I idolize Kanye West, I really do. Say what you want about his unbelievable self-confidence and cockiness, in my book, he's more than allowed to be so. He single-handedly resurrected the hip hop genre to a whole new level. He dares to push fashion limits and go beyond the stereotypical hip hop attire. He spits some pretty sick rhymes that I love to occassionally quote on my msn messenger profile name. Whenever he is featured on another artist's song, I will download and listen to it even if I depise the main singer. If ever Kanye West goes bankrupt and has to rap over a Miley Cirus song featured on Hannah Montana: The Sequel to make ends meet, I will like it. It is understated when I say that I truly find Kanye West *uber* cool. Besides his massive producing and rapping (let's not talk about the whole auto-tune era of his, it's just a phase..he will go back to rapping) talent, I think he's one of the most well-dressed man in the Entertainment industry. He take risks when he dresses down, or when he dresses up; in other words, he's not boring. And I like the fact that he's a hip hop artist that doesn't have to wear baggy jeans that go all the way to the knees, wear unicolor extra-large t-shirts, or even better, doesn't go shirtless all the time (anyone remember 50 cent? ..right). When Marc Jacobs offers you to design a special limited collection of Louis Vuitton sneakers, you *know* you did something right. Bottom line, he's a very inspiring fashion icon, in my honest opinion, which leads to the main point of this post. Not too long ago, I saw a picture (the one above) of Kanye West during Paris Fashion Week. He wore a pretty casual outfit, but what intrigued me was the heart-shaped brooch he wore on his jeans jacket. Turns out, this heart-shaped brooch is actually a heart pin constructed in Lego. Not that I'm easily impressed, but I was quite fascinated about it.
The Lego heart brooch in question is designed by a duo named Dee and Ricky who was offered by Marc Jacobs to style his models for his spring runway show with their collection of Lego-made belts. And from this little fashion gig, the duo's line of Lego accessories officially made big waves among the the young Hollywood, and of course Kanye West. But I must warn you, these heart-shaped Lego do not come cheap, oh no. If you visit Dee and Ricky's official website where they sell their Lego heart brooches, a small one can cost you a whopping 75 US *dolla* (add the little fob chinese NYC Canal Street-style accent)! And a larger heart is tagged at an inflationary price of US$100. Last time I checked, it's already $100 too much for Legos. *But*, insane and borderline daylight robbery-pricing aside, the Lego brooches are very charming, and you can see that the quality and the neatness of it is commandable on the side of the designers. So I know that no one in their right mind, well, no one with a modest income, in their right mind will order one of these trendy accessories; hence why I did a little bit of research which can offer you the same opportunity to own a Lego heart brooch like Kanye West at a normal person price. Why? Because I want share the love with my peeps.
First Method: Make it yourself!
You know the good old saying: Why have someone do, something you can do yourself? In other words, you can make your own heart Lego pin for a mere estimated cost of $2.06 via Lego.com. All you need to do is order the necessary lego blocks needed through the website, and buy a pin and some crazy glue to attach the pin to the heart, and voila!
You will need to order:
Two: Bricks 2x2
Two: Brick 1x2
Four: Roof tile 2x2/45 degrees
Two: Brick 2x4
Six: Roof title 2x2/45 deg. Inv.
Don't fuss, if you don't know what to do with the Lego blocks once you received them, it is pretty clear on how each block goes on top of another. Play around with it just so that the Lego blocks form into a heart. Glue your pin to the back of the heart-shaped Lego and there you have it! Make as many as you want and use as many colors as you desire! A cool and thoughtful gift if you don't necessarily want to wear it yourself.
Second Method: Buy ('cause I suck in arts&crafts)
I'm not referring to the Dee and Ricky original ones, but rather replicas of them. Not everyone is born into creativity, or even know how to use Lego blocks, so let us not judge ourselves on that fact. The next best alternative is to buy one at a very discounted price compared to Dee and Ricky's. Take into consideration that they provide the Lego blocks and the time and effort into building it. On ebay, there's a store called Creation Depot and they sell a bunch of homemade stuffs including the heart-shaped Lego pins. They are charging $16.95 for a small one and $24.95 for a big one. It's not completely out of this world in terms of the pricing, so if you have some extra cash and you don't want to dirty your hands, they are a legit seller to go to. I am sure you can find a better deal elsewhere on the internet or ebay, but I'm suggesting Creation Depot just because it seems more reliable.
On that note, I'm in no position to dictate what's cool and what's not, but I definitely find these new little thing to be exceptionally cool. The hearts can either be in full or broken for those pessimist ones. So, go ahead, either check out Lego.com to buy some blocks to make them yourself, or go to Creative Depot where you can buy already-made ones, or even over at Dee and Ricky if you find "replicas" to be offensive to your nature. Actually, I do recommend to go look at the original work of Dee and Ricky and see the cool things they can do. (I really like the multicolored Lego heart pin one).
peace and love, y'all!
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