# What Fashion Is

> “It was so hot in the club that it was difficult to breathe, but Puffy
> was still wearing his suit, and not one button was undone. His tie was
> so tightly knotted it seemed to put a strain on his Adam’s apple. A
> diamond stud was planted in each earlobe. A thick rope of a diamond
> bracelet-from Jacob, the New York jeweller to the hip-hop
> elite-adorned his wrist. He said, “From my manicure to my pedicure,
> from my head to my toe, it’s the swagger that I show the world, it’s
> my face, baby. It’s my walk, my attitude.” He rubbed the wisps of hair
> on his chin. “_Fashion is about leaving on your jacket and tie when
> other people are too hot to bother._”

— Puff Daddy (“I Am Fashion” by Michael Specter in The New Yorker, 9
September 2002)

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