Best dresser alive: Derrick Miller

When it comes to poppin’ and lockin’, Derrick Miller is the freshest bboy on the dance floor/street. Who cares if his only moves are reading emails and jumpin’ in cabs. Being creative director for Barker Black Ltd. a.k.a. one of the baddest companies in the shoe business, takes a soldier (or, based on the skull logo, a pirate).

When he’s poppin’ on the floor, he pulls out a few signature moves. One is his cash-colored pocket square. Cash Money, represent! He tosses this down when he goes best dresser on yo ass. To make sure you’re serious about what you’re getting yourself into, he locks you into a mean stare through his bold frames. Pre and post dance, he tosses off and on a bold striped jacket. And after you’re defeated, as you look bashfully at those sneaks you just dropped your allowance on, D tightens his Barker Black insignia tie and flicks off a bead of your sweat from his snuff suede loafers. As he walks out, he catches a glimmer of the bling in his tie clip, and says to himself, “I’m a powerful man. And hell yeah, I’m a rebel.”

For the most part, he doesn’t mind flashing color and that’s what I liked about his style. Derrick’s ability to wear bold stripes and not look like a Wall Streeter is something that this gent does right too. He recognizes fine tailoring and gets ‘em cut slim. That’s the key. Although I’d like to take credit, I’m not the first to recognize his style as something special, in 2008 GQ added him to the Well-Dressed Rebel lineup. He’s also been in the spotlight of The Sartorialist.

photo credit: GQ

photo: The Mod Revival

photo credit: The Sartorialist