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Here’s The Story Behind Young Thug’s ‘Jeffery’ Dress & Cover Art

Posted on August 26th, 2016
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Young Thug is definitely not afraid to push the boundaries when it comes to expressing himself. He’s also one of the few rappers out there challenging gender norms when it comes to fashion.

Thug’s taste for gender bending isn’t always embraced by certain hip-hop fans, and that’s exactly what happened last night (August 25th) when he dropped the album cover of his project, No, My Name Is Jeffery, where he’s seen wearing a periwinkle ruffled skirt, a white top, and a pleated parasol-like hat.

Folks had plenty to say about the rapper’s look and took it to Internet to state their opinions.

According to Complex, The FADER spoke with the photographer who took Young Thug’s cover art, as he talked about how the cover came together and revealed the story behind the show-stopping dress.

Garfield Larmond broke down in details his experience working with the Atlanta rapper by saying:

Before I got to do this photoshoot, [Young Thug] actually had another photoshoot for the cover in Atlanta when I was out of town. They got the photos back and one day we were in the studio, and he mentioned he didn’t like them. We were in the studio, actually, with Wyclef [Jean], and I was shooting some stuff for them, when he decided to make a post on Instagram explaining that the tape was delayed because of the cover artwork and all that.

Some time went by. We ended up in New York to meet up with [VFILES founder] Julie Anne Quay because Young Thug is about to be a mentor for VFILES’ fashion panel. One of the pieces that they showed during that meeting was a piece by this designer, Alessandro Trincone. So, we were just looking through the photos at the end of the shoot, and [Thug] said, “What’s that? I need it.” We didn’t expect VFILES to say they could send the piece to us, but they were like, ‘We can get the whole outfit to you in Atlanta.’

We left New York, went to L.A., got back to Atlanta, and then got the word that the piece was in. I didn’t even know we were going to have the photoshoot, but, the day of, they called me and said, ‘Hey, we need to set this shoot up now to get these photos done.”

Check out the full story on Complex.com.

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