Look of the Week: It’s Drake’s birthday and he’ll wear red leather pants if he wants to

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If you were a polarizing Canadian rapper who had a tumultuous end to your 30s and had spent the better part of the last year releasing a trove of new music to change the narrative, what would you want to signal through your 40th birthday attire?

Drake, who turned 40 on Saturday, appeared over the weekend in a series of over-the-top outfits that seemed to relay a message: new decade, new Drake. And while he’s always favored a big coat, a cozy knit or, better yet, a big and cozy knit, the new tenets of his style seem to highlight his tendencies toward , maximalist, playful and sometimes absurd pairings.

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His big brown poncho, or as The Cut dubbed it, his “Christian Girl Autumn” look, went viral so quickly that it generated Halloween costume inspiration in less than a day. But then he followed it up with this: a custom Chrome Hearts faux-fur leopard print jacket emblazoned with red crosses, a flowy white dress shirt, matching slick red leather pants and burgundy cowboy boots. The look also had a subtle, sentimental touch; he wore a portrait of his parents housed inside a custom Anomaly Relic necklace gifted to him by his stylist, Juliet Charlotte. She also confirmed she’s the one behind his full set of birthday outfits.

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Turning 40 is a big milestone for anyone, especially for people with no shortage of funds to do strange or extravagant things to stave off a mid-life crises. Grace Kelly famously threw a lavish Scorpio party, Beyoncé launched an interactive website and Kim Kardashian hosted a private-island affair that was criticized for being tone deaf during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Over the past year, Drake has seemingly wrestled with when to lay low and when to pull stunts. But for his birthday, he leaned into the latter, reportedly booking the Backstreet Boys for a private performance at Cipriani in New York and giving away $1 million to his guests during the party. His birthday looks set the tone of the weekend, and when it comes to public perception, you either love or hate the rapper, and the same goes for his sense of style. You almost have to admire his later-in-life embrace of kitsch. (Remember his filled-to-the-brim room of Hermès Birkins set aside for his future wife?)

Though he has yet to announce dates, Drake has signaled he’ll tour next year following his three-part album release of 2026. It’ll be an opportunity for a full rebrand and a reminder that Drake is never afraid to be unapologetically, well, Drake.

编者按： “每周最佳造型”是一个定期系列，旨在剖析过去七天中最受关注的穿搭，内容涵盖好的、坏的和丑陋的造型。

如果你是一位极具争议的加拿大说唱歌手，30岁末期经历了一段动荡时期，并且在过去一年里发布了大量新音乐来改变人们对你的固有印象，那么你希望通过40岁生日的着装来表达什么呢？

周六刚满40岁的德雷克，周末期间以一系列夸张的造型亮相，似乎在传递一个信息：新十年，新德雷克。虽然他一直以来都偏爱厚外套、舒适的针织衫，或者更确切地说，是既厚又舒适的针织衫，但他的新风格似乎更凸显了他追求极致、玩味，有时甚至是荒诞的搭配倾向。

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他那件棕色大披风，或者像《The Cut》杂志所称的“基督教女孩秋日造型”，迅速走红网络，不到一天就成了万圣节装扮的灵感来源。但紧接着，他又换上了另一套造型：一件定制的Chrome Hearts仿皮草豹纹夹克，上面饰有红色十字架，内搭一件飘逸的白色衬衫，下身是与之相配的亮红色皮裤和酒红色牛仔靴。这身装扮还蕴含着一份微妙的情感：他佩戴了一条定制的Anomaly Relic项链，项链里装着他父母的照片，这是他的造型师Juliet Charlotte送给他的礼物。Juliet Charlotte也证实，他生日当天的所有服装都是她一手打造的。

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四十岁对任何人来说都是一个重要的里程碑，尤其对于那些财力雄厚、喜欢做些稀奇古怪或铺张浪费的事情来逃避中年危机的人来说更是如此。格蕾丝·凯莉曾举办过一场奢华的天蝎座主题派对，碧昂丝推出过一个互动网站，而金·卡戴珊则在新冠疫情爆发的第一年举办了一场私人岛屿派对，但这场派对却因被认为与时俱进而饱受诟病。

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过去一年，德雷克似乎一直在纠结何时该低调行事，何时该搞噱头。但为了庆祝生日，他选择了后者，据报道，他邀请了后街男孩在纽约的Cipriani餐厅进行私人演出，并在派对上向宾客们赠送了100万美元。他的生日造型为整个周末定下了基调，而对于这位说唱歌手，公众的看法可谓是两极分化，他的穿衣风格也同样如此。你几乎不得不佩服他晚年对媚俗风格的拥抱。（还记得他为未来的妻子准备的那间堆满爱马仕铂金包的房间吗？）

虽然德雷克尚未公布具体日期，但他已暗示将在2026年发行三张专辑后于明年进行巡回演出。这将是一次彻底的品牌重塑机会，也将再次提醒人们，德雷克从不畏惧做真实的自己，嗯，就是德雷克。