Babushka

RAPPERS RULE AT PARIS FASHION WEEK

Here are two things you don’t see very often at a Kenzo menswear fashion show in Paris: First we saw Cardi B’s rough and tumble husband Offset, wearing Kenzo flower print denim with a BABUSHKA! We remember babushkas from Chicago – older Polish and Russian women wore these headscarves tied under the chin. Looks like Babushkas are a thing with rappers now… Also in the crowd outside the Kenzo show, it was nice to see new Louis Vuitton Creative Director Pharrell Williams and his wife Helen dressed head to toe in Kenzo THEMSELVES – supporting another designer! We’ve never seen THAT before. Pharrell is making lots of friends on his new job…

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By Janet / June 24, 2023

Babushka Maluma

HEY- WHAT’S THAT ON MALUMA’S HEAD ?

Here’s something you don’t see very often – a famous singer in a suit wearing a babushka. Of course, Maluma is not the FIRST famous guy to wear a headscarf in this Eastern European grandma style – the first was rapper ASAP Rocky, who took considerable teasing for it. Colombian born singer Maluma, 28, who has performed with Madonna, loves unique and colorful fashion, and he’s not above wearing pearls, but he draws the line at skirts, so the babushka is a surprise. Lately he’s been bleaching his hair a fetching platinum blonde so maybe he’s got his hair covered today to conceal black roots…

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By Janet / March 6, 2022

A$AP Rocky Babushka

WHY WE MISSED A$AP ROCKY WHILE HE WAS “AWAY”

We’re happy to see A$AP Rocky out of that Swedish prison for more than one reason. We missed his playful fashion ideas. You might remember last year when Rocky appeared at a fancy LACMA event wearing a babushka on his head. Granted, it WAS a Gucci scarf, but he was immediately compared to an eastern European grandma. Rocky confessed he had a scooter accident and ended up with a big gash in his face that eventually required plastic surgery. He used the scarf to cover it up, but was so amused by the attention the scarf brought him that he continued wearing babushkas after the wound healed, wrote a song called Babushka, and he encouraged other guys to wear them too! It would be a crime for such a fashionista to languish in prison!

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By Janet / August 12, 2019