![]() ![]() And those lines are echoed in the rounded shapes of his ready-to-wear. There seems to be a clear link between his work with GAP and his upcoming line of adidas footwear - the YZY FOAM RNNR is bulbous yet architectural, as is the just-seen KNIT RNNR. It’s clear, too, that Kanye is also looking at his own design language for inspiration. Cristobal-inspired construction for a mall store…. ![]() Yet despite these draws others aren’t convinced, comparing it to Sonic the Hedgehog’s look, a plastic bag, and not quite so scathingly, the black trash bag famously worn by Missy Elliott.Ĭome on guys. ![]() But then, when hasn’t Kanye West played with proportion?Įlsewhere, others have noted similarities to Norma Kamali’s “Sleeping Bag” puffer jackets, with the “Round Jacket’s” blue recycled nylon, unipiece-like aesthetic seemingly drawing from outerwear as iconic as this. Others, such as GQ fashion journalist and critic Rachel Seville Tashjian has gone as far as noting ‘Ye’s similarities to the early work of Cristóbal Balenciaga himself - and, certainly, the architectural and sculptural shape of the design carries the swooping back that’s typical of an original Balenciaga. The James jacket in question has a long history of influencing designers - Rick Owens has previously named it as one of the pieces that most inspired him.įirst thought on the Yeezy Gap round jacket: Makes me think Kanye has been looking at the history of puffer coats and found Charles James's famous evening puffer jacket It led, of course, to a game of “spot the reference.” Fashion industry figures took to Twitter to liken West’s GAP with Charles James’s famous evening puffer jacket (which is, arguably, the first puffer ever designed), crediting the multihyphenate for doing his research into early puffer coats. ![]()
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