Watch Desiigner and a Model Work Out on the Street in This Wacky Vogue Video

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | June 14, 2016 | 7:25pm

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One of the many indignities of being a model is that occasionally, you will be asked to work out under Manhattan’s FDR Drive wearing nothing but a bathing suit. One of the many indignities of being a Vogue reader is that often, you will be watching one of their videos and, out of nowhere, a model begins dancing when… it is clear that is not her natural state.

I digress. Vogue videos have actually been pretty great lately, other than the whole models dancing situation; it’s been a way for the publication to cover musicians (particularly: rappers) that have a fat chance in hell of ever landing a spot in-book. In the above, as a companion to writer Marjon Carlos’s stylish profile of Brooklyn rapper Desiigner—you know, the guy who does that “Panda” jam you can’t stop bumping—Vogue has filmed the 18-year-old alongside Andreea Diaconu and required the latter to parkour in $500 swimwear. Desiigner is known for making overly excitable-looking faces while performing; here, those faces and turn-up/spazz-out arms are juxtaposed with him attempting to practice tae chi with some fellows on the street, as well as Diaconu doing bicycle abs on the pier in $1600 Nina Ricci sandals. Just like everyone in New York does it!