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And Finally
Kanye bans kilt snaps
By Aly Barchi | Published on Monday 11 February 2013
Kanye West has apparently asked Getty Images to delete all the photos it has of him in a leather Givenchy kilt. Remember the one, the shiny black thing he was wearing at the Hurricane Sandy benefit gala back in December. It was new, it was brave, it was skirt-like.
This Beyonce-esque act of ‘reputation management’, says The Sun, may be a reaction to a ‘diss’ track released by rapper Lord Jamar titled ‘Lift Up Your Skirt’. In it, Jamar brands West’s fashion choice “queer shit”, adding: “He introduced skinny jeans to the rap scene and then he wore a fucking skirt on the video screen. Then he wore it again at a memorial. I can’t pretend, this shit is deplorable”. Yeah, and so is homophobia.
Anyway, this is what Kanye was saying about his kilt last year: “I love this, I don’t care if people think I am wearing a kilt or not wearing a kilt. I just love the silhouette. I think it’s really modern”.
Yes, yes it is. Look:
