anye was shopping at Barney’s this summer when he spotted a 19 Year old Yale sophomore by the name of Cassius Clay wearing a unique pair of shoes. He liked the shoes so much that he tapped the guy on the shoulder and complimented him on his style. The two then chatted it up for a half hour on a range of topics with Kanye revealing he was trying to re-invent himself after the Taylor Swift fiasco. They exchanged phone numbers and emails and after a month or two of working on a range of special projects for Kanye, Cassius was asked to leave school and assist Kanye as a stylist and confidant.
A few weeks ago, Clay stopped by Phillip Lim’s showroom in New York and picked out a woman’s jacket for Kanye. “The staff thought he was nuts,” says his gal pal from Andover. Then Kanye walked in. He loved it and requested that a man’s version be made.
“They’re both very similar. I can absolutely see how they can get along extremely well,” the anonymous friend says. “Or they might each be too big of a diva that it can go either way,” she adds with a laugh.
Also the day after Kanye met Clay, he signed up to collaborate with Stubbs and Wootton, the designer of Cassius’s shoes. The company will create a Kanye West crested shoe which will be available this spring.
Via: Necole Bitchie
