Jaden Smith appears in GQ’s most stylish men issue (along with Ryan Gosling and John Mayer). Jaden’s only 16 years old, but he caught GQ’s eye with his skirt wearing and flower dancing antics this year. The kid has style, although many people don’t think he has good style. I think he owns everything he wears, and it’s cool how GQ isn’t so stuffy with their best dressed requirements. The magazine describes Jaden’s style as “a form of wearable self-expression,” which makes sense since teenagers are all about expressing themselves. Jaden just stands out from the crowd with his fashion choices.
Jaden covers several subjects for this interview. The dominating question asked why he dressed as albino Batman at prom and wore a similar outfit to the Kimye wedding. Jaden’s answers are so Jaden Smith it hurts:
Style as expression: “I’m just expressing how I feel inside, which is really no particular way because everyday it changes how I feel about the world and myself, but I like wearing super drapey things so I can feel as though I’m a super hero, but don’t have to necessarily wear super hero costumes everyday.
Why he stopped wearing animal prints: “I think they’re cool and I used to wear them a lot more when I was a little younger. At 13 I used to call myself the king of animal print, because I would wear them almost everyday, but then I became more conscious and realized I didn’t want to be known as someone who wears animal skins only, so I switched to black.”
On “swerving too hard”: “Well you can get fined for swerving too hard so it’s tough. People may come up to you and say, ”Can you not swerve so hard? I can’t concentrate over here.’ Thats a way to know you’ve swerved too hard, but there are so many others.
Why he does Batman at special events: “I wore the Batman suit to heighten my experience at the wedding and prom which was fun, but also at the wedding I felt as though I needed to protect everyone there and needed to have the proper gear to do so.”
How he dresses for casual days: “First I roll over on the bed I built for myself and look at the ground. If there are clothes I wore from the previous day and they’re not too dirty, that’s what I put on.”
[From GQ]
Jaden also talks about how he doesn’t take style tips from his dad. Can you blame him? Parents are so uncool in general, but Jaden points out how Will used to wear crop tops on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. So we won’t see Jaden swerving in itty bitty tops. He prefers flowing material that makes him feel like a superhero. I don’t think he truly sees himself as a protector of crowds. That’s just one of those spacey statements that comes out of Jaden’s mouth on a regular basis. I wish he’d come back to Twitter.
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