As we all know Kanye West has always "Had a passion for fashion," but how far has this passion gotten Kanye in the fashion
world.
Two weeks ago kicking off New York’s Mercedez Benz Fashion Week, Kanye debuted his Yeezy X Adidas Originals clothing and footwear line. There has been a lot of buzz and anticipation for the new Yeezy sneakers, as many have been questioning can the Adidas Yeezy 750 Boosts live up to the hype and fill the shoes of the Nike Air Yeezys (no pun intended). This is not Kanye's first attempt at fashion in October 2011 he unveiled his line but unfortunately that ship sunk. Fashion Critics were unimpressed by Kanye's step into the fashion world. Some even suggesting to Kanye to stick to rapping. From the pieces presented at his show we can see that the theme of this clothing line, Yeezy Season 1, is a lot of sportswear and very casual street wear. The colors of the pieces are mainly very neutral and earth tone shades.
Two weeks ago kicking off New York’s Mercedez Benz Fashion Week, Kanye debuted his Yeezy X Adidas Originals clothing and footwear line. There has been a lot of buzz and anticipation for the new Yeezy sneakers, as many have been questioning can the Adidas Yeezy 750 Boosts live up to the hype and fill the shoes of the Nike Air Yeezys (no pun intended). This is not Kanye's first attempt at fashion in October 2011 he unveiled his line but unfortunately that ship sunk. Fashion Critics were unimpressed by Kanye's step into the fashion world. Some even suggesting to Kanye to stick to rapping. From the pieces presented at his show we can see that the theme of this clothing line, Yeezy Season 1, is a lot of sportswear and very casual street wear. The colors of the pieces are mainly very neutral and earth tone shades.
On February 21st
the Adidas Yeezy 750 Boost debuted selling out all 9,000 pairs. With very minimal design and detail unlike the Nike Air Yeezys the shoe’s most selling
feature is the boost cushioning technology which offers a lot more comfort and
support. The Yeezy Boost appears to also
be a much lighter shoe compared to the original Air Yeezy. Although the two
shoes are completetly different in features, the mid sole strap also appears on
the Yeezy Boost, probably one of the shoes most appealing features. With time hopefully we will see more colorways
as we saw for the Nike Air Yeezys, right now only the original gray colorway is
available.
In many
interviews, Kanye West has mentioned his clothing line, Yeezy Season 1 to be
revolutionary and groundbreaking in the fashion word, the pieces definitely will
catch your eye but I would not go as far and saying revolutionary. During late
2013 through today sportswear and casual wear have become a big trend in
fashion. From street-style to on the runway we can find tons of sportswear
looks that have been making a statement. Kanye West uses this growing trend as
the theme of Yeezy Season 1 . Many of
the pieces from this line are also distressed and oversized. The pieces that stood out the most during the
show were the bomber jackets, the oversized backpack, and the shoes. Another
highlight piece of Yeezy Season 1 was the camouflage ,oversized jacket that Kim
Kardashian wore to the show. Many of the clothes looked very generic and wasn’t
much different from clothes we have seen in stores, or even DIY (do it
yourself) clothes. Crop tops made from tube socks, oversized crewnecks, jogger
sweatpants, and distressed tops, all things you would definitely expect Yeezy
to create. Two more shoes from the line were worn on the runway,the Yeezy Boot
and the Yeezy Boosts low. I would wear
the Yeezy Boosts Low before I would wear the Yeezy 750 Boosts. The silhouette
of the Yeezy Boosts Low is very similar to Nike Roshes. Not only do they look
more trendy, but also look much more comfortable and more like a sneaker should
look.
The retail price
of the Yeezy 750 Boost was $350 while the Nike Air Yeezy had retailed at
$215. The highest I have seen the Yeezy
750 Boosts going for on eBay has ranged in the thousands. The highest, $10,000.
The prices of the clothes has not been announced yet, but during a Breakfast
Club interview Kanye mentioned that sometime in the future he would love to see
his clothes being sold at H&M and Zara prices so everyone can have access to his products.
Contrary to our beliefs Kanye is not a big fan of his products being limited to
only certain people, and does not think that material things should have the
power to separate people. Very surprising coming from Kanye but that is a very
valid point and respected statement.
With the new
Adidas collaboration , Kanye is working towards more release dates announced prior, opposed to the surprise releases.
There has been no word on the next release or release date, but there have been
rumors that we will be seeing the Yeezy 750 Boost in a black colorway and the
Yeezy Boosts Low around Summer 2015. As
far as the clothes Yeezy Season 1 will be available Fall/Winter 2015. Yeezy
Season? We’re looking at more of Year of the Yeezy, stay tuned. Wanna see the fashion show itself look at that below after the break.
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