Music and fashion collide in a bold new capsule collection from rapper A$AP Nast and avant-garde label Comme des Garçons SHIRT. Merging the irreverent spirit of 1990s streetwear with the sharp visual language of Comme des Garçons, the collaboration offers a fresh, personal take on modern style. The 12-piece collection—featuring T-shirts, cardigans, and shirting—draws from Nast’s upcoming album 90’s Era Nasty and serves as both a sartorial and sonic statement. Exclusively available at Dover Street Market locations around the world, the capsule brings together two creative forces at the intersection of culture, rebellion, and design.
A creative union of style and sound
Fashion and hip-hop have always shared a symbiotic relationship, and A$AP Nast is no stranger to that creative overlap. Known for his effortless style and boundary-pushing music, the Harlem-born rapper—who first caught fashion’s eye as a VMAN cover star—has teamed up with Japanese fashion powerhouse Comme des Garçons SHIRT to release a capsule that brings his upcoming album 90’s Era Nasty to life in fabric form.
The collaboration is significant for more than just its sharp silhouettes. A$AP Nast becomes the first recording artist to reimagine and customize existing Comme des Garçons SHIRT pieces. The capsule is a curated, 12-style array featuring T-shirts, cardigans, and button-downs—each one infused with personal touches that merge Nast’s visual identity with the high-art sensibility of Comme des Garçons.
A personal archive of the ’90s
The collection is a direct homage to Nast’s upcoming project 90’s Era Nasty, a title that hints at more than just musical inspiration. Rooted in the artist’s appreciation for the gritty, raw energy of ’90s fashion and culture, the pieces reflect a nostalgic return to oversized silhouettes, DIY graphic work, and bold attitude.
The graphics, which appear throughout the capsule, are a blend of Nast’s own logo and hand-selected iconography drawn from the era—think lo-fi street visuals, punk-tinged fonts, and ironic urban motifs. The result is a capsule that bridges decades: classic Comme des Garçons deconstruction with a distinctly East Coast hip-hop flavor.
“I wanted it to feel like a wearable playlist,” Nast said of the collaboration. “Each piece should feel like a track off the album—personal, a little rough around the edges, but still timeless.”
A campaign with character
Bringing the collection’s irreverent mood to life is a cheeky visual campaign shot entirely on film by British photographer and director Dexter Navy, a longtime creative collaborator of A$AP Nast. Known for his cinematic style and work with A$AP Rocky and Skepta, Navy channels a lo-fi, candid aesthetic that complements the raw energy of the capsule.
The campaign features an unexpected star: a mischievous bull terrier, who appears alongside Nast in a series of stylized portraits. The imagery captures the same blend of humor, swagger, and subcultural nods that define both Nast’s music and the Comme des Garçons brand ethos. “It was important for us to keep it playful,” says Navy. “This collection isn’t about looking perfect—it’s about attitude, personality, and history.”
A global drop at fashion’s coolest addresses
True to Comme des Garçons’ fashion-forward DNA, the capsule is being distributed exclusively through Dover Street Market locations around the world. The cult-favorite concept store—known for its brutalist interiors and next-gen fashion edits—is the ideal stage for the collection’s global debut.
From London to Tokyo to New York, Dover Street Market has built a reputation as a home for the avant-garde and the experimental. In aligning with A$AP Nast, the retailer reinforces its status as a cultural tastemaker at the intersection of fashion, music, and streetwear.
“We’ve always looked to highlight talent that sits outside the traditional fashion mold,” a DSM spokesperson noted. “Nast represents a new kind of designer—one who uses fashion as an extension of his sound, his mood, his world.”
The legacy of Comme des Garçons SHIRT
Comme des Garçons SHIRT, a sub-line of Rei Kawakubo’s pioneering label, is known for its experimental approach to wardrobe essentials. While the main Comme des Garçons line leans toward high-concept art fashion, SHIRT offers a wearable take on the house’s signature rebellion.
This capsule maintains that tension—between classic and strange, polished and raw—and pushes it further by inviting a musician, rather than a designer, into the creative fold. The move is as unexpected as it is fitting. In an industry increasingly driven by cross-pollination, collaborations like this feel less like gimmicks and more like genuine artistic experiments.
The A$AP Nast x Comme des Garçons SHIRT capsule collection is now available exclusively at Dover Street Market stores globally. For fans of ’90s nostalgia, raw personal expression, and cutting-edge fashion, this collection hits all the right notes—literally.
