FOOTWEAR: Louis Vuitton X Kanye West Shoe
These are really dope! Not because they are LV, not because they are KW’s but because the silhouette is very slick and reminiscent of a dunk/Jordan. The simplicity of the pattern and the details of the construction is really fresh. These are supposed to drop in June.
ps: The fact that they are the new LV x KW does make it really dope though as well. Congrats to Ye who maybe the ultimate “rapper x sneaker company” collabo.
“PARIS — Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton men’s studio director Paul Helbers have some design competition this season. Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a jacket with a huge collar in the movie ‘Dune,’ ” West says. “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” West knows whereof he speaks: he says he has no idea how many shoes he owns, but he does know that he routinely needs to send shipments off to storage. The LV-meets-Kanye kicks will be available at Louis Vuitton stores in June.”
