Kanye West's latest Adidas originals collection is said to have been inspired by the 2011 London riots.
West discussed his fashion inspiration and influence in a new interview with Style in which he also opened up about how he does does not read reviews of his designs. At one point in the interview, West describes himself as "the Robin Hood of fashion" as he feels "there's some information in it that can help people have better lives".
On the subject of the London riots, however, West says that spending time in the capital in 2011 and seeing what happened on the streets as violence broke out across the city inspired his take on fashion.
"I was living in London at that time and saw the way that the kids wanted the clothes and I didn’t have the skill set to do the more inexpensive clothes," West said. "This designer said to me one time, we were looking at something online, "This looks like a really bad couture designer that no one knows.” Think about the idea of a really terrible couture designer, which there are a lot of. I didn’t have the skill set to do inexpensive clothes."
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