Ye, nicknamed Kanye West, has long been fascinated by the idea of camouflage — sometimes theistic, but often conceptual. Whether he wear face maskor move in And after that away rural Wyoming, or stripped of his name for a monosyllabic nickname, he toyed with the extent to which he was able to disguise his identity or appearance. Over time, that pursuit has become less like a style and more like a performance art concept. It makes you wonder if a celebrity like him can successfully conceal himself.
All that needs to be said: kind of bulky, start up, Balenciaga-heavy the outfits that Ye has worn in the past year (and designand sell) became so routine that they became part of him. Like his incredibly famous ex-wife, Kim KardashianYe has become recognizable just by his silhouette — so much so that many at first assumed it was Ye, not a masked person. Demnacomes with a spandex wrapped Kardashian to the Met Gala last fall. And even if he’s lucky he doesn’t get fans to wear morph masks when out and about in public, he does dress like an athlete into a modular operand with a design price tag, yes inspired many fans to start tucking their jeans into some honkin-sized boots in the process.
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So when it comes to Ye’s uniform, even small deviations seem noticeable. Last week, he walked out to Los Angeles with what one might call “ordinary Kanye”: a Sleeveless hoodie with Balenciaga logo wears a green camisole long-sleeved shirt, gray denim jeans, a stylish cap similar to the ones Demna usually wears, and black boots with soles. Nothing here is exactly new to Kanye’s clothing — he’s always loved workwear, surplus armyand print camoeven it got him in trouble—But we haven’t seen him combine clothes like this in a long time. (That, and army green is more of a color than we’ve seen him wear in months.) Whether he has full gearshifts on the car. Donda uniform, it’s still safe to say that whatever’s going on with Ye’s personal style is a steady signal to what’s to come in the menswear arena. That, or maybe dress a little differently To be Ye’s realistic camouflage form.
