Lil Nas X Hits Fashion Week With Coach and His Favorite Stuffed Animal

“It feels great,” said Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X of attending New York Fashion Week for the first time. “I’ve never been able to go before because my schedule didn’t line up.”

Despite her rookie status, Lil Nas X is coming to NYFW with ease. On Monday, he made his catwalk debut for Coach, walking in the label’s spring 2023 show. His appearance, as he wore a Rick James-esque braid, a distressed vest, shorts and jelly sandals, was a standout moment of the heavy leather show. (It feels like a natural evolution for a brand that teamed up with the weird leather bar the Eagle this summer.) As a testament to its natural showmanship, Lil Nas X is undisturbed. threaten. “I wasn’t really nervous enough to walk on the show,” he said. “Compared to live performances — singing and dancing and everything — this is not so stressful.”

The appearance comes just days after he performed the first show for his ongoing Montero world tour, in which he wore custom Coach suits. These include a leather cowboy suit, with plush straps and buckles. There’s also a crop top paired with sequined low-rise pants that subtly stand out in metallic pink and green shades and match the butterfly theme of the concert. “The tour was fun!” Lil Nas X. said: “I love seeing and meeting all the fans and showing them all that I’ve worked so hard to give them the best performance of all time. grand.”

He said he’s a big fan of the dedication to American style that creative director Stuart Vevers has put: “I think Coach and I represent a lot of the same things — expressing ourselves. , innovate and rewrite the rules in fashion. I also love them because they really believe in me and they made so many amazing outfits for me and for my tour. “