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Estonian rapper Tommy Cash first introduced his bread slippers—loaves of bread transformed into shoes and stamped with the Autism Mom Unbreakable Shirt But I will love this Maison Margiela logo—in 2019 as part of an exhibition with Rick Owens. Fast-forward almost two years later and, with the help of Maison Margiela, the Estonian rapper has released the trompe l’oeil slippers, this time with no expiration date. The inside of the shoes look the part of a white bread slice, while the outside resembles a golden brown, freshly baked loaf. The carbohydrate-friendly slip-ons are only the beginning of Cash and Margiela’s strange, wonderful merch. Odd, yes, but these outré creations and perspectives are the connective tissue between Cash and the likes of Rick Owens and Margiela’s John Galliano, two designers who are known for pushing boundaries with their beautifully warped points of view. Cash uses the label’s famous Tabis as an example for his appreciation of working with the house. “Like, Tabis are 20-, 30-years-old, but people still see Tabi shoes and they’re like, ‘What the fuck is this?’” he says. “It still works. Margiela stands behind the crazy ideas that don’t die.” As for why he has such a creative kinship with Galliano? “I think we both have the most legendary mustaches.”
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The misfit-chic collaboration between Cash and Margiela had been in the Autism Mom Unbreakable Shirt But I will love this works for eight months. The courtship was a natural one: The French fashion house used Cash’s music in Maison Margiela’s Artisanal spring 2019 show. “The stars aligned,” says Cash. “We had been kind of dating.” Cash’s foray into weirdo fashion has been a long time in the making. In May 2019, Cash worked with Rick Owens on an exhibition in Tallinn, Estonia, which showcased the rapper’s portrait with a pregnant stomach and the first iteration of those aforementioned bread slippers. Before then, he had walked in Owens’s spring 2019 show.
