Sunday Fashion: Celebs Love Triko Clothing and Stylist for Kanye West Talks; Dress Like Lupe Fiasco
New York, NY (November 25, 2007) – Cheah, hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was good. Green Bay kicked ass and I got some ill leftover sandwiches, so uh – yeah… all went well for me.
This week’s Sunday Fashion is a mix of new and old. A buddy of mine sent a link to me the other day from Star Style. Hannah Morrow, the site’s resident behind-the-scenes voice, spoke with industry Image Consultant Ivan Jasper. He’s been Kanye West’s barber for 12 years in Chicago, and currently works as Kanye’s stylist and advisor. In this podcast, Jasper talks with Morrow about Kanye’s rise to fame, how he puts together looks for Kanye, certain brands and products he uses with his clients and of course, traveling the world. It’s clearly from sometime this summer (around the time of The Game’s “Wouldn’t Get Far” video), but it’s an interesting listen regardless. I wonder if he was smoking or catching brains or something during the interview, notice how he sort of fades to black at the end. Hilarious.
The next piece actually comes from MTV and is about two weeks old. Lupe Fiasco has an embeddable widget out right now that features some of the styles he rocked in the video for “Superstar,” the lead single from Lupe’s sophomore album “The Cool,” due out on December 18. There are some pretty fresh kicks, jackets and glasses available, as well as some sexy shoes and dresses para las chicas. “Food & Liquor” was my shit last year; word on the street has “The Cool” being a much darker album, so I’m interested to hear the evolution. Now if he’d only keep his mouth shut outside the booth…
Lastly (only a few days old lol), this one comes from Dr. Jay’s. Clearly the celebs love Triko, as you can see from the pictures. Get over to their site and check it out, or go here to shop on Dr. Jay’s. Some of the designs remind me of old Nintendo games. Now there’s an idea for cross-marketing/co-branding… designer threads in video games… someone take that and run with it. I will expect royalties.
Maintain, kids… another big week starts tomorrow.