Designer creates cosy winter wonderland in which to give crowds a masterclass in sexy-but-warm elegance, reaffirming his place as the king of all-American cool
Given that Kanye West last year told an interviewer “I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh”, it seems fair to assume that the rapper is not easily starstruck.
But as Ralph Lauren greeted well-wishers at the end of his New York fashion week show on Thursday morning, West rose from his front row seat, approached the designer and handed a security guard his phone, gesturing to him to take a photo of the pair together. Lauren has a net worth currently estimated by Forbes at $7.1bn dollars, is the only designer to have been awarded all four of the top honours given by the Council of Fashion Designers America – and Kanye West wants a selfie. Not bad going.
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