Of the side hustles you might expect from a rapper and grime artist, a talent for embroidery is not the first that springs to mind.
But with his first catwalk show on Saturday, the Mercury prize-winning British musician and producer Skepta showed that his Mains brand has something different to offer than the gold-teeth-big-logo cliches of rapper style. A bomber jacket in ivory bouclé tweed – a fabric that speaks the catwalk language of Chanel, not of streetwear – was embellished with the letter M, hand-embroidered in glass and crystal beads by the creative director himself.
