George Clinton — the music legend who brought “One Nation Under Groove” — says that you have to think out of your comfort zone to be out of this world. “We always was trying to make sure we was down with whatever was happening,” Clinton, 82, told The Post about his seven decades of culture-shifting garbing and grooving. “And the only way to do that is to pick up on the stuff that sounds the most ridiculous to you, that looks the most ridiculous to you.“That usually is the stuff that’s getting ready to knock you out of the box.
So when I see kids getting on my nerves [with their style statements], I know that’s the new s—t.”The “Atomic Dog” master is keeping in slamming style with his third collaboration with John Fluevog Shoes, which includes not only some space-surfing sneakers but a beach-ready bucket hat.“We started doing it, and I did not realize that George was an artist,” said Fluevog, 76. “So I go, ‘Well, send me some of your art, some images and stuff.’ And then we took those images that he had, and we imprinted it on the leather of the shoes that we did for him.
And that was, to me, the clicker that made it work.”And now, you can feel Clinton’s beat in his sneaks.“It’s funk, it’s jazz, it’s just letting yourself loose,” said Fluevog. “Your funk is your funk.”As Clinton makes another fresh style statement, he looks back on some of the iconic fashion moments in his career — from Parliament-Funkadelic to Prince.Looking like the grooviest octogenarian you’ll ever see, George Clinton rocks his Soul Speed Bonneville mesh lace-up sneakers from his latest collaboration with John Fluevog Shoes, as well as a bucket hat by the designer.
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