Not For Sale: Kanye West 'Yeezus is decidedly "anti-fashion"

For every album, Kanye West always has "a look" had.This is something that has been endlessly documented during the decomposition of his style. Therefore, it is elite among the most fascinating personalities of hip-hop is, and also why we Complex, fans of Kanye, Kim, they get a lot of flack for "cock-riding" him. But the truth of the matter is: Kanye is a true innovator. Each of his albums has meant the beginning of a radical change in hip-hop style. College Dropout-era Kanye champion pastel polo shirts and rugby Louis Vuitton backpacks, inaugurates an aesthetic neo-Prep (see: "Louis Vuitton Don"). Late Registration came when bold streetwear was a moment of hood LRG "Dead Serious" at the time he was still recovering a high price on the secondary market. Then Alain Mikli Shutter shade graduation rose from obscure 80s retro sunglasses a bootleg Street Canal basic workshop. The 808s & Heartbreak Kanye was cemented in 2008 as a fashion icon, his mule and electroclash wake Fashion Week the stuff of South Park parody. He also scored the decisive moment when Kanye started to take an interest in high fashion. Since Kanye West has a lot of criticism for his choice of polarization mode (and intense ego) received. The last week Yeezus flight felt like a second coming for the forward to the follow-up of the 2010s praised My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The only thing Kanye albums is that they not only transcend the simple nature of the music press: they are a spectacle, and to mark the guaranteed time for a change in culture. Kanye West fans with an interest in high fashion, in search of call-outs brand such as Martin Margiela on Watch The Throne or inside baseball "Christian Dior Denim Flow" Ode to popular models like Joan Smalls, Jourdan Dunn and Bar Rafaeli is not Yeezus. If anything, the album is a statement of the books of the West with his past experience in the industry have left a bad taste, to say the least. Album opener "On Sight" begins with a jarring noise that carry an expression of fuck, fuck all y'all. The long-time fans Yeezy see this as opposed to the early days of the stylish rapper. His verse on "All Falls Down" recalls fresh in a luxury watch to his own state of self-awareness as it should be, a clean pair of Air Force 1 and a jersey. He calls this institutionalized materialism say later: We buy a lot of clothes when we do not really need 'em / Things we buy to cover what's inside, but it is clear that nearly a decade in the limelight has made him to see things in a different way. While "POWER" has a bombastic figure in a bright red 3.1 Phillip Lim suit and gold chains layered "Black Skinhead" seems to be the theme song for new Kanye himself. At this point of his style Enter studded leather jackets, round neck t-shirt, and the lonely chain his last SNL appearance. The only courage that remains in its overall look are the limited edition Yeezy IIs as "Red Octobers" refers to "Hold My alcohol." The "5 years 35 years" describes itself nor a conscience self ... or a childhood love this color combination of classic Chicago Bulls. Yeezus is an album of self-definition, as it is the reinvention. And Kanye, this means that the definition of style and fashion in his own words. Musically, it puts Chicago on the back, with features King Louie, Chief Keef sampling and Gary Glitter "The Rock and Roll Part 2", a song familiar to anyone who has ever visited a Bulls home game on "Black skinhead." It is only natural to do the same with his style. The black leather jeans and Malcolm X References "Black Skinhead" spiritually successful his line, I'm like the fly Malcolm X, buy jeans necessary "Good morning." West is more willing to adopt a militant stance this time. He no longer has to buy into that match all denim trends that are "in" now he is the one who makes the rules. He recognizes his groundbreaking historical roses and backpack College Dropout polo shirts, claiming he back real rap, while injecting a much needed dose of style to the scene. No one had prey, man / We Rat Pack, he claimed before crying Virgil Abloh, Don C., and Ibn Jasper have three persons receiving Kanye sums into the circle of Chi-Town as they mix with a luxury fashion edge streetwear: Ibn al Diamond, Don C. throws snake skin and Pyrex Vision Virgil. All three are black, and it is important to note that the industry has a serious lack of black popular designers. "The new slave" is full of counter-power of pictures to take of allusions to the institutionalized racism of the fashion industry blacks can not afford something openly welcome new rich buy all kinds rapper. West, for its part, is not to buy more. After all, it is an industry, he has worked hard to make themselves look good. Internship at Fendi his streetwear line cancel pastels, has become a West perfectionist. So he made his celebrity appearances, learned the ropes of the most renowned fashion designer Hedi Slimane and as Giuseppe Zanotti, which encouraged him to persevere. During his first collection was largely panned, his second attempt was only passable. You can imagine the kind of toll that would take someone with the mentality of Kanye. This could be rejecting the impetus for the rapper totems of haute couture designers like Alexander Wang shy demonstrated on "Blood On The Leaves" for the support of his allusion labels C-Murder from his friends. Take, for example, # # x Yeezus shirts TRILL was spotted recently at a party in London air hood, where the label has taken the car park of centenary Selfridges and turned it into a temporary skate park. The global neo-punk sensation Yeezus is strict aesthetics of young dark labels perfectly. From the values ??of clean production sound of the soul that he got where he is in the first place, this will cement Yeezus West is best done as a true man of style for good reason: He is an artist first, a style icon second step that gives a damn about that. He was bored with fashion and just want to carry only shit that feels it well. The change from Kanye is a big fan of the fashion industry at a critical against materialism allowed him to fully express themselves in a familiar environment: the music. This raises another important question: Does this mean that their dreams are completed by fashion designers?  Most likely. But in a world where cohorts Yeezy dictate the conversation mode, where Virgil Abloh already parading around in a T-shirt that said "Not For Sale", chances are that will not be long until all is often "Swaghili. "