Kasprzyk
by Marcelo Krasilcic
by Terry Richardson
by Chikashi Suzuki
by Johan Sandberg
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Ken Miller
by Jeffrey Deitch
by Olivier Zahm
by Ed and Deanna Templeton