The right suit can flip a narrative: search Google for “A$AP Rocky f-” and the first result is not “A$AP Rocky facing jail” (that’s currently second) but rather, “A$AP Rocky fashion”.
As for why A$AP Rocky is on trial, Esquire summed it up best on Instagram: “We’re just getting word that in addition to two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, A$AP Rocky has been charged with looking entirely too f***ing cool at court, a misdemeanor”.
When retired optometrist Terry Sanderson was found at fault for comparative negligence after skiing into Gwyneth Paltrow on the slopes of Deer Valley (he initially alleged it was the other way around and it was she who’d crashed into him), what made the trial such a media event wasn’t just its ludicrous nature (so entertaining it spawned a hit London musical) or the fact of Paltrow’s A-list status.
Why courtrooms are the new catwalk: A$AP Rocky and the enduring appeal of court case chic The internet is salivating over A$AP Rocky again.
Sometimes, that’s the right strategy: as when Nigella Lawson ditched her classic sartorial seductions for a more demure black outfit while appearing in court twelve years ago amid a trial against her ex-husband’s former aides.
