US EditionLook of the Week: Was there a hidden message in Erykah Badu’s ‘booty’ bodysuit?
- Erykah Badu wore a curvaceous knit bodysuit at Billboard's Women in Music ceremony on Saturday.
- Myah Hasbany, a non-binary Central Saint Martins student, designed the "booty suit" for Badu's performance.
- The hand-knit bodysuit featured exaggerated breasts and a rotund behind, requiring nearly a year to create.
- Hasbany told CNN they used vintage mohair and yarns from eBay to create the eight pieces.
- The outfit sparked social media debate, with some seeing commentary on body image and colonial exploitation.
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Erykah Badu And The Commodification Of Black Bodies
In March, Erykah Badu was honored with the Icon Award at Billboard’s 2025 Women in Music Awards. The award acknowledged Badu’s contributions to music, but it was her fashion prowess that stole the show. Made in collaboration with Texas-born designer Myah Hasbany (Badu and Hasbany attended the same high school ), the “booty suit” looks exactly like the name suggests. The flesh-toned suit featured an exaggerated lower half, protuberantly knit in th
Badonkizm: Social Media Goes On & On About Erykah Badu’s’
Source: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Social media is buzzing over Erykah Badu‘s mind-BBLowing ‘booty suit’ that stole the whole entire show at this year’s star-studded Billboard Women In Music Awards in La La Land. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Myah (@myahhasbany) The “Window Seat” songstress was presented with the Icon Award before running through classic hits, anthems, and JAMS in the asstounding apparatus that ca…
Erykah Badu Celebrates Womanhood in Oversized BBL Bodysuit
If you’ve followed Erykah Badu long enough, you know the neo-soul artist and fashionista will make a statement on any day, at any time and on any stage. So, when she took the mic at the 2025 Billboard Music in Music Awards dressed in what she described as a “full figure form” on social media, the internet quickly began buzzing with questions…
Singer Erykah Badu turned heads when she took the stage at the Billboard Women in Music ceremony wearing a brown knit suit with ample curves to perform the song "Annie Don't Wear No...
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