Post Malone Just Recreated One of Kurt Cobain’s Most Iconic Outfits
Post Malone has a certain charm that one might politely call unkempt, but his style doesn’t necessarily skew towards grunge in the traditional sense. Posty, as he’s affectionately called by his fans, can usually be seen in a variation of the classic Nudie suit, like the custom, studded baby pink one that he wore to the Grammys last year or the vibrant blue one embroidered with leopard-printed rattlesnakes that he revealed just a month later on the American Music Awards red carpet. Even when he does wear a conventional suit, as he did at the GQ Man of the Year Awards in 2019, he’ll still top it off with a ten gallon hat.
His penchant for Westernwear might seem like a far cry from the 1990s grunge aesthetic as typified by Kurt Cobain’s baggy thrift store sweaters and flannels, but tonight Post Malone proved there’s more style overlap between him and the Nirvana frontman than you might think. With Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker in his backing band (and the blessings of both former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Courtney Love), Post Malone livestreamed a Nirvana tribute concert out of his home in Los Angeles earlier tonight.
The rapper put on the concert as a fundraiser for the WHO’s COVID-10 Solidarity Response Fund, and it’s already made quite the impact: they raised $2.6 million in the span of just a few hours. He recreated an iconic Cobain look for the occasion. In a matronly, long floral dress just like the one Cobain wore to a 1990 Nirvana performance in Amherst, Massachusetts, he covered such classics as “Heart-Shaped Box” and “Lithium.” True to form, though, Post Malone put his own spin on the outfit—he added a silver choker made up of little heart charms and a brown trucker hat. Post Malone might be today’s patron saint of sleazy style, but with this convincing turn, you can almost envision an alternate history where he’s the forgotten fourth member of Nirvana.
Originally Appeared on Vogue
