When choosing to wear a house on your head

One person showed up to the Grammys this past weekend wearing a building:

Jaden Smith, the son of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, turned heads when he walked the red carpet ahead of 2025’s Grammy Awards—even if he could barely turn his own.

The younger Smith arrived with a diorama of a castle enveloping his head, with his face poking out of a circular hole. The headpiece was created by designer ABODI, which is apparently called “Vampire Castle.” (Vanity Fair pointed me to ADOBI’s site, which lists the so-called “wearable” piece for €4,500, which amounts to roughly $4,602.80. A bargain!)

On its Instagram account, the brand wrote, “The artistic headpiece combines the mysterious elegance of ABODI Transylvania with a bold, modern design inspired by Transylvanian history and the vampire legends of the Bathori.”

This is a unique fashion choice in at least two ways. First, the decision to wear a building on one’s head. Second, by the choice of building to wear.

The only time I have seen something close to this is at a few graduations where a few students put buildings on top of their mortarboard graduation cap. Some of these students were architecture students and this provided a platform for them to display a particular structure.

If people had to wear a building, what would they choose? How about a basic ranch house or a McMansion? Perhaps certain landmarks would be popular, like the Eiffel Tower or the Burj Khalifa. I do not see the trend catching on soon but one might want to be prepared to have an answer.

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