Cowboy Boots, Bolo Ties, and Fringe as Far as the Eye Can See:

Vogue Goes to the Houston Rodeo

It’s week three of the 2024 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and deep in the underbelly of NRG Stadium, Bernard “Bun B” Freeman is in his dressing room. He wears black leather from neck-to-toe; ribbons of gunmetal fringe run down each leg and across his back in wingspan fashion. A panel of white on his motorcycle jacket reads “UGK”—shorthand for Underground Kings, the hip-hop duo he co-founded with Chad “Pimp C” Butler in Port Arthur, Texas, circa 1987. In a few hours, he’ll take the stage to headline the Houston Rodeo’s “All-American Takeover,” welcoming guests including Drake, Nelly and Rick Ross. But beforehand, he takes a moment to talk fashion.