Kanye West Sneakers for Louis Vuitton

After seeing Kanye rocking his own LV model sneakers around for the past few weeks with very few close ups, Louis Vuitton has finally made an official press release.

These are seriously amazing. I'm all about solid colors at the moment and was worried about these coming in white only. The red looks great though, and this is only the 1st of 5 models that Ye will be doing with LV. Exciting stuff, even if most of us can't afford them.

Press release:

PARIS — Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton men’s studio director Paul Helbers have some design competition this season. Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a jacket with a huge collar in the movie ‘Dune,’ ” West says. “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” West knows whereof he speaks: he says he has no idea how many shoes he owns, but he does know that he routinely needs to send shipments off to storage. The LV-meets-Kanye kicks will be available at Louis Vuitton stores in June.



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