When Usher stepped onto the stage at Harlem Fashion Row’s 18th Annual Fashion Show & Style Awards, the moment was already weighted with symbolism. He was there to receive the Virgil Abloh Award, a prize named for a designer who turned the idea of Black American creativity into a global institution. His look rose to meet the occasion.
Usher in AMIRI
AMIRI’s fall-winter 2025 leather-striped suit was Usher’s armor of choice. A double-breasted blazer with sharp lapels set the tone, the cropped trousers nodded to disco-era tailoring, and MA slip-on loafers grounded the fit.
A peached shirt and velvet-stripe tie added texture games, while Hollywood sunglasses kept the whole picture locked in star mode.
It was a knowing combination. Leather tailoring carries its own history. Once the uniform of bikers, later claimed by musicians, and by the 2000s, a red-carpet flex for performers who blurred lines between stage wear and suiting. By stepping into AMIRI’s striped version, Usher tapped every era at once.
Usher, who has spent three decades turning R&B into global spectacle, stood as proof that style and sound move in parallel lines. His look affirmed an artist of enduring influence, at once nodding to the past and signaling the future, as he accepted an award named for a man who built bridges out of that same dual presence.
