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Does fashion give you a second chance? After dropping the hardest diss track and performing it at the Super Bowl this is how Celine saved Kendrick Lamar’s flop NFL moment.

By Agranee Singh

Kendrick Lamar at NFL half time show 2025. Source: Getty Images

Bagging 5 Grammys for a diss (disrespect) track, has got to be the craziest thing that has ever happened to a serial hater, and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth deserves all the eyes of the people. But in the eyes of the audience, one minute you’re the legend that dared to speak against Drake himself, and the next minute they don’t even want you performing the hero song Not Like US.

Going against a person who is the most streamed male act on Spotify for almost a decade takes guts. Kendrick decided to take that risk and came back of his supposed retirement just to call Drizzy a “pedophile” leading to the mass popularity of the phrase “A minor”. We all saw it become the sensation of the moment and everyone and their mother knows it by heart.

Lamar opted for a jacket courtesy of Martine Rose. The rapper styled blue jeans by Celine, with a bootcut, and a bulky jacket in blue and white, with several patches on the sleeves, and some Nike sneakers. The denim was originally for Timothée Chalamet, and are size 29 women’s.

“Bootcut is not feminine” concept and illustration by Agranee Singh

Anoushka Gulati, 19, living in Delhi is a Fashion student at Pearl academy and a cult fan of Drake gives her piece of mind, “Personally, I hated Kendrick. People only recognized Celine for their viral shades, after the Super Bowl performance, the bootcut jeans gained hype and I did notice everyone them having a moment again.”

At first glance the outfit wasn’t anything crazy, like you would expect a celeb to wear at this stage, but the critiques love it and so does the audience. This placement earned the French brand $2.3 million in media impact value, according to a blog on WWD (Women’s Wear Daily) dated February 12th,2025. Twitter, TikTok, and fashion’s elite declared it: Kendrick didn’t fumble, he just performed for the wrong audience.

It gets one thinking, how often do we get a do-over just by dressing the part? A bad date salvaged by a killer pair of heels. A career misstep softened by the perfect power suit. In a world that’s quick to judge, fashion, in all its silent eloquence, has a way of whispering. Forget what you saw before. Look now!