Kanye West urged to go ‘fur free’ by Sia after Yeezy Season 5 show

The rapper debuted his latest collection at New York Fashion Week
'Sad reality': Kanye West has been urged to go 'fur free' by Sia after unveiling his latest fashion collection
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Ben Travis16 February 2017
The Weekender

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Kanye West has just unveiled his latest fashion collection at New York Fashion Week – which led musical collaborator Sia to ask him to go ‘fur free’ in future.

The rapper debuted Yeezy Season 5 yesterday, with outfits including a fur coat worn by model Halima Aden.

Taking to Twitter, Sia wrote to Kanye saying: “Dear @kanyewest would you consider going fur free?

“This is the reality of fur for fashion – it’s so sad.”

The tweet included a link to a video of rabbits being prepared for fur outfits.

However, according to Vogue, Aden’s outfit at the Yeezy show was ‘faux fur’.

The Season 5 collection was more secretive than previous Kanye shows, with no stream for fans to tune in.

Some images which have emerged from the catwalk show outfits including the slogans Lost Hills and Calabasas.

These phrases have been linked to a rumoured collaborative music project between West and Drake.

While a song by the two rappers was expected to debut at the show, it was instead soundtracked by The-Dream covering J. Holiday's Bed.

Sia appeared on Kanye’s most recent album The Life Of Pablo, singing on the song Wolves.

Her 2016 song Reaper was also co-written and produced by West.

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