Clothing lines are almost a rite of passage for rappers. You know the formula: sell a couple million records, launch a record label, start selling clothes. Yeah, rapper clothing lines fail frequently, but everyone expected different from Kanye West and his Pastelle brand, given his well-documented passion for fashion.
Surely the habitually trendsetting guy who shops enough to speak Italian would put out one of the dopest rapper-helmed fashion lines ever, right? Wrong…sort of. While ‘Ye supposedly plans to release a collection under his own name in the near future, reports surfaced yesterday saying that Pastelle is officially no more, leaving us with nothing but a series of unfulfilled announcements and public sightings of Mr. West rocking pieces from the line. To honor the brand that never came to fruition, we’re taking a look back at all of Pastelle’s Greatest Moments…
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When it comes to dope graphic tee’s Parra has the blueprint. Check out Rockwell’s fall/winter line, then check out our best t-shirts of the 2000s list. [High Snobiety]
The Ransom for adidas line continues to impress. Coming to a cool-guy’s foot near you. [Hypebeast]
Kanye’s Pastelle line is never coming out. Sawwryy. [High Snobiety]
Are these dunks too good to eff up during paintball? You decide. [Nice Kicks]
Still playing with toys? It’s cool if it’s the Medicom Toy x Where The Wild Things Are Kubrick and Bearbrick. [SlamxHype]
We’re taking the next couple days off, so we can’t be there to tell you where to go for Black Frizziday and “Sorry We’re Out of That” Saturday. For the Supra Timbo Skytops, hit up KCDC in Brooklyn (they’ll ship it if you beg). [KCDC]
If you’re trying to buy the KR Air Force 1s, Alife will make you feel small, but they’ll have them. If you can’t stand the heat, hit up 21 Mercer. And, there’s always eBay if your Moms doesn’t want to wait in line. [ARC]
This recession better get over itself quick, because all kinds of stuff is dropping after New Years. The Yeezys in March and the first run of Pastelle online in January. We also hear that there might be an NYC Pastelle store? [High Snobiety]
F Christmas, we want these Dunk High Vandals now. Holy Crap they’re awesome. [Hypebeast]
Nike Air Max 90 Moire. It’s in our December issue, but hey, we can’t fuck with the Internet. They beat us by a week. Best ones yet. [Slam x Hype]
Um…Pirelli Calendar? Why you got to make us feel so bad about our girlfriends? Always amazing, and the 2009 one is a banger. [Pirelli]
