Dsquared2 designers Dean and Dan Caten must have been “Jamming” to Bob Marley when they were creating their Spring/Summer 2023 collection. The line features the late reggae pioneer’s portrait, quotes and nods to his home country, Jamaica. The twins used a yellow, red and green color palette and printed some of Marley’s famous quotes onto bags, T-shirts, sweatshirts and even denim, which debuted on the menswear runway last June.
One quote from the musician embossed on a piece reads: “The most intelligent people is the poorest people. Yes, the thief them rich, pure robbers and thieves, rich! The intelligent and the innocent are poor, are crumbled and get brutalized. Daily.” Other items are printed with the lines: “Me mustn’t fight for my rights, my rights must come to me. If God didn’t want me to sing, I wouldn’t have a song to sing.”
In a cheekier nod to the legendary performer, the back pocket of a pair of jeans boasts the shape of a cannabis leaf.
The designers closed the show wearing matching tees featuring hibiscus flowers over a portrait of Marley. The brand officially partnered for the collection with the Bob Marley Foundation, an organization providing aid to vulnerable and underserved communities throughout Jamaica while enacting lasting change.
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