A Bathing Ape Bape Sta Low Kanye West College Dropout Last Sale: -- No Sales Yet View Asks View Bids View Sales StockX Verified Condition: New Our Promise Last Sale: A Bathing Ape Bape Sta Low Triple Black $308 Last Sale: $292 A Bathing Ape Bape Sta Low Grey Orange $313 A Bathing Ape Bape Sta Low Blue $600 Last Sale: $346 Last Sale: $573 $588 The Kanye West x Bape Bapestas are an oft-forgotten piece of West's sneaker legacy. By Jake Woolf January 5, 2017 Welcome to Grail of the Week, where we break down one hard-to-find but.
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Facts January 2007 saw the release of one of Kanye West's earliest sneaker collaborations, a special-edition Bapesta from A Bathing Ape. Unlike subsequent co-branded releases in which Kanye created an entirely new silhouette from the ground up, this joint venture utilizes an existing model - Bape's flagship sneaker. The Kanye West x A Bathing Ape Bape Sta features premium tumbled leather on the mudguard and heel in a chocolate brown, while smooth leather in cream color the toe box, mid-panel, BAPE logo branding on the side, and upper heel. A burnt red accents the lace placket, as well as the outsole and inner lining. Shop the most-wanted Bape × Kanye West pieces. Explore the collaboration and shop rare and recently dropped styles. The 'College Dropout' BAPE STA was Kanye's first sneaker to hit retail. Repping the iconic bear logo, and a colour scheme that paid dues to his album art, the design merged Kanye's formative styling with his newfound fixation on Japanese streetwear. The BAPE STA returned to shelves when the Kanye-affiliated RSVP Gallery opened in 2009.
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About this product. One of Kanye West's earliest sneaker collaborations, the Kanye West x Bapesta FS-001 Low 'College Dropout' features a leather upper showcasing colors and artwork inspired by The College Dropout. It features the dropout bear that continually appears within Kanye West's 1st trilogy of albums. Before Kanye West went on to create hype after hype through his collaborations with Nike, Louis Vuitton, and Adidas, one the artist's first sneaker projects go back to the Kanye West x Bapesta Fs-001 'College Dropout'. Released in 2007 with Bape, these kicks feature a revamped look and feel for the Japanese brand's flagship sneaker—the. Evan Agostini/Getty Images. Bathing Ape is celebrating its 20th anniversary and to mark the milestone the clothing brand has pulled in 20 artists, including Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, to. The sneaker world is often punctuated with collaborations that transcend mere footwear and become symbols of the cultural zeitgeist. Among them is the Bapesta x Kanye West partnership. This…
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Yeezy Boost 700 (2017) Disrupting the dad-shoe craze in the wildest of ways, Kanye West brought in Steven Smith for the creation of the adidas Yeezy Boost 700. Mixing mesh, suede, 3M and EQT DNA, the 700s brought a new level of aggression to the chunky, normcore trend. Of all the iterations, the 'Waverunner' debut made by far the biggest splash. Kanye West. One of the very first sneaker collaborations with the artist, Kanye West lended his hand on a partnership with the Japanese streetwear label for an extremely hyped pair of BAPESTAs.
Honorable Mention: Kanye West x Bape Bapesta "College Dropout" Released: 2007. Bapestas were designed by Nigo, not Kanye West (and which itself is based largely on a Nike Air Force 1), so it's. Every where throughout the mid 2000's and still going strong, Bape's game-changing looks for the Bapesta even inspired the Swoosh to release a number of patent leather Air Force 1s throughout 2006.
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Years after Kanye West sampled her classic "Through the Fire" for his breakthrough single "Through the Wire," Chaka Khan has had a change of heart about the rapper's use of the track. West. BAPE (and Japanese) imagery became more and more interesting because of its versatility and the conception of a fashion that was less tied to shapes than to concepts. Eclectic personalities such as Pharrell Williams and Kanye West were among the first to embrace this way of interpreting fashion.
