Kanye West will use the homeless as models at his brand new show "Yeezy"
Who needs Paris or Milan when there is a "Skid Row"?
In an effort to tackle the Los Angeles homeless crisis, Kanye West is looking at Skid Row homeless people in a bid to model their latest fashion line at the upcoming fashion show.
Ye, 44, is reportedly producing a new, collaborative clothing line with streetwear brand Skid Row Fashion Week - a company that donates part of its entire clothing sales to help those living in downtown Los Angeles and employs precarious homes in its manufacturing plant.
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The brand's founder, David Sabastian, said he and the musician-designer met earlier this month while the rapper was recording his Donda 2 album at his studio in Arts District, Los Angeles, near Skid Row. and devised a plan to create a "Yeezy X Skid Row" fashion week for collaboration.
But according to the website of "Skid Row Fashion Week", the exclusive "YZY x SKD" will premiere on February 22.
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The rapper will reportedly donate 100% of the proceeds to help the less fortunate on Skid Row.
"There are currently 60.000 people living on Skid Row. Thousands of men, women and children live in tents because our government refuses to spend the $ XNUMX billion it has in reserve to eradicate this cancer we call homelessness. Buying from Skid Row Fashion Week will help us to hire, house, feed and start the rehabilitation process with our programs and services. "Buy Skid Row Fashion Week and save a life," the ad said.
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Kanye and Sabastian are also said to be in the process of organizing a catwalk fashion show, during which factory workers from Skid Row Fashion Week will model the trendy strands.
And some of the looks will reportedly be inspired by "Skid Row" signature ensembles, such as a buffet jacket bag.
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This is not Kanye's first feat with Skid Row, he previously took his talents to Skid Row in November to meet with the CEO and chairman of the LA Mission, a nonprofit organization that helps fight homelessness in Los Angeles.
During his Thanksgiving visit, Kanye was outraged by his estrangement from his wife Kim Kardashian, who at the time had just started a relationship with Pete Davidson.
"The narrative that God wants is to see that we can be redeemed in all these relationships. We made mistakes. I made mistakes. "I was doing things in public that were not acceptable as a husband, but right now, for whatever reason - I did not know I would be in front of this microphone - but I're here to change the narrative," Kanye said at the time.
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