A$AP Rocky’s relationship with Bottega Veneta runs deep. The Harlem rapper jogged by means of Beverly Hills in one of many Italian home’s printed leather-based sweatsuits for a paparazzi-shot advert. Final month, he and his younger sons starred within the label’s cute Father’s Day marketing campaign. And simply this previous weekend, he was noticed in New York Metropolis in head-to-toe Bottega wanting just like the best-dressed dude within the subsequent cubicle.
Taking a break from his normal leather-based jackets and chunky sneakers, Rocky’s newest match is a contact extra preppy. Up prime, he wore a cotton striped shirt from the Italian home’s newest assortment and a lambskin tie that is been particularly designed to not seem like lambskin in any respect.
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Artistic director Matthieu Blazy has been experimenting with supplies on this kinda approach since his Spring/Summer season 2023 assortment when he made denims out of leather-based—and Blazy-era Bottega is without doubt one of the few manufacturers on the market that is making menswear really enjoyable once more with out going too mad. Simply have a look at Joe Alwyn’s insanely sick bag, Pedro Pascal’s freaky rollneck, and Timothée Chalamet’s fishscale wool jumper.
Almost every little thing else Rocky wore was from the model, too. He jumped into some gentle wash denim denims with a straight reduce and the $1,250 Strut lace-up sneakers. And people tortoiseshell shades? Effectively, they’re really the Mega Clubmaster from Ray-Ban, however they nonetheless work.
Even when you do not have a Bottega-sized price range, Rocky’s jeans-and-a-tie look is a superb one to repeat on the workplace—we would possibly simply suggest tucking your shirt in.
This story initially appeared on British GQ with the title ‘A$AP Rocky, an excellent rapper, is alter-egoing as a really cool workplace employee’
