Sam Trotman, pop-culture enthusiast and founder of Samutaro magazine, suggests that WestвЂ™s conscious inclination towards humbly-priced workwear (an Eizenhower jacket is ВЈ40 and Red WingвЂ™s boots come in on average at ВЈ150) sits in keeping with his вЂњpattern of going against popular trends and his anti-establishment attitude, which in turn sees him set a new sartorial direction and stay ahead of the curve.вЂќ Indeed, the 17-inch stompers fit the designer's low-key, workwear-infused. So enamoured is West with all things blue-collar that in 2015 he even directed a Jurgen Teller-lensed shoot that saw Kim Kardashian pose on a construction site. West's sudden interest in Red Wing Shoes won't come as too much of a surprise to eager disciples to the house of Ye. WestвЂ™s Yeezy apparel line is also aesthetically comparable to those produced by workwear brands such as Carhartt WIP, with the designer-cum-musician sporadically presenting his own khaki cargo pants and sandy boiler suits. HeвЂ™s recently been seen in BalenciagaвЂ™s leather wellingtons, as well as the brandвЂ™s knee-skimming Crocs collab, while his own Yeezy label develops its own jumbo-sized вЂњNSLTDвЂќ boots, which of course the вЂњFadeвЂќ rapper has been repping. West is an avid wearer of LeviвЂ™s trucker jackets, while his Red Wing boots sit neatly alongside an array of other beetle-crushing boots currently populating his shoe rack.

Indeed, the 17-inch stompers fit the designerвЂ™s low-key, workwear-infused aesthetic. WestвЂ™s sudden interest in Red Wing Shoes wonвЂ™t come as too much of a surprise to eager disciples to the house of Ye. Nick Paget, Senior Menswear Strategist at trend forecast company WGSN, says that вЂњwith KanyeвЂ™s ability to trigger a rush on any particular brand or item, it wouldnвЂ™t be a huge surprise if his adoption of the Red Wing boot has the exact same effect as did his wearing workwear stalwart Dickies to the Met Ball.вЂќ It wouldnвЂ™t be unreasonable to assume, then, that the same could be about to happen with Red Wing Shoes.

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