Kanye West: What's next for Yeezy and trainer fans?

Kanye West’s Yeezy collaboration with Adidas has been one of the most a success within the logo’s history. But that’s now over, as the clothing giant has dropped the rapper – called Ye – over anti-Semitic comments. Cutting the partnership approach Adidas will make a net lack of £217m in 2022, with many other manufacturers additionally ending their relationships with him. For lovers of the fashion and song, and the wider sneaker world, the large question is what comes next? “I became a fan of him,” James Drury tells BBC Newsbeat. “He is a genius in the style enterprise and within the music industry.” But the 28-year-old is now not a fan and says he can’t stand by way of Ye after anti-Semitic remarks. “It does feel like he is nearly attention in search of to stay relevant,” he says. “And he’s only a little bit too far accessible with me now. “There’s sure matters that you just can’t agree with.”

‘A separate brand’

James, from Shropshire, has been collecting Yeezys on the grounds that 2016, while he first got into the variety.

“It changed into greater so the rarity,” he says. “Seeing pictures of numerous celebrities carrying them, it right away pulls you in.”

But in relation to being a Yeezy collector, he’ll continue despite Ye’s feedback.

“I almost see Yeezy as a brand separately from Kanye West. Obviously, he controls an awful lot of it, but for a few cause I see Yeezy as separate. So I will maintain with it.”

James says he’s not in it for the money though.

“I’m individually not in it for promoting them, I gather because of the rarity in place of the money,” he says.

“I actually have massive testimonies in the back of [certain shoes that I’ve got].”

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Emily Atkins from The Sole Supplier, a consultant trainer website, labels it “the most important story in the sneaker world”.

And at the same time as slicing the partnership has cost Adidas cash, Emily is interested to see the broader effect.

“We’ve been for the reason that human beings have rebelled and boycotted Adidas because of Kanye’s feedback,” the shoe professional says. “And I suppose his have an effect on is at the whole emblem.”

Emily, 25, says Adidas can get over the backlash, and they could research a huge lesson on now not placing “so much reliance on one influencer for their campaigns”.

“I assume he commenced unfavorable his popularity a protracted at the same time as ago.”

But she recognises the need to hold in thoughts Ye’s mention of his mental health, as he has been diagnosed with bipolar sickness.

She adds there are other options for Adidas going forward, too.

“It’s dangerous for any brand to rely so heavily on one influencer to drive such a huge portion of their sales,” she says.

“But on the other hand, they do have other products, some very iconic silhouettes which have always been around pre-Kanye.”

The future for Ye?

As for Ye, he is misplaced his position in Forbes mag’s listing of billionaires. It estimates that the lack of the Adidas partnership cuts Ye’s net well worth from $1.5bn to $400m (£1.3bn to £349m).

In the world of fashion, Emily feels the rapper not has “the advantageous inputs he had all the ones years ago”.

“It’ll be exciting to peer his next flow. And which manufacturers are brave enough to take him under their wing.”

As for his track, James says whilst he is now not yet at the stage where he will be urgent skip on his tunes, but “it’s getting very near”.

“I do suppose a lot of human beings will turn off his music now, will skip him and placed [his comments] earlier than the song.”

Additional reporting through Polly Bayfield