Ice Spice on funeral songs, ghost outfits & the trend she wishes would die

It’s been around three years since Ice Spice blasted into public consciousness, and since then, she’s cemented her status as a full-on fashion girlie, sitting front row at Versace, Off-White, Coperni, and Stella, and starring in a bunch of campaigns ranging from Tommy Hilfiger right up to her most recent one, for Kate Spade, which lands this week. 

From dressing up as a Disney Princess as a kid, to wanting to switch wardrobes with “any of the Bratz Dolls” right now, Spice’s style is bolshy, bright, and sometimes bratty, as she mixes thrifted finds with high fashion and piles on the offbeat accessories.

In celebration of her starring Kate Spade role, we presented her with a Dazed Fashion pop quiz, as she reveals her style icons, her unlikely nemesis, the trend she wishes would die, and why her ghost outfit would leave her butt-naked.

So first of all, how did the collab with Kate Spade come about? 

Ice Spice: The team reached out and it just felt right so I went for it. When I heard the campaign was all about friendship, I was in – my friends are my rocks, and I’ll take any chance to celebrate them.

How was the shoot, any gossip? How would Charli describe you in three words?

Ice Spice: The shoot was way too busy to gossip! Even though we met briefly, we had such a great time on set. I would say Charli would describe me as pretty, focused, and fierce.

Did you have a favourite piece from the collection? 

Ice Spice:  The denim Deco bag from the campaign – it’s my absolute favourite.

When did you first become aware of the power of fashion? 

Ice Spice: From a very early age, probably around like five years old, when I would dress up as Disney Princesses. And then I definitely had that shit on growing up. My mom would dress me and my sisters up really cute.

“What would my funeral song be? ‘TTYL’  by me!” – Ice Spice

Who were your style icons when you were a kid?

Ice Spice: I’ve always really looked up to Beyoncé & Kim Kardashian for style inspo.

What’s the most embarrassing picture or screenshot on your camera roll?

Ice Spice: Nothing too crazy, just me falling asleep probably.

If you could have any fictional character’s wardrobe, whose would it be? 

Ice Spice: Definitely any Bratz Doll’s wardrobe.

What’s the worst advice you’ve ever been given?

Ice Spice: I don’t hold onto bad advice – it goes in one ear and out the other.

What would your ghost outfit be?

Ice Spice: Completely nude.

What would you name your autobiography? 

Ice Spice: Isis.

What’s your weirdest internet obsession?

Ice Spice: Currently it's scrolling on TikTok for way longer than I should.

What’s your love language?

Ice Spice: All of them! Can’t help that I’m a lover girl. 

Let your predictive text finish this sentence: I am a musician because I love___ but people don’t know that I am actually___.

Ice Spice: I am a musician who has been working on music because I love it but people don’t know that I am actually the best at it.

“One trend I wish would die? Coquette shoes” – Ice Spice

What would be your funeral song?

Ice Spice: “‘TTYL”’ by me!

Kiss, Marry, Kill: Platform shoes, hotpants, low-rise jeans…

Ice Spice: Marry platforms, kiss low rise jeans, kill hotpants.

What’s one trend you wish would die?

Ice Spice: Coquette shoes.

What are people’s biggest misconceptions of you? 

Ice Spice: That I’m mean but I’m not!

Who is your nemesis?

Ice Spice: This one studio in New Jersey. 

You encounter a hostile alien race and sound is their only mechanism for communication. What song would you play to them to inspire them to spare you and the rest of the human race?

Ice Spice: “Genesis” by Grimes.