Danny Brown Critiques Rick Owens, Balmain, and Other Looks From Milan and Paris Fashion Week

As told to James Harris (@Dr_TacoMD)

For years now, Danny Brown has had a sense of style that's entirely his own. From famously telling 50 Cent that he wasn't gonna switch up his style to fit in with G-Unit to being one of the first dudes to co-sign Jeremy Scott, DB recently graduated to rocking luxury brands like Balmain, Rick Owens, and Versace. But his personal #style is definitely intact and he pulls off the high-end approach without looking like a member of GOOD Music or the A$AP Mob.

We hit up the Detroit rapper to get his opinions on the latest collections from the Fall 2013 Milan and Paris Fashion Week. Some of the clothes he loved and would fuck with all day in the hood. But he also told us which pieces he would shit on, literally, as in he'd prefer them as bathroom rugs than on his back. Click through to read Danny Brown's critiques of ten high-end luxury designer looks from Milan and Paris Fashion Week.

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"I’m not like a huge Balenciaga fan. I had a couple t-shirts and some jeans and shit. This dude looks like he's trynna dress up streetwear. Like one of those Asian street wear kids who grew up and he got a family and two kids and he’s still trying to stay true to his roots, that’s how he doing it now. The pants is cool. They'd look cool with my McNairy boat shoes, you know what I’m saying? That's how I'd do that.

"The print reminds me of... I’ve seen some Alexander McQueen or something like that before. So I don’t know that's probably why I was fucking with stuff like that cause it reminds me of something I’ve seen before that I liked."

"That’s amazing right there. The shirt is on some 'Sergeant Pepper' Michael Jackson shit. I fucks with that heavy, like I would wear that outfit all day. Of course the pants is fucking amazing, I like the biker shits you know what I’m saying? That’s almost too baller though, I don’t know if I could do the leather. I love that shirt though. That asymmetrical shit, that’s Danny Brown all day, I fucks with that hard. Just chilling on a bare mattress in some mansion - that’s some Danny Brown shit, man.

"He got a nice haircut too. The shoes is alright that’s probably my least favorite of the whole thing. They're a little too flagrant style for me. I just noticed these empty cups on the floor next to him. I didn't even notice that, he probably sips lean. It looks like he’s been sipping lean.

"Is that a turtleneck under that? Or is that the whole shirt? I don’t know if I’m with the turtleneck, I have a long neck so I don’t think I look too cool with a turtleneck. But that’s cool the turtleneck is coming back. I’m all about unpredictable things, so that’s cool that somebody would think that a turtleneck would be poppin’. I’m all about it, but I don’t think I'd get involved with that."

"Alright, alright cool. Out of everything, this probably some shit I would wear in the hood. I could be in the hood and won’t nobody trip on me for this. Like that don’t really look too crazy like most runway shit. I'd just wear these for pajamas and shit, they look comfortable as fuck. That’s one thing I’m all about now with clothes and just being comfortable.

"He’s still stylish as a motherfucker. I still want to be able to wear some shit that’s a good outfit and catch people's eye, and still get attention. But if that shit is uncomfortable it just sucks.

"His face covering, I mean if he want to do some foul things in the streets, he gotta be prepared. I mean to be honest, as fashionable as it looks, it does look like he would break into your house, or rob a bank or something so, that’s probably not something you wanna walk around your suburbs with, you know? They love the Alexander Wang in the hood, for sure, with some Nike boots on and shit."

"Yeah this nigga looking like my man from the Flaming Lips right now. I don’t know I feel like that’s just trying too hard. I just think it’s too much. Maybe that’s just some runway appeal shit, but I’m not a big fan of Comme des Garçons, to be honest. I feel like the pants would be a better bathroom carpet. Yeah, I rather have that be on the floor of my bathroom than on me.

"I mean for a runway show though, I guess that shit was crazy, you know what I’m saying? But after the show, in the street it just remind me of homie from Flaming Lips. The shoes is cool though, I probably like the shoes the most, I fucks with them. Does he have on green socks?"

