VOGUE
BY LIANA SATENSTEIN
September 13, 2022
Photo credit: Emily Malan
In an interview hosted by Vogue, Badu shares her experience of going ont he runway for the very first time during this year’s NYFW. She wrote an outfit, styled by Alex Harrington, of multiple layers that combined Bode, CDLM, ERL, all of which were enhanced by her own Badu World accessories. Perhaps the most eye-catching component of her outfit was her signature hat — “Manuela Mexico”, a chapeaux designed with a tall crown and red bandana. The hat she wore on the runway was designed by Badu and Gunner Foxx.
“If guests sitting front row at Vogue World heard a jingle from her neckful of medallions, that was on purpose. Badu loves the sound of her baubles. ‘I love that the garments that I get to wear have sound and movement and make music. The beads and metal pieces and things that I constantly add to my wardrobe are parts of what makes me, me,’ she says, ‘I love my clothes to sing.’ And they certainly did.”
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