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Sneakers: MMM vs. Kanye West for LV

Browsing through a few online stores, I came across the MMM (Maison Martin Margiela) white high top sneaker and suddenly a curious thought entered my mind. Does this sneaker not look, if merely just on a conceptual level, strinkingly similar to the overhyped wildly discussed Kanye West for Louis Vuitton Don sneakers  released earlier this month? 

Left: Maison Martin Margiela. Right: Kanye West for LV Sneaker.

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Taking into consideration Kanye West 's desire to become a "type of designer that inspires people, not follow other ideas," the basic silhouette of these two shoes are strikingly similar. The use of overlapping fabric as the top shoelace hole in nearly identical places, similar piping style throughout, hard-to-describe back shoe detail (not pictured above) all contributed to my hypothesis. Granted, sneakers are sneakers and to truly create something 'organic' from such standardized streetwear is difficult. However, I can't help but stare at both and wonder if this is a mere coincidence or if Kanye sought some inspiration from a certain avante garde designer in addition to "Dune."

Am I just lacking sufficient sleep due to finals therefore causing my common sense to fail me at 2 in the morning? Or do you share my sentiments? 

More images of the shoes in question:

MMM: http://tiny.cc/H2IU0 

KWLV: http://tiny.cc/xa69b 

Kanye West... Again.

"Put this in the magazine: There's nothing more to be said about music. I'm the fucking end-all, be-all of music. I know what I'm doing. I did 808s in three weeks. I got it. It's on cruise control. . . . Man, we talked about music for God knows how long! Now let's talk about how my fucking sweater didn't come back right from Korea. That's what's interesting me."

-Kanye West, Details Magazine

Kanye in Paris

Love Kanye's style/entourage. ((And his ego.))


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Love It? Hate It?

Love it? Hate it?
Kanye West and his favorite brand, Louis Vuitton will release the shoes above some time in June. West explains that the shoes were inspired by the movie “Dunes” and that “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” But are buyers willing to pay $500+ to be different?

There is also speculation that Kanye West and Nike are working on a deal to release slightly more affordable shoes to the general public. He may have worn the prototype of the new Nike shoe during his recent Grammy performance.


Contributed by Brianna Blackwood-Mallory '12