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Video: Kanye West Wears Bizarre Diamond-Encrusted Scarecrow Masks At Atlantic City
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Published Dec 29, 2012
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It seems the great leather skirt unveiling at the Hurricane Sandy benefit earlier this month was but a preamble to an even greater sartorial statement from Kanye West—West donned two equally bizarre masks last night in Atlantic City. Click through to see more photos of the bizarre headwear, and check out some videos (with terrible audio) below. Suffice to say: your move, Gaga.
During "Heartless," West came out in the first mask, which vaguely resembled the Abominable Snowman, a white feathery scarecrow-like hood that brought to mind a very fashionable Penance from "Generation X". It's also been identified as his "Kanyeti" mask, so perhaps he was just getting prepared for today's perfect snowfall.
The second mask, unveiled during his remix of Rihanna's "Diamonds," was the diamond-encrusted one, which has been identified as "a blinged-out Maison Martin Margiela Haute Couture Mask." If you feel like you need something to cleanse your eyes from all the crystals, here's a photo of Kanye decorating cookies!
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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