button down, a cotton tee, and a skateboard. All three sold out within minutes. Each item features at least a portion of one of the multi-platinum emcee’s most memorable photos: the Hard Core promotional poster.
The image is nothing short of notorious. In it, she’s squatting, wrists resting on her knees, eyes fixed on the camera while she’s wearing a duster from Patricia Field’s boutique, a leopard print bikini, and a pair of size 4 1/2 heeled sandals.
It was an instant phenomenon and decades later, it has become an emblem of sex appeal and womanist progression. In honor of Supreme’s homage to Queen Bee, we talked to the rap icon herself about working with the brand, the pose people still can’t get enough of, and what she wants people to think about her style.
Read our conversation below. ESSENCE: So tell me about the Hard Core poster image that appears on Supreme’s newest drop.
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