Diddy can dress to impress the jury at his upcoming sex trafficking trial after a judge ruled he could wear his own clothes.
The disgraced hip hop mogul can ditch the prison issue, tan colored top and pants next week when jury selection begins and for the remainder of the case.
But the judge set certain conditions on Diddy, who has designed his own clothing range and once won a prestigious fashion industry award.
He can only have up to five pairs of pants, shirts and socks and only two pairs of shoes – with no laces.
There was no mention of jewelry so Diddy may be able to bring the bling if he wanted.
Diddy, 55, whose real name is Sean Combs, denies sex trafficking and other charges.
Jury selection at the federal court in New York is due to begin on May 5th and opening statements on May 12th.
Diddy’s lawyers made the application for him to wear clothes other than those from the grim Metropolitan Detention Center, where he is being held, to Judge Arun Subramanian.
In his ruling, the judge said: ‘The defendant Sean Combs, Inmate # 37452-054, will be permitted to receive non-prison clothing at the MDC to wear for his trial scheduled to begin on May 5, 2025.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 55, can dress to impress the jury at his upcoming sex trafficking trial after a judge ruled he could wear his own clothes. Pictured: Diddy stands as he is arraigned on a superseding indictment ahead of his May trial on sex trafficking charges on March 14
Diddy’s lawyers made the application for him to wear clothes other than those from the grim Metropolitan Detention Center, where he is being held, to Judge Arun Subramanian
The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where Diddy is in custody in Brooklyn, New York
‘He is permitted to have up to five button down shirts, up to five pairs of pants, up to five sweaters, up to five pairs of socks, and up to two pairs of shoes without laces to wear to court’.
Before his fall from grace Diddy was considered one of the most fashionable men on the planet.
His high point came in 2004 when he won the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for his own fashion line, Sean John, which came to prominence in the ‘Bad Boy’ era in the 1990s and was worn by Paris Hilton and Rihanna among others.
A feature in Vogue magazine in 2019 to mark Diddy’s 50th birthday said it was ‘hard to overstate the sartorial impact’ he had in the fashion world.
The article said that celebrities like Cardi B and Kanye West owe their success in part to Diddy who ‘stormed the gates 20 years earlier, introducing the establishment to the dominant sound of youth culture and a brash aesthetic, turning the concept of luxury on its head with an inclusive viewpoint and extroverted swagger’.
Diddy himself said that his style could be traced back to growing up in Harlem.
He said: ‘Coming from Harlem, your style is everything; you can’t compromise on your style. So, I didn’t compromise; I was going to be straight to the point. They would feel the confidence, and they would start shooting because I was in a light phase. I was shining real bright, my energy, and just the overall frequency and vibration’.
Before his fall from grace Diddy was considered one of the most fashionable men on the planet. Pictured: Sean Combs arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Diddy has already made one major change to his appearance since his arrest: he has allowed his hair to go gray and white. Pictured: Combs sits at the defense table during his pretrial conference next to Teny Geragos, member of his defense team on April 25
Diddy denies sex trafficking and other charges. Pictured: The Real White Party presented by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at the Combs’ East Hampton estate on September 2, 2007
Diddy has already made one major change to his appearance since his arrest: he has allowed his hair to go gray and white.
He shocked the court earlier this year by appearing without his customary black hairstyle, with the gray making him look significantly older.
At a hearing last week Diddy’s lawyers suggested their defense will be that he was a swinger but not a rapist.
Attorney Marc Agnifilo said that his client may have thought his behavior was ‘appropriate’ but others did not.
Prosecutors say that Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted numerous women and engaged in a decades-long racketeering operation to keep it quiet.