Tags archives: Kayne West

  • New York Fashion Week officially ended today. If you've been following any news from this week's past events: *You would know that Hood By Air made weird fashion magic with PornHub **Kayne West's Yeezy Show was considered a hot mess ***Fashion insider Eva Chen was everywhere you wish you were. Former editor-in-chief for Lucky Magazine, Chen is Instagram's head of fashion partnerships, as well as CEO of Trend Micro. (She's also my hero) Over 600,000 fans keep track of the fashion maven via IG. And if you are an Instagram stalker like me, you'd know that she's pregnant with her second child to Tom Bannister, and loves to show off  her shoes from the backseat of car services. I especially love her #ootd shots, featuring designer Rosetta Getty and Tanya Taylor. Chen is also a brilliant digital strategist. In an interview with Business of Fashion, Chen lays out five basic principles for clothing brands big and small. Paraphrased from Business of Fashion: Seek real conversational engagement online. "It's not a numbers game," Chen says. "You can have millions of followers, but more important is whether people are commenting and tagging their friends. That means you’ve created something that people are talking about and that’s what makes a good post." Possess a strong visual identity. "ust as when you pick up a magazine, whether it’s Self Service or Vogue, and you could remove the title from the cover, but you would still know which magazine it was j[...]
  • Who would've thought that a classic summer white look could be effortlessly elevated with a pair of Kanye West-designed heels?! This week, rising star Margot Robbie surprised many show fanatics while promoting her latest film The Legend Of Tarzan in London. She fashioned her chic ensemble with a pair of Lucite Yeezy Season 2 heels — a shoe that is part of the rapper's latest collection which hit stores last month on June 6. Below: Lucite Yeezy Season 2 Heel Photo Credit: YourNextShoes.com What's amazing is that just last year, West was the subject of many takedowns, characterizing him as a joke designer that was fooling the fashion world with "beige under-things" and "broken-down basics." "I don't read the reviews," West told Vogue's shuttered website Style.com sometime after the debut of Yeezy Season 1. And now, it would appear that West's passion for fashion is becoming less of the laughing matter with the fashion bible now describing the Lucite heel as the "most-sought-after footwear of the summer." Below: Kayne West appearing to have the last laugh. Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images And if you think that a bad review is actually a bad thing, think again. According to Racked, one of Kayne biggest naysayers, legendary fashion critic Cathy Horyn, (the scribe responsible for the "broken-down basics" remark)  is known for taking swipes at design stars. Horyn once equated Oscar De La Renta to a hot dog, and she "famously has been banned from shows by[...]