Just two weeks ago, Kanye West first model Trample the runway at Balenciaga’s muddy 2023 Paris Fashion Week show.
now, As WWD first reported on FridayBalenciaga has officially severed all ties West Balenciaga’s parent company, Kering, has not disclosed the reasons for the decision.
“We are no longer associated with Balenciaga and have no plans for future projects related to this artist,” Kering told WWD.Images of West wearing Balenciaga apparel and accessories are from the brand’s website. It has been permanently removed. The Daily Beast has reached out to Kering for comment.
Backlash from the fashion community mounts, with Balenciaga becoming the latest major player, disconnect all connectionsit seems clear to everyone except West that each of his remaining links to the fashion world is in great peril.
West reportedly fired him in September relationship Two years into a 10-year deal with Gap after criticizing the company. Under the terms of the split, Gap is still allowed to sell easy gap clothing.
At Paris Fashion Week, West dressed models at the show for her latest YZY collection.white lives matter’ shirt, provoked outrage. West has since suggested that LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault “killed my best friend,” possibly referring to designer Virgil Abloh. Passed away 2021 after battling cancer.
Supreme Creative Director Tremaine Emory. strike back west for comments. “Your best friend Virgil, black man, please, this time last year, I said in front of all Yeezy employees that Virgil’s designs were a disgrace to the black community,” Emory said. wrote on Instagram.
A few days later, West claimed He was first offered the post of artistic director at Louis Vuitton and ended up going to Abloh, where he experienced “a lot of pain and jealousy” as a result.
The day after Paris Fashion Week, West tucker carlson tonight To claim he was “pro-life,” he falsely claimed that George Floyd died from ingesting fentanyl and tweeted that he was going to “Death Con 3 against the Jews.”
His anger didn’t subside when more fashion moguls began to distance themselves from West.
as a response to publication “FUUUUUUCK ADIDAS I AM ADIDAS ADIDAS RAPED AND SOLE MY DESIGNS,” West wrote on Instagram after Adidas announced that they were considering a partnership with West.
“After repeated efforts to resolve the situation privately, we have decided to reconsider our partnership. We will continue to jointly manage our current products during this period,” the company said. in that statement.
West’s complicated relationship with Adidas has been well documented. West and the brand began their first collaboration in 2015. debut In YEZY BOOST 750 shoes. West and Adidas have continued to release a series of now-ubiquitous sneakers and conceptually alien slides under their Yeezy line. washington postbrings in about $2 billion annually to Adidas, representing almost 10% of the company’s annual revenue.
But in June, West sounded the alarm on Instagram about the brand’s new Adilette 22 sandals. west called “Fake YEEZY made by Adidas themselves” Adidas had not publicly commented on his inflammatory post until he announced in October that his relationship with West was under review.
“You can literally say antisemitic s*** that it’s Adidas and they’re like they can’t drop me”
— Kanye West
The Anti-Defamation League urges Adidas to: cut all ties waist, other fashion celebrities, like model Gigi Hadid, has spoken out to admonish him for his behavior, but West is defiant.week on the Drink Champs podcast. “So?”
The Daily Beast reached out to Adidas for comment.
Harlem-based brand Legendary6ix and designer Franky Baca also criticized West.Borrow’ Design ideas without giving proper credit.
worried idiot YXY SHDZ SunglassesSaid rolling stone A Western collaborator, Digital Nas, contacted him saying: we love this” the fool said“They were telling me, ‘Yeah, you’re going to love this.’ So I was like, ‘Okay, cool.'” And the next thing I know, I see pictures of my eyeglass designs on social media. ”
Other fashion institutions speak out against the West. After West mocks trend Journalist Gabriela Kalefa Johnson posted on Instagram in response to her criticism of his White Lives Matter collection, fashion magazine trend issued a statement of support of that employee.
trend Kalefa Johnson ‘endorses’, magazine said in that statement“Voices like hers are needed now more than ever. In today’s private meeting with Ye, she once again spoke the truth in a way that was convenient for her.”
trend Editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has been spotted waist and pose He attended New York Fashion Week in September, but has yet to publicly comment on his recent remarks.
The Daily Beast reached out to Condé Nast and Winter for comment.