Rapper slash designer Kanye West teaching fashion classes in L.A.

Kanye West at the recent Cannes Lions 2014 61st International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France.

June 25, 2014 8:08 AM PT

Kanye West was sentenced to community service in January for attacking a paparazzo. Apparently, he’s fulfilling at least some of it by lecturing fashion students at L.A. Trade Technical College. [TMZ]

Redken founder Paula Kent Meehan died Monday at age 82 in Beverly Hills. [Los Angeles Times]

Designer Patrick Robinson has left A/X Armani Exchange, Page Six reports, a little more than 15 months after signing on as creative director. Previously, he was creative director at Gap from 2007-2011. [Page Six]

Lupita Nyong’o posted her first Lancome ad on Instagram. [People]

Nordstrom plans to bring social shopping site Wanelo into 107 of its stores via installations of video screens in juniors departments. [Racked]

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Susan Denley

Susan Denley is a former contributor to the All the Rage blog, associate features editor and editor of the Image section, which covers fashion, style, beauty – and their intersection with Hollywood and California culture. Over a career spanning four newspapers and two coasts, she’s been responsible for a wide variety of features and hard news beats as a reporter, editor or department manager. Denley left The Times in 2015.

Rapper slash designer Kanye West teaching fashion classes in L.A.

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