Is Kanye dating Irina?
Tales of the model and the rapper have been swirling since the latter filed for divorce
So this Kanye West-dating-Irina Shayk thing, with the birthday trip to France rolled in? Apparently it’s been going on for a while, if the Russian-born supermodel’s taste in pricy T-shirts is any indication.
Shayk was photographed in late April wearing a long-sleeve commemorative DMX shirt — with no pants, just thighhigh black boots — while she was walking in New York City with four-year-old daughter Lea, whom she shares with exbeau Bradley Cooper. West was in town around that time for DMX’s memorial celebration.
The $200 custom shirts were commissioned from Balenciaga by West’s fashion brand, Yeezy, TMZ reported. After going on sale online April 24, they sold out in less than 24 hours, raising big bucks for the late rapper’s family. The Shayk photo was taken April 26, suggesting her attire was a personal delivery rather than the product of speedy overnight shipping.
The dating rumours apparently started flowing soon after. Then on Wednesday the Daily Mail declared West and Shayk a couple, producing photos of them taken with the longest of long lenses during what it termed a “romantic getaway” in France.
The former presidential candidate, who turned 44 on Tuesday, and the model, 35, can be seen walking through a park-like landscape near the boutique hotel Villa La Coste in Provence. The two of them, who in most of the photos are with a small group, are not shown touching, holding hands, kissing or even looking directly at each other. So make of it what you will. “It’s casual at the moment, but they are into each other,” an insider told Page Six. “It’s been going on for a few weeks now.”