--- title: Zayn Malik: Singer Introduces Giuseppe Zanotti Shoes description: The 'Mind of Mine' singer is collaborating with high-end designer Giuseppe Zanotti to craft a pair of biker boots, making his fashion mark. canonical: https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T15:05:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:22.200Z og:title: Zayn Malik Wants to Sell You Some 'Sick' New Shoes og:description: The singer has collaborated with a high-fashion brand on a pair of biker boots. og:url: https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zayn Malik Wants to Sell You Some 'Sick' New Shoes twitter:description: The singer has collaborated with a high-fashion brand on a pair of biker boots. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Zayn Malik on Why He Wants to Sell You Some 'Sick' New Shoes > Sponsored content. 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It’s fitting: Zayn, who’s best known for his [downbeat, sultry solo music](http://time.com/4444844/zayn-malik-cruel-video-snakehips/?iid=sr-link2) (after splitting from boy band One Direction [in 2015](http://time.com/3758321/zayn-malik-leaves-one-direction/?iid=sr-link6)), is dating Gigi Hadid, one of [fashion’s biggest obsessions](http://time.com/4199569/zayn-malik-pillowtalk-video-gigi-hadid/?iid=sr-link2) and consistently appears decked out in designer gear. [In a new interview with _GQ_](http://www.gq.com/story/zayn-malik-is-so-lit), Zayn — just the first name is needed these days — explained a little more about what goes into his distinctive look. “It’s about being happy to look a bit scruffy,” he said. “I just got into the whole _rock_ sort of feel to clothes—big boots, skinny jeans, and dark T-shirt, and rings. Just the _grungy_ feel.” He may be grungy, but Giuseppe Zanotti certainly isn’t; the brand, which is best known for its sky-high spiky women’s stilettos and chunky men’s sneakers, sells most shoes for [upwards of $700.](http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/Giuseppe-Zanotti/Men/shop/%5F/N-1z12vg5Z52flok/Ne-6lvnb6) Zayn also told _GQ_ that he’s feeling “blessed at the minute by God or whoever it is,” and he’d like to “continually have a presence,” so we expect there will be more fashion to come. > [](https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/763694066181615617) Predictably, his fans got the [hashtag “GiuseppexZayn”](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GiuseppexZayn&src=typd) to trend in certain Twitter markets almost immediately, although it appears to be more about the new photos of the crooner than excitement over the boots themselves. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/"},"headline":"Zayn Malik on Why He Wants to Sell You Some 'Sick' New Shoes","datePublished":"2016-08-11T15:05:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:22.200Z","description":"Coming in 2017","url":"https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/","name":"Zayn Malik on Why He Wants to Sell You Some 'Sick' New Shoes"}}]}] ```