Kanye West’s latest shoe, the Yeezy 450 in White Cloud, sells out under ONE MINUTE
Kanye West can’t keep his shoes from flying off the shelves.
The latest addition to its Adidas footwear line was sold out within minutes of its release Saturday morning.
The Yeezy 450 was sold in White Cloud after it first caught attention in 2020 when the 43-year-old rapper was seen wearing the alien-like silhouette in Paris.
Yeezy 450: The latest addition to the Adidas Kanye West footwear line-up was sold out within minutes of its release Saturday morning
First impressions: The Yeezy 450 was sold in Cloud White after it first caught attention in 2020 when the 43-year-old rapper was seen wearing the alien-like silhouette in Paris
Kanye played the weird shoes while walking around the French city at Paris Fashion Week in March last year.
He was in town to discuss the Yeezy Fall 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection and the shoe’s abstract proportions inspired several online memes.
The model finally reached a wider audience a year later – for those lucky enough to snatch a pair.
High Demand: Despite so many rumors about the new shoe, it flew off the shelves before most fans could log into the Adidas or YeezySupply.com app to get a pair for themselves
Despite the joke, it was clear that the demand for the thing was high as all the pairs were gone before most fans could login to the Adidas app or YeezySupply.com to get their own.
Selling for 200 pairs buckets, the Yeezy 450 adopts a gray-beige construction, completely knitted for a sock-like device.
But all conversation around the shoe focused on a ribcage-like shape on its exoskeleton.
Unfortunately for those who can’t afford a pair, they are now selling them for up to 800 dollars.
Missed Opportunity: Selling for 200 pairs buckets, heads who could not afford to buy a pair for themselves may have to spend as much as $ 800 on resale sites
Shoe Designer: Kanye launched Yeezy’s first shoe back in 2009 and quickly got a grip on the sneaker game, with popular hits like the Air Yeezy 2 SP ‘Red October’ in 2014
The YEEZY 450 release was a bit BS. 15 minutes of “you’re in the waiting room, don’t update” with the page updating until it sells out, ‘Tweeted one fan annoyed.
‘Release @ 7am, sold out before 7:01. People hated this shoe all year round, but they didn’t keep the same energy on # yeezy450 release day, ‘said another.
Kanye first picked up these sneakers on social media in the summer of 2018 with sketches of the much debated design.
This long fall is among the nine styles that Adidas will be releasing from its Yeezy line during the month.
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