RODGERS AND GRACE JONES. COURTESY OF NILE RODGERS.

RODGERS WITH EDDIE MURPHY. COURTESY OF NILE RODGERS; MADONNA AND RODGERS, NEW YORK, 1984.PHOTO: DAVID McGOUGH.

TUXEDO, SHIRT,  AND TIE: SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE.


GROOMING PRODUCTS: SKINCEUTICALS, INCLUDING DAILY MOISTURE. GROOMING: FRANCELLE. PRODUCTION: TRAVIS KIEWEL FOR NORTH6. SPECIAL THANKS: PIER 59 STUDIOS.

NILE RODGERS IN NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2013. TUXEDO, SHIRT, TIE AND NECKLACES (WORN THROUGHOUT): SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE. HAT (WORN THROUGHOUT): KANGOL. EARRINGS AND SUNGLASSES (WORN THROUGHOUT): RODGERS'S OWN.WATCH (WORN THROUGHOUT): GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1966 EQUATION OF TIME.

COAT, SHIRT, AND TIE: SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE.

COAT, SHIRT, AND TIE: SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE.

NILE RODGERS, DAVID BOWIE, AND RICK JAMES, 1983. PHOTO: LYNN GOLDSMITH.

DAVID BOWIE AND RODGERS AT THE FRANKIE CROCKER AWARDS, NEW YORK, 1983. PHOTO: EBET ROBERTS/REDFERNS.