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Kanye's With the Band
Daily Beast fashion correspondent Renata Espinosa shares the best from the tents: Kanye West's catwalk cameo, Tyson Beckford's shoe fetish, and the acid-wash chic at Miss Sixty.
So far during Fashion Week, rapper and verifiable fashion hound Kanye West hit some very unexpected shows—Preen and Band of Outsiders included—as well as some more predictable ones, like Y-3 and Calvin Klein. I love that he takes fashion—real fashion—so seriously! At Band of Outsiders, which displayed in presentation format, Kanye decided to jump up on the platform and pose with the models, eventually getting his entourage to join him. He seemed especially fond of the red pieces at Y-3 (maybe now we know why he made those red Louis Vuitton sneakers); he was pointing them out to Milla Jovovich, who sat next to him in Yohji Yamamato's (Y-3) front row.
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Milla Jovovich was seated next to Kim Kardashian, and oh, what a juxtaposition. When they started whispering to each other during the show, I had a hard time imagining what they could possibly be saying—something about tight jeans from outer space, perhaps? Sparkly singer Rufus Wainwright was also there, wearing a Yohji Yamamoto leather cap, and said he planned to party with a bunch of crazy hairdressers later that night, after stopping by the Miss Sixty show. Tyson Beckford, model and host of Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel, told reporters at Y-3 that he has about 100 pairs of sunglasses and 600 pairs of shoes, but apparently only one pair of Y-3 for Adidas. As if that wasn't enough of a slight, he sported Nikes to the show.
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Yamamoto showed children's wear for the first time, on a series of impossibly cute kids who were definitely the highlight of his long, boring show. While I did like the equestrian theme, it highlighted the fact that Y-3 really benefits from the bells and whistles of its typically elaborate presentations (think: ice-block igloos and free Y-3 blankets; a moving conveyor-belt runway with the Hudson River as a backdrop). Here, there wasn't much to distract from the fact that this is just fancy athletic wear. No offense to the genius of Yohji Yamamoto, of course. This is just his commercial gig, so it's going to be repetitive.
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