Posts with tag Kanye West

Little bro Boyd, a rap fanatic who we swear will be the next big producer, has been asking where rappers like Jay-Z get the scarves they rock.

Most rap super stars like Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, and Dipset wear scarves by Louis Vuitton and Gucci. You can also try Urban Outfitters for something affordable.

Now that we've dropped a little knowledge on you like a big sister should, save your dough stacks and go get a cashmere Gucci scarf!

Being an international music and style icon, rapper and sometimes clothing designer Kanye West has to be about as comfortable with getting mobbed by the paparazzi as one can get. Yet, it appears that even Kanye can sometimes lose his cool amidst the constant click of $10,000 cameras.

According to reports, at around 7:15am Thursday morning, Kanye and his manager/bodyguard Don Crowley got arrested for "felony vandalism." The altercation apparently broke out between West, Crowley, and two TMZ photographers in area just outside of LAX's security screening area. No word yet about what set Kanye off, but if we had to guess, we'd say that he's probably not a morning person. Police originally considered battery charges for the star, but found no evidence and stuck with vandalism of a camera valued at over $10k.

TMZ apparently got the whole thing on video. To be fair, if there's any time or place that we wouldn't want the paprazzi in our face, it's at 7:15am just before we have to go through an airport security probing. Bad timing.

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This week: feelings about gender identity are challenged as the dark side of Uranus influences wardrobes and actions, wigs are worn and an appearance from the House of Avant Guard Fashions.

Kanye West revealed to WWD that he has plans to work with Louis Vuitton, or "Louis" as the rapper says. The collaboration between the rapper and the label will be on a line of men's shoes.

That's not the only thing Kanye is designing these days -- he anticipates launching his first women's clothing line under his own name this fall. This mixing of the worlds of hip hop and the classic LV logo won't be the first, though.

We had a great weekend. We danced our butts off, sang our hearts out and probably had one too many beers at the Glow in the Dark tour in illy Philly on Saturday night. But as always, we were thinking of our dear reader's and before we went in to enjoy the likes of Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco (heart!), N.E.R.D. and the brilliant Kayne, we took a tour of tailgate heaven to see what's hot and what's not for concert gear this year.

Here is a breakdown of the ideal concert attire:

A couple of weeks ago, the Takashi Murakami - Louis Vuitton exhibit opened at the Brooklyn Museum with a swoon-worthy party and a stellar performance by Kanye West.

But before guests could enter the swanky shin-dig, they were greeted by street vendors hawking Louis Vuitton's new "monogramoflauge" -- a combination of camouflage and Murakami's famous monogram print -- as well as other logo bags and wallets.

Last weekend, we officially retired our trusty Blue Satin Chanel nail polish. The two of us -- nail polish and person -- went to Jamaba Juice and watched The Hills together. And we just wanted to end things on a good note. You know, before it started getting ugly.

I'm sure that this was the French people's favorite time of the year, with American actresses and rappers alike accosting the great city of Paris in the name of fashion. The season is coming to a close. So, I thought it was about time that we did a roundup of all the Hollywood celebs who hit up the City of Lights just to take in a few runway shows.

The biggest news of the week was wannabe male fashion guru Kanye West getting denied entrance to the Balenciaga Show. Of course, Kanye blogged about the subject saying, "I totally love and respect any designer that won't let me come 2 there show... it's their show... they don't owe me anything... Balenciaga is one of the illest lines right now and I don't feel any type of way about not getting in! There's always a catch 22 in being a celeb ... your motives are always questioned... but only time will show my true love MY FIRST LOVE is for fashion and I appreciate just being in a position 2 afford 2 be able 2 spend a week in Paris visiting shows...I understand that some designers don't want all that unnecessary commotion at there shows, that's what I mean by 'I get a lot of attention.'"

Yeah...could you understand that? Me neither. I'm pretty sure Kanye thinks he wasn't let in because he would bring "2" much attention to the show. Some people's egos just cannot be denied, and Kanye is amongst that elite group of people. Tell the man he's not allowed to a runway show and he thinks it's because he's too cool for it.

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, of course, were at several shows, alien'ing up the city with freaky sunglasses and tiny popsicle stick legs. There's not too much new to report in the Olsen twin department. They still dress like the richest bag ladies ever. I still have nightmares about their creepy close lipped smiles. And they're still lowering the bar for anorexics everywhere.

In other random news, Winona Ryder announced her engagement to Blake Sennett at the Valentino Show. And an Anna Wintour look alike somehow fooled enough people to get into the front row of Lanvin. Big things happened in France!

Check out the gallery below to see Winona, Kanye, Rihanna and more.


Via Perezhilton and StyleFile Blog.

Do you think Stevie Wonder's only lasting contribution to Western Civilization is "I Just Called to Say I Love You"? If so, think again. Modern-day stylemakers Kanye West , The Neptunes, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Prince all owe a tremendous debt to this Motown Records mainstay.

It certainly behooves anyone who wants to be stylish to reconsider the 8th Wonder, and especially his greatest album of all, the 1973 release Innervisions. The lyrics, composition and production are almost entirely done by Wonder himself, and like the great Marvin Gaye's tremendous What's Going On?, Innervisions crystallizes the politics and culture of an important historical moment.

Oh, and one more thing: like What's Going On?, Innervisions makes you shake it and very nearly break it.