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November 22, 2008 12:19:52 PM CST



Rapper's Old-School Fashion Line Far From OutKast

Posted Oct 2, 08 2:18 PM CDT in Opinion Gossip Arts & Living 

(Newser) – With a nostalgic collection far more ambitious than those of most celebrity designers, rapper/actor André Benjamin—aka André 3000, half of the duo OutKast—looks “like Ralph Lauren having a Steampunk moment,” Eric Wilson writes in the New York Times. The Benjamin Bixby collection, “inspired by Ivy League athletics of the 1930s,” shows he “would rather curl up at home with his Singer than be known as another singer who can sew.”

“For an African-American guy to be a prep, that’s a dichotomy,” said Benjamin. His label plays off that tension: Its first menswear collection features retooled preppy classics like newsboy caps, bow ties, college sweaters, even the shortened pantaloons known as plus-fours. Benjamin has already won the support of the fashion world; his collection is on sale at Barneys, New York's top department store.

Source New York Times

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"André Benjamin ... really did look as if he would rather curl up at home with his Singer than be known as another singer who can sew," Eric Wilson writes of the rapper-turned-designer.   (AP Photo)
Actor and musician Andre Benjamin attends the premiere of "Battle In Seattle" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
André Benjamin, half of the rap duo OutKast, is the designer behind the Benjamin Bixby label, an updated take on outfits of 1930s Ivy League athletics.   (AP Photo)
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What I love are the possibilities. It’s the same thing in music and the same thing in acting and the same thing in fashion. If I want to play this person, I can become this person. - André Benjamin, rapper/actor/designer

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