Jaden Smith Explains Why He Wore a Batman Suit to KimYe's Wedding
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By Jake Woolf
You could chalk Jaden Smith’s outlandish style up to his age. Or to the fact that he’s the son and heir apparent to a guy once known as the Fresh Prince. But we think the real story is that the sixteen year-old actor/rapper/Twitter philosopher was born with an organic ability to fearlessly and winningly wear whatever he pleases, crashing across old-fashioned boundaries as he goes. With Jaden, leopard print tights are his everyday jeans.Dresses are his T-shirts. White Batman costumes are his formalwear. If style is just a form of wearable self-expression, this kid has it dialed.
What’s the first outfit you remember choosing for yourself as a kid?
I remember these duck boots. They were just duck boots, but I would wear the normal Batman suit or my Spider-Man suit with them and never take them off.
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When you’re getting dressed in the morning, where do you start? Shoes? Shirt? Explain how you build your look.
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.
What do you feel you’re expressing through style?
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.
What do you like about 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.
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From L to R: Jaden Smith at prom, ComicCon, and then Kimye wedding.
Why did you wear a white Batman suit to Kim and Kanye’s wedding and prom? Tell us the story behind it.
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 does one know when they’ve swerved too far?
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.
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What’s a style lesson you learned from your dad? Do you have a favorite Fresh Prince look?
My dad went on national television with a crop top on showing his belly button and to this day he regrets it, so I show him pictures of it and he thinks its literally hilarious. Thats my favorite Fresh Prince outfit by far.
Who are your style icons?
My style icons are Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Superman, and Kanye West.
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