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Martine Rose posing for Kendrick Lamarvia Instagram (@kendricklamar)

‘Bucketlist to enactment with Martine Rose’, the rapper said, having collaborated with the decorator connected his Big Steppers tour look

The past clip Kendrick Lamar pledged his allegiance to immoderate 1 decorator was erstwhile helium performed alongside an all-Black marching set astatine the Louis Vuitton menswear amusement successful June. So, that helium should dedicate his full Instagram leafage to a singular station astir Martine Rose is doing thing to quell the rumours of a definite London-based decorator moving to a definite Paris-based manner house. “Bucketlist to enactment with martine roseate she camera shy but gangsta accidental hullo to my young,” helium wrote to his 12 cardinal followers, alongside a photograph of Rose peace-signing into the camera. 

Having worked with the rapper connected a slew of looks for his Big Steppers tour, the collaboration compounds a bid of q large link-ups that the decorator seems to beryllium getting retired of her mode should she, I don’t know,  abruptly person to instrumentality connected a caller occupation – among them a Tommy Jeans collection and her announcement arsenic the adjacent impermanent astatine Pitti Uomo. With archival images of the Compton Cowboys and TuPac plastered crossed a temper board, Lamar’s Instagram carousel features sketches of leather vests with skew-whiff closures, Martine Rose’s trademark oversized hoodies, and a brace of leather jeans festooned successful buckles. 

It’s an improbable marriage: Rose is known for putting street-cast models successful lopsided tracksuits and wonky shot shirts, which is astatine aesthetic odds with the benignant of sleek, Craig Green outwear beloved by Lamar connected his 2018 tour. But when the rapper took to the O2 past week, it rapidly became wide that his assemblage was chopped from the aforesaid Martine Rose cloth. Much to the disorder of anyone who is not from the UK, they each chanted, football-style, “Kendrick’s successful a container / successful a container / Kendrick’s successful a box,” erstwhile the rapper emerged connected signifier successful a massive, perspex box. As amusive arsenic that whitethorn person been, the whole happening seems similar a missed accidental to enactment Lamar successful a brace of chaps (or possibly a denim jock-strap)... due to the fact that that truly would’ve fixed his fans thing to croon about.