Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 show is being called a ‘total disaster’
KANYE WEST’S new fashion collection was unveiled today, and it was a fiasco, with models fainting and the media unleashing.
KANYE West’s “Yeezy Season 4” collection was unveiled today — and it was a total, unmitigated and utter fiasco.
The New York Post reports that models stumbled and bumbled down a makeshift runway as the stilettos “designed” by the modesty-challenged rapper disintegrated under their feet.
The much-anticipated event — which started nearly two hours late — was staged on the grounds of a long-abandoned smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island.
Fuming guests were trapped on buses while waiting for Yeezy to show — and at least one model was overcome by the heat and fainted, and had to rely on an audience member for a swig of water.
Model passed out in the heat is given water by man in the audience but no one on the #YeezySeason4 team helps.
— Stella Bugbee (@stellabugbee) September 7, 2016
In an Instagram video taken by Zach Weis, a fashion writer for The New York Observer, a model in a dark, hooded coat and slacks nearly topples over when her heels fall apart.
“Lots of shoes breaking today at #YEEZYSEASON4 — But the clothes look good!” Weiss cracked about the New York Fashion Week event.
Now what tf was going through her head? #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/ahfDWCNaJ0
— saint pablo (@moschinogrande) September 7, 2016
In another video on UsMagazine.com, a model in a sheer, light-coloured dress gets so frustrated with the clumsy kicks she takes them off and stomps away on her bare feet.
Guests griped on Twitter about the show’s late start and the excruciating bus ride from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island — which some likened to being kidnapped.
Fashionistas were told to meet their bus at 1:30 for the 3pm show — but West got into a fender bender on the way and the show was pushed back until 4pm, but didn’t begin until closer to 5pm.
“Overheard on the Yeezy Season 4 bus: “It feels like we’re being kidnapped,” tweeted Gerald Flores, editor of Sole Collector.
Model undone by the heat at Yeezy. pic.twitter.com/vaZlisrMdm
— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) September 7, 2016
While the models and guests wilted in the heat, A-listers including La La Anthony and Pharrell Williams had primo seats.
Kim Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner were there in support, with Kim rocking knee-high boots and a sheer turtleneck dress.
Kendall, Kim and the clan Kardashian have finally arrived at Yeezy. 1 1/4 hrs late. pic.twitter.com/m3Opgl8jZT
— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) September 7, 2016
Stella Bugbee, editorial director at The Cut, seemed to sum up the general reaction to the show in a tweet.
“The most responsible thing we could all do would be to write NOTHING about this show. #YeezySeason4,” she wrote.
This article originally appeared on the New York Post.
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