Kanye West features LED jacket during Grammy Award
Top rapper Kanye West collected four Grammy wins Sunday night during the Grammy Awards in LA.
The most striking (for our blog) is the stage outfit Kanye was sporting, a jacket with animated light effects on each side of the front.
I do love Kanye’s music and I do love the fact that Wearable Electronic is taking the stage again after the performance of OK Go last November.
OK Go’s interactive fashion designer was Moritz Waldemeyer but I couldn’t find out (yet) where Kanye West is ordering his stage outfit.
Guessing a bit and looking at the photos and the video (see below) as well as some hints mentioned on MTV, those displays are partly based on EL-wires (the horizontal lines) and on LED matrices that flash in the rhythm to a synthesizer.
Wearing a jacket with flashing LED lights and light-up shades, Kanye electrified ( literally) the show with a flashing post-apocalyptic take on “Stronger”. A perfect match of acoustical and visual effects.
The YouTube video below show Kanye and the illuminated jacket in action during the Grammy awards:
For Kanye West fans among our readers: West’s album snagged an award for best rap album and picking up wins for best solo performance, best rap song and best rap performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with Common.
Kanye loves glowing stuff as he writes on his blog ‘I’m posting anything that glows’ and he for sure does love his cool jacket as he was wearing it fully animated while picking up the prize for Best Rap Album.
Once again, Wearable Electronic takes the center stage.
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The name of the company providing the Wearable LED’s/EL Wire in Kanye’s Jacket, Scarf and Glasses is NYX (www.nyxit.com). The name of the company providing the EL Wire outfits for the 2 on-stage DJ’s is Englighted (www.enlighted.com).
That look s pretty cool. But the stuff LL had on the video t-shirts was off the charts. Check it out.
To add to Mike’s comment above, the jacket and glasses design was a collaborative effort by Nyx Illuminated Clothing with design by Erin Hirsh. Nyx contact email is niccollc@earthlink.net
his jacket was provided by NYX, an LED technology company based in Los Angeles. I do marketing for them. you can contact the owners at niccollc@earthlink.net
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Hi,
my name is Naama , i work independently with stylist/ costume designer Erin Hersh, out in LA. She currently working with Kayne West and Gnarls Barkley conceptualizing their upcoming tours. She is responsible for Kayne’s LED light up Grammy jacket and glasses . She recently just completed designing his world Glow In The Dark Tour where he is wearing other examples of her light up work.
I love your site , if you wanted to know more about his clothing or what she has coming up feel free to email
thanks!
To Whom This May Concern,
Hello there, my name is Jamel, and I was damn neared floored, when I saw Kanye’s outfit on the 2008 Grammy Awards Show. Could someone be kind enough to tell me how can I get my hands on some fly electronical gear like that jacket/sunglasses of his? I also, have some orginal electronical gear ideas that I would like for someone to help me creat. Please respond back A.SAP. Thanx!
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peace !
DAFT PUNK 4EVER!!!!!!!!! Kanye would never have gotten this song if it weren’t for them! Consider him an accessory to an already classic song that’s been around for ages!
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