Kanye’s fashion ambitions predated and seeded the omnivore monoculture

Evidence

His goal, however, was to gain entry into the world of high fashion. In January 2009, Kanye and his Chicago entourage attended Paris Fashion Week only to be turned away from many collections. Seeking attention, he enlisted street photographer Tommy Ton to shoot his crew outside Comme des Garçons’ show. In this now-iconic photo, Kanye is flanked by his entourage, including a young Ghanaian American designer named Virgil Abloh. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 361

Categorization

• XREF: The Virgil Abloh origin connects to the reader’s interest in how subcultural hip-hop aesthetics infiltrated high fashion, a key mechanism of the omnivore monoculture.