• I Got It 4 Cheap: Gap Chambray Shirt

Even though the Spring and Summer seasons are behind us, chambray shirts can still be incorporated into any outfit for Fall. In fact, if you don’t currently own the lightweight button-up garment and want to save money, this is the perfect time of the year to make your purchase. Many retail stores are already discounting their collections from previous seasons to make room for their Fall/Winter inventory. Gap has a chambray shirt on sale for $41.99, which is a reasonable price considering chambrays are sold upwards to $300. Gap’s offering is constructed of 100% cotton and features contrast stitching with complementary white buttons. Kanye West has been seen wearing chambrays in the past, like at the Bape Los Angeles grand opening, as seen below, where he wore a Bape chambray shirt.

Gap Chambray Shirt ($41.99) – Gap

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• Internship At Gap

US Weekly has revealed that Kanye West has been secretly interning at Gap’s corporate offices in New York.  Although no official word has been made from the man himself, the story is not entirely far-fetched since Kanye previously mentioned that he wanted to temporarily quit rap to pursue a fashion internship. A source told US Weekly:

He works all the time, and one Friday night recently, he stayed until 12 am. He’s learning the fashion business from the inside and trying to do it quietly.

Rumors or not, Gap surely benefits from such news. And if this is true, it’s very refreshing to see a celebrity putting in the proper work to master the craft of fashion, versus just releasing a mediocre product that will sell based on the name behind it (which is what ends up happening to most fashion lines from celebrities).

Source: NY Mag

July 3rd, 2009