Homeless people will be the models in Kanye “Ye” West’s upcoming Yeezy collaboration with Skid Row Fashion Week.
Ye and streetwear brand Skid Row Fashion Week are coming together to tackle the ongoing homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. And how are they going to do it? Well, fashion. West, 44, and Skid Row Fashion Week founder David Sebastian met up earlier this month while West was in the studio working on “Donda 2.” The two then created the idea for a Yeezy X Skid Row Fashion Week, TMZ reports.
As part of the collab, West will donate 100 percent of the proceeds to help the homeless community on Skid Row. David’s company will donate a portion of all sales to Skid Row service efforts; his factory, which makes the clothes, also employs the homeless. A source told TMZ that the money from the sales would go toward hiring more homeless people to work at the Skid Row Fashion Factory. The line will be available on Feb. 22.
The two are also reportedly planning to have workers from the factory model the clothes in an upcoming fashion show. In addition, the two creatives want clothing and items seen on Skid Row to be turned into outifts, TMZ reports. One of the men’s possible ideas is a trash bag puffer jacket.
