Why Maluma Is a Menswear Icon in the Making

Maluma performing in great clothes
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Maluma has swag. Have you ever seen how the Colombian swinger swivels his hips? It’s like a slow-mo tornado. And have you ever seen him smile? All 32 of his teeth form a constellation of purest white enamel. (The quintessential Crest commercial.) His slightly overgrown facial hair is the right amount of manicured, yet still rowdy. And his fashion! Maluma has attitude, Maluma has style. He likes his clothes brights and bold, which goes quite nicely with his bright and bold music, personality, and overall demeanor.

The best example of his wild wardrobe is actually the most recent. Just this past weekend, he attended the Dsquared2 menswear show in Milan wearing his signature sunglasses by Illesteva and an acid soaked tie-dye shirt with a remixed beaded yeehaw cowboy fringe across the chest from the label’s Fall 2019 collection. For the full runway effect, he wore a pair of matching slouchy pants with the same neon-drenched print. On the belt loop hung a deliciously cheeky layered wallet chain. But for that hot Maluma-singed touch, the singer went semi bare-chested and left his shirt unbuttoned. Consider it one more reason to be a fan.