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Gap’s Yeezy partnership under scrutiny following Kanye West criticism

Gap’s longstanding partnership with Kanye West is under scrutiny and could be tainted in controversy after the designer and singer was temporarily suspended from Instagram after voicing a racial slur. West, who now goes by the name Ye, regularly posts unfiltered ire towards ex wife Kim Kardashian and new partner actor Pete Davidson, before...

18 Mar 2022

People

Supreme appoints Tremaine Emory as Creative Director

Skatewear brand Supreme has appointed Tremaine Emory as its new creative director. Emory will work alongside Supreme’s founder, James Jebbia, and is the first major appointment since the company was acquired by VF Corporation in 2020, in a deal worth 2.1 billion dollars. Emory is also the founder of Denim Tears and has advised a multitude of...

16 Feb 2022

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Timeline: A look at Virgil Abloh’s celebrated career

Following the sad and unexpected news that Virgil Abloh has passed away on November 28, FashionUnited takes a look at the designer’s historic and celebrated career. Abloh’s work has ranged from music to art to fashion, with the designer making his mark in whatever creative form he was working in. From an architectural student in Illinois to the...

29 Nov 2021

Fashion

Kanye West's Yeezy label ordered to pay $950,000 for false shipping claims

Estimated shipping times can prove contentious to retailers if they send goods to customers outside of the promised shipping window. Kanye West’s label Yeezy Apparel on Tuesday reached a settlement with a California court to pay 950,000 dollars for a delay in shipping online orders to customers. Yeezy failed to ship its California clients within...

9 Nov 2021

Fashion

Gap's Kanye West hoodies almost immediately sell out

Earlier this week, Gap took a subtle approach to unveiling its new Kanye Yeezy Gap hoodie. While they didn’t make a lot of big fan fare around the launch, within hours the 90-dollar hoodie sold out in adult and kid sizes. The hoodie, which was available for pre-order in six colors, with a two-to-eight-week shipping turnaround time, saw all adult...

1 Oct 2021

Fashion

YZY's 90 dollar hoodie sells out at Gap and resurfaces for 900 dollars on Depop

There was little marketing needed to launch Kanye West’s second collaboration with Gap. After the successful nylon jacket debuted for pre-order in June – a round-shaped, zipperless puffer in bright blue that became an immediate sell-out - the YZY brand has quietly boosted Gap’s share price. The latest garment, a hoodie retailing at 90 dollars,...

1 Oct 2021

Fashion

Kanye West and Balenciaga team up once again for Donda merch

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga is continuing its collaboration with rapper Kanye West releasing a capsule merchandise collection for the artist’s new album Donda. The collection includes two layered t-shirts, a cap and a black balaclava, available to purchase through an online store dedicated to the capsule. The t-shirts reference parts of...

31 Aug 2021

Fashion

Kanye West collaborates with Demna Gvasalia on album launch spectacle

Musician and designer Kanye West has been hosting listening parties and live stream presentations for his upcoming album Donda over the past week, in his typically outlandish style. The events have been in collaboration with Balenciaga designer Demna Gvasalia, hired as the creative director. The spectacle began with an album launch show that...

9 Aug 2021

Fashion

First Yeezy Gap piece for Europe is unveiled

Just over a month since Kanye West’s collaboration with Gap released the first product for pre-order, a blue ‘Round Jacket’ for the US market the retailer has unveiled the second product and the first for shoppers in the UK, Europe and Japan, a black version. Like the blue version, the black Yeezy Gap ‘Round Jacket’ features a curved,...

15 Jul 2021

Fashion |In Pictures

First Look from Yeezy Gap released

Gap has unveiled the first look from its highly anticipated collaboration with Kanye West, a Yeezy Gap blue puffer jacket available for pre-order to US customers only. The blue ‘Round Jacket’ features a curved, drop-shoulder silhouette and is made from recycled nylon. The first Yeezy Gap item will retail for 200 US dollars and will launch in...

8 Jun 2021

Business

Walmart files notion to stop Yeezy trademark

A sparkling logo has ignited a dispute between Walmart and Kanye West’s Yeezy brand. Walmart last week filed a notion to oppose Yeezy’s trademark with the request to refuse its mark application which the fashion sportswear brand filed in early 2020. The trademark in question resembles the sun’s rays and is is characterised by eight dotted lines...

28 Apr 2021

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Video: How Kanye West built the Yeezy empire

In 2009, Kany West started working with Nike and designed sneakers for the first time. With a price above 200 dollars, the shoes were released in small quantities and sold out immediately. Those shoes are now sold for thousands of dollars. The success of these shoes put West on the map. His designs had been ridiculed for years, but some of that...

27 Jul 2020