Kanye West Pastelle Appreciation/Graveyard Thread

[kix4kix]

Sidebar: kanye seemed pretty bland on that compilation album.

 

[al audi]

 

[nazdrowie]

spectacular...i wont be able to afford it but the aestetic is what the game needs

 

[deepinthajeep]

^ interesting...

 

[OTG]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[frank mucus]

Gildan t's though?

Them joints crunchy as hell

 

[gil23]

 

[lamekilla]

Lol what could've been.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Maybe it's Ye's way of looking out for the kid Ian on some long term paper status

 

[703 hwy]

 

[calikev34]

From what I can gather from 'gram
Ian Connor is now running Pastelle?

 

[dipsetgeneral]

I'd cop.

 

[stopcappin]

Ian posted the original varsitys too..... Need those joints

I'm interested

 

[Peep Game]

Kinda glad it never took off.

Black Entertainers don't really do right by their clothing lines IMO. I'm just being honest here.

You either commit fully or you don't...and that means leaving the rap game entirely.
Streetwear isn't where its at if you're over 25. 
I know theres always the "wear what you want and not to impress people" argument, but if its Kanye you know people will be checking for it.  So then you don't want to make it sound like you're wearing it because its Kanye but then you don't want to look like the clown who doesn't have any taste because everyone knows what it is.
Entertainment and fashion doesn't meld too well if the pieces are TOO recognizable. 
And even further, entertainers brands OD on branding. I don't need my label on my clothes like that. 

Pretty much agree with all of that, especially the bolded. I can't tell you a lot about current urban/street wear just cause I don't pay attention to it much, but what I've noticed is that a lot of these artists' clothing are only in demand when they are hot. That may sound obvious, but it's just funny looking back like that. Besides Sean John and Makaveli (which had long shelf lives for obvious reasons), Wu-Wear, Vokal, Outkast clothing, etc. Eminem and T.I. are still in demand, but I've never noticed anyone ever wearing Akoo, and I couldn't tell you who does wear Shady LTD. Those G-Unit Heavyweight shirts seem pretty scarce too.

Woooow, it's hilarious this thread got bumped, cause earlier I was watching this documentary called Fresh Dressed, and brought up this exact thing of how the urban wear market got over-saturated due to so many artists thinking they could simply have some hits and jump right in to fashion, when on top of over-saturating the market with all these brands, the cut into the brands that were actually considered heavyweights at the time (Karl Kani, Cross Colors, and FUBU). I made that post 4 years ago, and can say that pretty much every one of those brands are dead except for Sean John, and Wu Wear & Makaveli as a cult status thing I guess. Nobody wearing G-Unit Heavyweight except for 50 Cent and Kidd Kidd

 

[lamekilla]

I've still got this super warm G-Unit hoodie I break out during the colder months when I just need to run some errands. I'm either breaking necks or having people rollin laughing

 

[sonoftony]

Jay didnt buy BBC. Y'all will believe anything

 

[polosanddunks]

Ian is def going to EAT with this. Just off the simple fact that it was Ye's and people were curious of it.

I wont rock it but props to him

 

[robtoofresco]

Gildan t's though?

Them joints crunchy as hell

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Quavo!

 

[water]

I don't like the blue varsity but the red one is cool