Jean Touitou Titles Portion of A.P.C. 2015 Fall/Winter Collection "Last Ni**as in Paris"

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• Touitou named a portion of his collection "Last Niggas in Paris" as a reference to the Kanye West/Jay Z collaboration and Last Tango In Paris.


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• It's a mix of Timberlands and bare overcoats


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• According to Touitou, Timberland boots are a signifier for the ghetto. He didn't want to add the "big chain" because it would have been in bad taste


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• Claims Kanye gave him a pass "I love this vibe"


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"I call this one look Last N****s in Paris. Why? Because it’s the sweet spot when the hood meets Bertolucci’s movie Last Tango in Paris. So that’s ‘N****s in Paris’ and Last N****s in Paris. [Nervous laughter from audience.] Oh, I am glad some people laughed with me. Yes, I mean, it’s nice to play with the strong signifiers. The Timberland here is a very strong ghetto signifier. In the ghetto, it is all the Timberlands, all the big chain. Not at the same time—never; it’s bad taste. So we designed Timberlands with Timberland."



"I am friends with Kanye, and he and I presented a joint collection at the same place, one year ago, and that this thing is only a homage to our friendship. As a matter of fact, when I came up with this idea, I wrote to him, with the picture of the look and the name I was giving to it, and he wrote back immediately saying something like, ‘I love this vibe.’"



















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Fall/Winter collection here