The level of creative collaboration amongst the A$AP Mob is incredible вЂ“ how does working with your collaborators feel different from working alone? Uniqlo tank top Devoni pants (Designed by A$AP Ferg, tailored by Toure Designs). Our spirits are flamboyant and we have a lot of confidence. ItвЂ™s a unique place, because the poorest person can have a rich energy about them. The spirit of Harlem is special as are the people that come out of Harlem. YouвЂ™re a vocal advocate for Harlem and its community вЂ“ what about it is so special to you? How did you style them to make them feel really personal to you? This African American who is successful at the Plaza Hotel - uptown coming downtown and taking over. It felt like something I grew up seeing during the Bad Boy era. I also liked shooting with the dog in front of the Plaza hotel wearing the big coat, tank top and leather pants because it was like вЂHood RichвЂ™. My favorite style was the tuxedo because it was classy. What were your favorite styles from the shoot with Jimmy Choo? I would never do that hair cut or grow my hair again. Is there anything you would never wear вЂ“ or anything you look back on from your youth style-wise that you now cringe at? Jimmy Choo Axel shoes Prada suit Sasquash Fabrix mock neck. How do you personally feel about the luxury fashion industry? Do you enjoy the fashion shows and razzmatazz?ДЇashion shows are cool, I usually like the music which sets the mood and, in a way, it inspires me to make music and create different sonics.

Social media has only helped to reveal the relationship between fashion and rappers. Even when you think about the older rappers who dressed like rock stars, they always used clothing to express themselves. Donatella Versace would hang out with Lil Kim and make her custom pieces while Gianni Versace wrote letters to Tupac in jail saying he wanted to dress him when he came home - and he attended the Versace show with his fiancГ©e, Kidada Jones. I think rappers have always been into fashion and designers have always been into artists. I donвЂ™t think itвЂ™s something that happened recently. Rap music has long fetishized branded fashion and has become a symbol of success вЂ“ but why do you think thereвЂ™s been such a crossover? They allow me to think more broadly and help me to push hip hop culture forward.ДЇashion and music have always been entwined, but the embrace of rap culture by high fashion is a relatively new phenomenon. Rap can pigeonhole you sometimes and it can be hard to communicate with people outside of the hip hop community once youвЂ™re in it. Through fashion and art, I was able to communicate with everyone in all walks of life. You have an education in art as well as launching your own fashion and jewelry lines when you were younger вЂ“ how do fashion and art feel distinct from your creative expression as a musician?ДЇashion and art opened the world up to me a little more. Jimmy Choo Cash sneakers Uniqlo tank top Devoni pants (Designed by A$AP Ferg, tailored by Toure Designs) I wanted my teachers to say, вЂњOh man, you have some new shoes today.вЂќ I always wanted to be fresh going to school and have all eyes on me. ItвЂ™s being the first to have the Jordans or any new or rare sneaker the first to be onto a trend and changing the game. What did fashion and style mean to you when you were younger?ДЇashion and style means being unique.

He was the first persona I knew who produced their own clothing line by creating silk screen and graphic design on T-shirts - and he had workers in a factory producing his clothing. You grew up with a huge fashion influence as your father owned a boutique - how much of his work informed your early style?ДЄ lot of my fatherвЂ™s work influenced my early style and continues to do so even now, because he was the first person I knew who had owned a boutique.

Expanding on his Harlem roots and the connection between fashion and hip hop, Ferg takes us on a highly personal exploration of style, success and the power of sneakers to change the game. Now heвЂ™s the first man to feature in Jimmy ChooвЂ™s Style Diaries series.

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