"Everybody love Givenchy. It's definitely some shit that I fucks with. [A$AP] Rocky told me not to wear Givenchy no more, but I still wear it a little bit. We were just talking on the bus one day, he was like "Yeah man, stop fucking with it," and we were talking about we were gonna start fucking with Ann Demeulemeester and shit. I love her, she’s probably my favorite right now.

"But the Givenchy shit, of course, is great. I would wear that sweater all day. I'm not much really a fan of the jeans, but as far as this look, I mean this is what I expect from them you know what I’m saying?

"This is why they’re so popular right now. This is what people want to wear, so I feel like he hitting it on the head right now. That’s what we talking about with off the runway appeal. This could be in your local hood boutique, this could be in your high end fucking store in London. And different types of people could see that piece and identify with it and rock it. And probably rock it different ways. I could see somebody throwing on a fucking blazer with that or some shit. Somebody in the hood would fucking wear that shit with a fitted hat and some fucking gold chains or something and it still look good."

"That coat is fucking amazing. That’s the type of shit I’m all about right now, shit like that, you get what I’m saying? Looking comfortable in it but it looks great. And like I said, it doesn’t cause too much attention. I could be in the hood with that, you know, probably no one would realize that it cost thousands of dollars.

"This is how I want to look, this is a mature look. He looks like an adult, you get what I’m saying? That’s not kids, that’s not for the kids. We ain’t playing right now. Yeah that’s 2013 Danny Brown shit. It’s all about being an adult. That’s a mature look right there. I fucks with that."

"I wish I could see the underneath layers under that sweater more. I just don’t like the sweater. I don’t like the sleeves on it. It look like a fucking cheap ass sweater and then they just threw some fur on that bitch. Somebody will see it and like it just cause of what it is, just cause of the brand, but for me not really. I’m a label whore with woman, but not for myself, you know?

"Yeah, I wouldn’t spend a lot of money on this. That just don’t seem like a very smart piece to buy. On the runway though this look might kill shit, but off the runway, nah I ain’t fucking with that. Almost like Grace Jones type shit. It looks like Mr. Burns [from The Simpsons] and his gorilla vest. That’s like my favorite Simpsons episode, I talk about that episode too much."

"I just don't like it but only because of this outfit. I just don’t like the way they put this together to be honest. But I like the pieces individually, you know what I’m saying? I just wouldn't wear those together.

"The individual pieces I'm with it, but together it’s just like, I’m straight on that. I like the coat and I like the jacket and I like the pants. The shoes, I don’t know about them though, you know. But everything else, I fucks with it."

"That looks terrible, man. I mean, like I said I'm all about comfort, but that doesn’t look comfortable at all. It looks like Snuffleupagus. I wouldn’t go nowhere near that.

"I’ll step on that in my bathroom. That’s a great bathroom rug. But other than that, the shoes is cool though. Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, and Fendi, they lost in my book. But I found two bathroom rugs. I love bathroom rugs man. Everybody gotta have they feet on something when they on a number two mission. So, it looks comfy for that, you know what I’m saying? For you, for your time."

"Rick Owens is my favorite, man. I like this shape. This is like video game shit. See, that’s another thing - I really like videos games, and I just always want to try to look futuristic too. That’s one thing I love about Rick Owens: he takes mad risks. That’s why I fuck with McNairy and I fuck with Jeremy Scott and CassettePlaya - I like her a lot, too. But Rick Owens, that’s some futuristic shit.

"I mean to me the best shit is of course the fucking pants and the boots. Fuck, if I had the Balmain shirt, these pants and these boots? It’s going down. That’s my outfit, right there, man, I’m telling you. That’s fire.

"I mean it doesn’t look comfortable but it looks fun, man. So I’m with that. That looks great man, I’m with that. Rick Owens is like one of my favorite designers right now. His clothes I feel like represent a lifestyle that I’m all about. Just fun freaky shit, man, it looks like sex and drugs to me."