The Balenciaga-Kanye partnership is no more.
with Balenciaga artistic director Demna Gvasalia for the “Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga” collection which launched in February, coinciding with Ye’s “Donda 2” album launch performance. Ye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian has also appeared in campaigns for the brand.The news marks the latest brand to part ways with Ye in recent months.
Adidas said earlier this month that it had put its Yeezy partnership under review, following weeks of comments from Ye accusing Adidas for copying his designs, not giving him enough control over his products and not opening up Yeezy stores, among other grievances. The statement from Adidas came days after Ye’s controversial Yeezy SZN 9 fashion show, in which he was spotted wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt with the words
emblazoned on the back. Following the show, he doubled down on his stance on Instagram despite widespread backlash and took particular heat for his social media bullying of The Yeezy brand in September said it was with Gap, accusing the apparel retailer of failing to fulfill certain contractual obligations, such as distributing Yeezy product in stores by the second half of 2021 and creating Yeezy Gap-branded stores.
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