Kanye West x Adidas Originals Yeezy Season 1 RTW Fall 2015

No one was expecting anexercise in basic ath-leisure from the creative fusion of the twomegabrands that are Kanye West and Adidas. Yeezy Season 1, men’s andwomen’s, was presented as a performance art piece in collaboration withVanessa Beecroft, with whom West has worked for eight years. There wasintentional surrealism to the staging, a military formation of modelswho looked cast from the streets, but the unintentional was morememorable. Some of it irritated, like asking half the audience to waitoutside on the wind-whipped West Side Highway for a half hour past the 4p.m. start time. Some of it was highly entertaining. How fun to watchthe most famous people in the world take their seats in the darkenedroom, identifying them by their familiar silhouettes: Beyoncé’scheekbones and sleek new weave, Khloe Kardashian’s bombastic rear end,Rihanna’s button nose, Kim Kardashian’s petite bombshell frame. And thenhaving their security guards obscure the view. Around 4:40 p.m. a babystarted crying. “That’s baby speak for ‘Daddy, what the f–k?,’” saidone editor, interpreting the whimpers of little North West, whoeventually had to be taken backstage midshow by her mother andgrandmother. At one point, a man delivered a beverage to Sean “Diddy”Combs in the front row. Garçon!