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Yeezy's Takeover of Gap Begins With a Tease of Its First Design

The first design in the coveted collaboration drops with a preorder and projections in major cities

Gapโ€™s Instagram page looks a little...different today. In fact, it doesnโ€™t look like much at all, given that its sole post features an intriguing glossy and cropped cerulean blue puffer floating on a white ground. Of course, Gapโ€™s logo looks different too, its signature three-letter emblem temporarily (we think) replaced with a new one: YZY.

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Thatโ€™s right, Yeezyโ€™s tenure with the legacy retailer, a ten-year commitment, has started a little earlier than its projected late June drop, debuting with a look at one of the new lineโ€™s first offerings, a recycled nylon jacket. And in the typical style of Kanye West (and Gap, for that matter), it opened with a big statement, according to Womenโ€™s Wear Daily.

Floating projections of the Yeezy Gap round jacket [are] currently on display, in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, including the New Museum in New York, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, and several locations in Chicago.

Splashyโ€”but if youโ€™re a Yeezy fan, what you undoubtedly really want to know is when you can get your paws on one. Well, youโ€™re in luck: not only does the jacket retail at the Yeezy-meets-Gap pricepoint of $200, but WWD reports it is available for preorder in the U.S. only, due to ship in the fall. Whether this is part of a more sustainable built-for-demand model (a la Telfar) has yet to be disclosed, but the partnership is expected to become a billion-dollar brand, with $150 million in sales in its full first year alone, as projected by Bloomberg, reports WWD, which further reminds us that Yeezy remains under Yeโ€™s sole ownership.

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Last June, WWD reported that shares of Gap shot up 18.8 percent on word that Westโ€™s Yeezy brand was coming to its namesake chainโ€™s stores and web site in 2021. Under Westโ€™s creative direction, the Yeezy design studio is developing a line of basics for men, women and children at โ€œaccessible price points.โ€

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