A$AP Rocky Crowned Fashion Icon, Honored by CFDA

A$AP Rocky, the ultimate fashion icon, rocked custom Chanel at the CFDA Awards and is set to be honored in 2025! 👑

A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Athelaston Mayers in Harlem, New York, has long transcended his role as a rapper to become one of the most influential figures in contemporary fashion. On November 3, 2025, he was honored with the prestigious Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Presented by Anna Wintour, the award recognized his "truly original approach to fashion" that inspires risk-taking and rule-breaking, as noted by CFDA Chairman Thom Browne. For the occasion, Rocky embodied Chanel-boy elegance in a custom look: a black silk gabardine jacket and pants layered over a butter-yellow silk knit V-neck sweater, finished with a Chanel belt, cap-toe shoes, and vintage jewelry from Briony Raymond. Rihanna, the 2014 recipient of the same award and mother of their three children (including newborn daughter Rocki Irish), supported him in a postpartum-forward Alaïa trench and pleated trousers, marking the couple's first red-carpet appearance as dual Fashion Icon honorees—a historic CFDA first.

Rocky's ascent as a fashion bridge-builder began over a decade ago, when he name-dropped Raf Simons and Rick Owens in his 2011 breakout track "Peso," instantly catapulting underground European designers into hip-hop's mainstream lexicon. What started as lyrical flexing evolved into genuine industry disruption: he became the face of Dior Homme in 2016, fronted Gucci campaigns that nodded to his babushka-scarf era, and starred in Bottega Veneta's familial Father's Day ads with his sons. His collaborations span Puma (where he's overseen multi-season collections like the Harlem-inspired Fall/Winter 2025 ("Built on Jazz in the Concrete Jungle"), Ray-Ban (as its first-ever creative director), Mercedes-Benz via AWGE, and even his own Paris Fashion Week debut with American Sabotage in 2024.