Is Diddy Bringing Back the Old-School Roach Clip?
There’s a reason they call him Puff Daddy.
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul and an icon of MTV’s golden era, made a big return to the VMAs stage this week. He performed a greatest-hits medley alongside City Girls’s Yung Miami and Keyshia Cole, before returning to form to host his own post-show afterparty in New York City. In true Puffy mode, he wore a great evening look for the occasion. Along with his black satin Saint Laurent cowl-neck blouse and matching trousers, he accessorized with a black durag and a slender gold telescopic cigarette holder that held, naturally, some sort of rolled cigarette. Chic!
The move of brandishing a cigarette holder—or, as the case may be, a roach clip—has become a lost art. Perhaps it’s because cigarette smoking falls in and out of vogue constantly (though from what I hear through the grapevine, it’s currently so back), and people get their nicotine fix (or otherwise) in all sorts of alternative ways these days. Nonetheless, if you’re someone who gets the shoppies, the most wholesome part of having a vice or hobby is that such activities often call for fun accessories. In our post-legalization era, joint cases, vintage ashtrays, high-tech vapes, and printed rolling papers have all gotten their shine as of late—hell, even Seth Rogen and his kitschy smoke-ware brand, Houseplant, have gotten in on the weed accouterment game. Roach clips have yet to make a grand comeback, and it really seems like Diddy’s onto something with this one. Let him, as they say, cook…
27 Best Weed Gifts for All Your High-Minded Friends
Pax Plus
$250.00, Pax
Edie Parker Righteous Bush crewneck
$75.00, Edie Parker
Boy Smells Kush candle
$38.00, Nordstrom
Houseplant block table lighter
$220.00, Huckberry
Veil OG room spray
$20.00, Tetra
Pendleton the original Westerley sweater
$249.00, Pendleton
Vessel Helix
$65.00, Vessel
Laundry Day Tsubota pearl aluminum lighter
$55.00, Laundry Day
Old Pal Provisions "Share the Stoke" pocket shirt
$48.00, Old Pal Provisions
Session Goods ashtray
$48.00, Session Goods
Mister Green Bong Water glass
$10.00, Mister Green
Diversion Stash Safes 3M Scotch Brite lint roller
$16.00, Amazon
Stündenglass gravity infuser
$600.00, Stündenglass
Another Room jointlocker
$24.00, Another Room
Sackville & Co. blue jelly rolling stand
$20.00, Sackville & Co.
Summerland Ceramics Chongo bong
$250.00, Cannabox
Flower by Edie Parker banana glass fruit pipe
$135.00, Flower by Edie Parker
Papers + Ink Gucci swirls rolling paper
$28.00, Papers + Ink
Higher Standards Aerospaced by HS weed grinder
$22.00, Higher Standards
Dad Grass hemp CBD pre-rolled joints
$35.00, Dad Grass
Yew Yew stash bag
$45.00, Yew Yew
Banana Bros Otto electric grinder
$150.00, Amazon
"Bong Appétit: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Weed"
$28.00, Bookshop
Session Goods glass bong
$185.00, Session Goods
DangleBong titanium water pipe
$140.00, Smoke Cartel
Kiehl's Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal concentrate
$55.00, Kiehls
Jonathan Adler Druggist weed cannister
$240.00, Jonathan Adler
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