Be bold in red in Kanye’s kicks

By: Cherrypop
February 3rd, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
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>One of Kanye’s designs – a monochrome red sneaker with a quilted back debuted during the line’s fall menswear presentation in Paris recently.

Rapper Kanye West was rumoured to be collaborating with Louis Vuitton and now it has been confirmed that all the buzz has resulted in sneakers. The self-proclaimed Louis Vuitton Don turned his obsession for sneakers (he owns 450 pairs of shoes and even has hired someone to look after them!) into a collaboration with the luxury label, producing five styles.

“They chose to contact me,” he had said. “Who wouldn’t want to work with Louis Vuitton? They’re the number-one luxury brand. It lets people know you like nice things.”

“I was inspired by the movie Dune. The collection had all these jackets that were very padded. They looked like maybe they had hockey pads in the jacket, and there was one where the collar came up really high. I took that element, and I put that on the back of the shoe. It’s like the opposite of the tongue. Usually you have the tongue at the front. [This is] like a tongue at the back,” explained the ‘Love Like That’ singer.

When the sneaker debuted on the runway, Kanye exclaimed: “As soon as they put that red, it was killer! It’s like an accessory that can express your personality. Like an instant tattoo!”

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Working with Marc Jacobs, Kanye’s favorite designer whom he dubs the Jay-Z of the fashion world, was a blessing. “To me, Louis Vuitton is the most important brand in fashion. I am proud to have collaborated with LV on these shoes and even more proud of the finished product,” he said in a statement.

Marc Jacobs himself revealed that he was impressed by Kanye’s dedication to his work, saying, “I think Kanye goes to the office more than I do. He’s really, really into sneakers.”

The complete Kanye West collection will be available at Louis Vuitton stores in June 2009.

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  1. Comment by karenmarie
    6:51 pm on February 3rd, 2009 :

    The red shoes look quite boring…

  2. Comment by yetmee
    6:57 pm on February 3rd, 2009 :

    Actually , what should one expect when you marry a rapper with a pair of sneakers?

  3. Comment by karenmarie
    1:00 pm on February 4th, 2009 :

    I guess a hiphop fashion influence?

  4. Comment by yetmee
    1:42 pm on February 4th, 2009 :

    maybe a hippety hoppety hop.. . in red dancing shoes

  5. Comment by nur
    6:00 pm on February 4th, 2009 :

    @ karen: the shoes really look boring.. maybe cuz there’s too much red.. he should try like different hues of red n not red red! but then again, its “kanye”..

  6. Comment by karenmarie
    6:32 pm on February 4th, 2009 :

    Nur: Yeah! i totally agree..

  7. Comment by fitra
    10:11 am on February 5th, 2009 :

    if im rich enough to buy it, i’d rather not.. it looks like ronald macdonald’s red shoe!

  8. Comment by yetmee
    5:43 pm on February 5th, 2009 :

    Fitra: that’s really good ha!ha!,

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