Andre 3000
Andre 3000: "Just Because You Like to Dress Well ... That Don't Mean You're Gay!"
"People feel like, just because you like to dress well ... that don't mean you're gay! I don't know where that came from!" said Andre Benjamin, a.k.a. Andre 3000 of Outkast, at the launch of his men's clothing line at Barneys last night. He wore some of the line, called Benjamin Bixby, himself: a red polo shirt with a big white "X" on the front, loose-fitting jeans held up by suspenders, wide-brimmed fedora (think George Clooney in the recent flop Leatherheads). "My thing is the 1930s," explained Mr. Benjamin, who was besieged by admirers near a railing overlooking the women's floor below and guarded by a publicist. read more »
At GQ Party, André 3000 Dishes On Fashion Influences, East Village
Last night at around 8 p.m., André Benjamin (a.k.a. André 3000) showed up at a party space in Rockefeller Center, where GQ and the C.F.D.A. co-hosted a celebration honoring the best new menswear designers in America. After Mr. Benjamin, 32, said hello to GQ’s editor-in-chief, Jim Nelson, the ever-nattily-clad OutKast musician-actor-designer spoke with the Daily Transom about, among other things, cool clothes. read more »
