Who is the Real Slim Shady?
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, according to Y/Project’s Glenn Martens. And if you didn’t know that “Henry VIII was obviously the Kanye West of his time,” now you do.
With this collection, the Paris-based designer from Bruges, Belgium, drew dynamic two-way parallels between European rulers of yesteryear and the American rappers of our time. Given his track record of colliding historical and street influences, this wasn’t as random a proposition as it may seem; and anyway, both groups have famously used fashion to broadcast their power, influence, and, who’s kidding whom, at times questionable taste."
*Y/PROJECT AW17 will be arriving in store mid year
Read the full article by Amy Verner HERE