Kanye West criticized for selling new Yeezy Gap clothes in garbage bags

Kanye West fans have more than just their panties in a bunch.

The rapper turned fashion designer has been criticized online for selling his latest collection of clothes from garbage bags.

“This is how they sell Yeezy GAP,” a New York-based Twitter user caption a photo with messy merchandise in large black garbage bags on the floor of a Gap store.

According to the eyewitness, “The salesperson said Ye got angry when he saw that she… [his clothes] on hangers” because “this is how he wanted it.”

“They Won’t Help You Find” [your] size,” she added, “you just have to dig through everything.”

The image provoked great reactions, with several critics Slamming West’s “fetish” using the homeless as ‘mode muses’.

Kanye West wears a black puffer jacket in New York in 2019
West reportedly got “angry when he saw they had” [his new Yeezy collection] on hangers” in a Gap store.
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“It’s everything wrong with billionaires,” argued one dissenter. “They no longer see people’s plight, they don’t see people suffering, they see opportunities to be ‘on sharp’ and take advantage … it’s disgusting.”

A person wrote“This must be a social experiment”, while another joked“Finally something to satisfy my instinct to dig.”

Another upset fan claimed they saw the same type of Yeezy Gap display in a Houston store, to explain“I can say that this would make me quit my job if I was still on the visuals team.”

Kanye West wearing black gloves and a black face covering in Paris in January 2022
West believes that the “biggest inspiration for all designs” is “the homeless.”
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Others disagreed with the collection itself, which includes a range of bulky, dark gray sweatpants, sweatshirts and accessories that range in price from $40 (key ring) to $340 (T-cut parka).

“This oversized s–t has got to stop. Buddy looks like he’s about to sit down for a haircut in that T,” a social media user jokedwhile another be aware the irony of “fishing a $240 hoodie out of a garbage bag.”

Kanye West wears a denim jacket and sunglasses at the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show
Fans are outraged by both the displays and the expensive merchandise.
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Last week, the 45-year-old father of four explained that his “biggest inspiration for all designs” was “the homeless.”

The Instagram post provoked comments like, “no homeless person buying $200 yeezys ” and “yes look at the homeless so we can sell middle-class people $499 shoes.”

West representatives did not immediately respond to Vidak For Congress’s request for comment.

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