The rapper’s four kids reportedly attended the presentation, described as a metaphorical “battlefield” of identity by Balenciaga’s creative director.
“One needs to have courage and persistence to truly assume their identity and who they really are,”. “And the more you try to be yourself the more you get punched in your face … The challenge is to get up and keep walking towards your true self after you have been beaten up and knocked down.”
The mud-laden backdrop for the presentation, meanwhile, was designed by conceptual artist Santiago Sierra, known for controversial projects that interrogate social inequality. For one of his most infamous works – titled— he paid a group of heroin-addicted prostitutes the cost of a hit of the drug in exchange for allowing him to tattoo a line across each of their backs.
Of Sierra’s set, Gvasalia explained it as being “a metaphor for digging for truth and being down earth.” Among those who reacted to Ye’s first runway modeling gig was legendary designer Betsey Johnson. The “All of the Lights” rapper shared a screenshot of a text message he received from the iconic 80-year-old fashion designer to his Instagram Stories.West replied, “After all the battles Even this year Pretty amazing I’m emotional too.”Filed under