Fans of American rapper and designer Kanye West have criticized his own brand Yeezy’s new pair of shoes for being similar to French fries and corn chips. Comments appeared in Instagram .
We are talking about Yeezy 450 Slide slates, the model of which was named Ophani. Constructed from signature EVA foam. The upper part of the silhouette is trimmed with multiple holes, while the outsole is wavy. Slippers will be available for purchase on December 27, the cost of a pair will be $ 65 (4.8 thousand rubles).
The design of the slates has raised eyebrows on social media and has been compared to French fries and Cheetos corn chips. So, for example, the user @saffycreatives posted a photo of the shoe where he replaced the upper part of the silhouette with french fries in the form of waffles served in the American fast food chain Chick-fil-A, with the caption “Now I understand.”
Many fans have also dubbed the flip-flops ugly and voiced their grievances to West. “What was Kanye thinking”, “God, this is just ugliness”, “They look like plasticine”, “Model Yeezy-Cheetos”, “They are like coral”, they wrote.
In August, Kanye West’s new sneakers insulted Muslims. We are talking about the Yeezy Boost 350 V2 sneakers, the models of which are named Israfil and Asriel. Complaints among adherents of religion were caused by the company’s use of the words “Israfil” – the name of one of the four archangels in Islam – and “Azriel”, meaning “doomsday herald”.