Relating to garments, Justin Bieber is one thing of an summary expressionist. Clothes are his medium, and the pop star bends and warps them utilizing all types of unconventional strategies. One in every of his a number of non-musical skills is his knack for sweatsuit acrobatics; in his haphazard arms, a hoodie or a pair of denims turns into malleable. In different phrases, Bieber treats garments the way in which Jackson Pollock handled paint: pliably.
This week, JB debuted a brand new and weird informal outfit idea—acquainted in its eccentricity but dynamic in its proportions. Out to lunch on the Australian-style cafe Nice White in West Hollywood, the musician wore an oat-toned hoodie, a black Atlanta Braves cap, and paw-shaped Louis Vuitton slippers designed by Pharrell Williams.
He additionally donned, bafflingly, two pairs of Balenciaga sweatpants: an exterior pair embroidered with the model’s emblem in cobalt blue, which he’s worn earlier than, and an inside pair, which featured a emblem patch within the fashion of Bernie Sanders’s presidential marketing campaign emblem. Two pairs of dishevelled grey sweatpants—only one on high of the opposite!
Within the night, the singer introduced his pants de deux to the movie star scorching spot Sushi Park the place he dined with Cole Bennett, his pal and frequent collaborator. Bennett, who based the multimedia firm Lyrical Lemonade, was additionally carrying a curious pair of pants: khaki cargos with the flap pockets positioned simply above the knees, moderately than on the perimeters. It was an impromptu Unusual Pants Summit—and heaven is aware of this is not the primary time Sushi Park has hosted one, both.
Bieber’s styling right here seems to be straight out of a Balenciaga lookbook, the place complicated pants abound. And whereas Balenciaga does make its personal trompe l’oeil grey sweats whose elastic waistbands function a sewn-in panel made to look like uncovered plaid boxer shorts, the doubling up right here is pure Bieber DIY.
Certainly, we’ve seen a number of feats of waistband layering recently, chief amongst them being a six-way parlay from A$AP Rocky, who wore what seemed to be two pairs of pants and 4 pairs of plaid boxers whereas performing alongside Tyler, the Creator at Coachella this previous weekend. To assume we’ve spent all this time recently debating if pants needs to be massive or small, once they actually might simply be duplicitous.