Kanye West will be showing at Paris fashion week, with everyone from Riccardo Tisci to fashion students rumoured to be helping him | Hollywood yohana
It’s true! Kanye West will be showing his first Spring 2012 womenswear collection during Paris fashion week on October 1. West’s show will directly follow Jean Paul Gaultier and Loewe (order of importance, we hope?). Rumours have been circulating for months over who is helping West with his collection. Aside from a sneaker collaboration with Louis Vuitton and attending more shows during past fashion weeks than top magazine editors, West has no design training or experience.
It was previously confirmed that West was receiving help from Central St Martins’ director Louise Wilson and Harper Bazaar Australia fashion editor Christine Centenera. Now it’s being reported that Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci is serving as West’s mentor but according to Fashionista’s “own sources,” a bright London kid is doing the collection.
While we still don’t know for sure who exactly is helping West, let’s just hope that with all the help he’s apparently getting from major fashion players, his collection isn’t reminiscent of anything like his typically crazy onstage outbursts.
THEY SAID…
Fashionista: “We were getting more inclined to believe the rumors that a Kanye West fashion show was in fact taking place in Paris this month. One indicator has been the fact that he’s been totally absent from the New York shows.”
Harper’s Bazaar Australia: “The looks are being kept under lock and key but we’re already getting excited for the most talked-about show of the season which, if it’s anything like its designer, is sure to be larger than life.”
Elle UK: “‘What’s that jacket, Margiela?’ As of the first Saturday night in October, a number of models will be able to say, ‘Nope—it’s straight-up Kanye…’”
WE SAID…
Michael White, managing editor: “I suppose the grown-up thing to do would be to reserve judgment until we’ve seen the clothes. But then, Kanye has demonstrated repeatedly that he knows not from grown-ups. So I’ll say this: Until Marc Jacobs or Jason Wu attempt to make a hip-hop album, please stay in your lane, Kanye.”
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