The Chosen One is on the pursuit of… breaking gender norms. On Saturday, Kid Cudi (née Scott Mescudi) wore a floral dress designed in collaboration with Off-White’s Virgil Abloh as a tribute to Kurt Cobain on Saturday Night Live on April 10. The dress was a nod to the floral number the late singer wore on the cover of The Face magazine in 1993, People reported. “Virgil designed the dress for me. I told him I wanted to show love to Kurt [with] a floral print sundress and this man made a masterpiece. Thank You @virgilabloh ur a f—– genius!! Love you man we did it!!!” Kid Cudi wrote. Abloh told GQ creating the dress for Kid Cudi was a no brainer. “Cudi and I have history that goes back 10 years. He was on the set of a film shooting on an odd time zone and goes, ‘I need a dress for SNL.’ I said, “Say no more. I’m on it.”
Cudi!!! pic.twitter.com/jn5W4iPeoe
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 11, 2021
Abloh continued: “That dress and all Cudi’s looks have an homage to Kurt Cobain and Chris Farley. The heritage of the setting was important from the beginning. The dress fits the way it does precisely on purpose. It doesn’t cop out at the very end and get loose at the top so it looks more safe. No, it’s a dress from a loved one’s closet. Cudi and I are ‘faux against the grain’ for fun, we really are independent thinkers.” Further, Abloh said “for me, it represents personal empowerment despite any social norm. It vehemently represents confidence. It’s Cudi knocking on your television screen saying, ‘Hey! Be yourself.’ Day one fans of Cudi know that he isn’t the norm. He has only ever been himself.”
It's been 27 years since Kurt Cobain died. Which as of last week is now longer than he was alive.
Respect to @KidCudi for using his platform & @nbcsnl appearance to pay tribute to Kurt's legacy of struggle, authenticity, creativity for freedom, vulnerability, & individual style. pic.twitter.com/BItMNmKkMw
— Aaron Vallely (@Vallmeister) April 11, 2021
The good news is Kid Cudi also teased an upcoming collaboration with Abloh on Twitter — writing “Im doin a collection w Off White and the dress will be included!!”— and we can’t wait to see the rest of the collection.
