Thursday, 5 March 2015

Kanye West in London
Location: London
Coat: Vintage Vivienne Westwood jacket (read more for details)
Hoodie: Haider Ackermann F/W
Jeans: Acne Depp
Shoes: yeezy 750 boost

Kanye Outfit Rating... 9/10


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It is quite clear Kanye is making a statement with this outfit, a statement to the fashion industry, a statement he's been trying to make for the last 2 years. And that is... Kanye West knows clothes.
 You will struggle to find a more spectacular piece at London fashion week than this 30+ year old Vivienne Westwood Shearling jacket. While the other street styled fashionistas stuck to the usual tailored pieces, and chic outfits, West took a very took a very different route entirely. Outshowing everyone single pretentious naysayer too his dive into the fashion pool, with one outrageous shearling jacket. Street style this one Tommy Ton.

Vivienne Westwood Nostalgia of Mud 1982 Collection Shearling Jacket - $3,000

Jheez Kanye pulled this one from the back of the closet! Releasing in 1982, when Ye was only 5 (not to say he bought it when he was five, of course), this jacket is more than vintage!  From the 1982 nostalgia of mud collection. The coat has clearly aged over time, changing the colour drastically, or less likely could have been customised. The image above is taken from an online listing of this jacket for $3,000 in a size small. So don't dare say its not a jacket available for everyone. I mean who doesn't have 3 grand laying about for a sweet new Viv West jacket?

Haider Ackermann Fall / Winter 2015 Hoodie - $Unknown



Kanye's new favourite hoodie everybody!! (Sarcastic cheer). Kanye's worn this hoodie so many times, and guess what, I've written about it so many times.
The picture above is taken from the Haider Ackermann show, I believe the velour hoodie will be part of the house's ready to wear range. It weirdly, looks as if they cut off the hood on this piece: perhaps Haider felt a hood would't suit the aesthetic and style of the show and collection.

Acne Depp - $1,350

Yeezy dons the leather pants again, and at this point I'm only making a presumption as to what they are. I have heard a few times, he like the fit on Acne's denim - the look on these suit the bill for the fit and material for Acne's leather pants, dubbed Depp. Again, I'm really not sure, so if you have any better ideas please leave a comment!
UPDATE...I've heard they might be En Noir?

Yeezy Snow Boots - $UNKNOWN

Seen above on Ian Connor during the Yeezy season 1 fashion show in NYC; the snow boots are void of any details. We are unsure of price point, release date, availability or anything for that matter. I like the boot, it's military-outdoorsy aesthetic is a breath of fresh air and provides us with an alternative for the army boots Kanye had been rocking earlier this season. The price point will determine the success of these in my opinion: although we all know even if they are $700 they will still sell out. And, with that is the problem: I always thought the Yeezy's ended up in the wrong hands. Kanye always speaks about his ZARA and H&M style vision where his product is available to everyone. But, as soon as the Yeezy's are played into sneaker culture and not into the normal fashion culture that vision is ruined. The only way to stop this is to make more product! Kanye keeps telling us this will happen and for now we'll have to trust him and wait.

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