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
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
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
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,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kanye West, the controversial rapper and fashion entrepreneur, said in a Tweet he will walk away from his lucrative deals with Gap and Adidas if he is not appointed to the board of both brands. Shares in Gap fell by 6 percent on Monday, despite the company aiming to grow sales with West’s Yeezy brand to 1 billion dollars by 2031. Shares in...
21 Jul 2020
Gap and Yeezy are collaborating on a new line that will retail through Gap's channels. The partnership will bring together Gap's 51 years of retail experience, global reach and supply chain with the creativity and recognition of Kanye West's fashion brand. West will maintain creative direction of the Yeezy design studio, developing a new line of...
26 Jun 2020
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