Inspiration of Rebel 

     Rapper Kanye West has shocked us throughout his career with his witty lyrics, his Egocentric flow and 


his Scandals at the MTV Video Music awards where He Interrupted Taylor Swifts acceptance Speech as 


well as taking her award off her hands at the VMA's; its been unexpected twist and turn in the Rappers 


career.nevertheless he has good fashion taste ironically enough the Young Rapper came out with his own 


Sneaker naming them  "Nike Air Yeezy's" , "Yeezy" being the Rappers Stage Name. Now you all are asking 


himself why would a rapper design clothing and now sneakers; in a interview it is revealed that Kanye is a 


big fan of Fashion during his Performances he can be seen wearing Billionare Boys Club"® and "Ice 


Cream"®  famous Brands favored among Youth of today. 

          
          "Nike Air Yeezy's" are Exclusive Sneakers only Releasing in some select Retailers; it is  because of 


this Release that has sneaker fanatics going crazy over them, they are not a public Release and only a couple 


pairs are being release at a Retail Price of $215.00. Nike Air Yeezy's Released in the following colorway 


Zen Grey/ light Charcoal, later releases included the following colorway black/ neon pink and later Net/Net 


colorway which consisted of a wheat color with a pink accent in the Sole. Success behind the Sneaker was 


that Kanye west worked with Famous Sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield the mastermind behind the famous 


air Jordan brand (as mentioned on my earlier blog) as well as endorsing the sneaker via his music 


videos, the most notable is "knock you down" in where he is seen wearing the black/neon pink colorway of 


the Nike Air Yeezy; all these events where the success behind his sneaker, thus Sneaker heads all over the 


country went crazy some traveled from other states to acquire said sneaker. 


        Air Yeezy get inspiration from other sneakers as they do resemble early Nike/Jordan Brand models no 


big surprise as Tinker Hatfield designed many of the Jordan brand sneaker but then again Kanye is Very 


fond of the Jordan 3 sneakers which stated in an interview are his Favorite pair of Air Jordan models. 


"There is beauty in simplicity" once stated in his interview, the main inspiration for this pair of sneakers is 


the 80's pop culture a big influence in Kanye West fashion style.Movies such as back to the future inspired 


the sneaker he felt that the sneaker should resemble one particular sneaker featured in the movie named the 


"Marty Mcfly's" where the protagonist Referenced them being the sneaker of the future. 


        Tinker added that the Air Yeezy's design is very sleek the insoles are comfortable and many of his 


inspiration for the sneakers come from his earlier models of Jordan, such as Jordan 3 and Jordan 5, The 


insole is padded providing comfort for the wearers heel and the material used is patent leather and mesh 


adding that shine to the sneaker the strap is added on  as an accessory  but also helps the sneaker clutch 


onto the wearers feet. 

          Kanye west stated in an interview "I wanna be the type of designer that inspires people, not 


follow other ideas. I wanna be as innovative as Marc Jacobs has been. I wanna go from being a f


fashion plate to being an innovator. This collaboration is a dream come true. Everybody comes to 


these shows has a love of fashion, but then it’s just figuring out what’s your place in it. I’m a walking 


billboard but to be able to now create something from scratch is amazing." . Turns out his vision was 


portrayed well being the Fashionista that he is he Carried his vision well he may not be a famous designer 


such as Marc Jacob but he sure does know to carry out his fashion sense in his clothing and sneaker 


designs; his fashion sense does not disappoint neither does it leave anything to desire specially in the sneaker 

world his sneakers the Nike Air Yeezy's are considered to be a valuable pair in any sneaker fanatics 


collection a must have due to their scarceness, pairs now a days go up to a 1,000 maybe even more. '

          In my own opinion  i feel that the sneakers is worth the price in a couple of year they may even 


become valuable maybe even worth a couple grands it is a must have for even the biggest of fanatics 


although we may not all acquire get our hands on them they would be a great future financial investment as 


they are exclusive releases and collectors will want to get their hands on these. As for Kanye west partake in 


the sneaker itself its not a bad step who would have thought he had a great sense of fashion being a Rapper 


now a days takes no talent as well as distasteful fashion sense consisting of baggy jeans and expensive belts 


and shirts but Kanye is no hood rapper he wears slim jeans and sports good looking sneakers its no wonder 


this guy gets a lot of popularity well ... aside from the controversy that surrounds him.


         Aside from Kanye West collaboration with Nike he also design sneakers for Louis Vuitton; Why 


sneakers? well when being interviewed Kanye responded the following : "They’re a great entry point into 


a luxury brand. For people who can’t afford to buy $2000 trousers, they can take these shoes and

mix it with jeans from another brand.". Good point he felt that people would style his sneakers when 


they can't afford expensive luxury brand jeans i guess nobody has ever seen it that way,  his main aspirations 


for his sneakers are mainly from Fan fiction anime and Japanese pop artas well as 80's fashion, a great 


combination very appealing to the public but what an unlikely pair. 


Sources : http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/1699/1/kanye-west-for-louis-vuitton

http://www.nicekicks.com/2008/04/nike-air-yeezy-breakdown/

http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Kanye-West-rants-about-former-President-George-W--Bush-and-Taylor-Swift-scandals-in-NY-concert/7808895

despite the controversy during the VMA's he has apologized to singer taylor swift

Louis Vuitton Collaboration you can see a bit of 80's  in his fashion sense.

Kanye West Seen Sporting Air Jordan Cement 4's 

Air Yeezy draw inspiration from the follow sneakers: