COLLABORATES WITH
LOUIS VUITTON
e has had a passion for fashion
H
ever since, as a child, he picked
“It’s overwhelming. I feel like
out his outfits for kindergarten.
I’m inside of a dream. Even
He has honed his style on stage
as a performer and in the front
with all the music awards
row at fashion week. Now, the
that I’ve won, to be able to
multi award-winning producer and recording artist
do something so official with
Kanye West has teamed up with his favorite label
to create a collection of sneakers.
the number one fashion house
With this, one of his first forays into design,
in the world - you know, no
Kanye West has not only fulfilled a long-standing
Grammy can buy you that.”
personal ambition, but has also brought his own
considerable experience to the project. “I think be-
- Kanye West
cause I’ve worn so many shoes, and had to be on
stage and have shoes that were comfortable,and
craftsmanship. The three styles − executed in
put them with so many outfits, that I’ve become an
suede, calfskin or a patchwork of leathers, and in
expert with gym shoes,” he says. “I didn’t want to
mostly neutral colours − run the gamut from hi-top
do a sneaker that just had my name on it. I wanted
to low-top, and are all designed, in Kanye West’s
to put in the proper amount of time and work to
words, to unite “form and function, and look good
come up with something that was inventive.”
with a pair of jeans”. All share strong signature
The result is a daring and innovative
details, in particular a high padded heel flap into
collection that fuses Kanye West’s edgy urban
which the wearer can tuck the back of his jeans,
aesthetic with Louis Vuitton’s know-how and
inspired by a space-age jacket in the cult David
Lynch movie Dune, and a Monogram flower-
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