--- title: Yeezy Model Explains Why She Took Off Her Shoes Interview description: Yeezy model Amina Blue would like to set the record straight about taking off her shoes during the Yeezy Season 4 presentation. canonical: https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-09T21:53:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:23.224Z og:title: Yeezy Model Amina Blue Explains Why She Took Those Shoes Off og:description: "When you’re wearing plastic shoes, your feet are going to sweat." og:url: https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf137bd6fd88061f5/6988a570ab6d77b9726ab2d1/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Kanye West Yeezy Season 4 - Presentation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yeezy Model Amina Blue Explains Why She Took Those Shoes Off twitter:description: "When you’re wearing plastic shoes, your feet are going to sweat." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf137bd6fd88061f5/6988a570ab6d77b9726ab2d1/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Yeezy Model Wants You to Know the Real Reason Why She Took Off Her Shoes At Kanye West's Fashion Show > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 4) Amina Blue walks the runway at the Kanye West Yeezy Season 4 fashion show on September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 4) Dimitrios Kambouris-Getty Images for Yeezy Season 4  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 9, 2016 9:53 PM UTC Kanye West’s [Yeezy Season 4 presentation for Adidas Originals this New York Fashion Week](http://time.com/4482460/kanye-west-front-row-fashion-week/) was nothing short of dramatic. [People in attendance reported that the standing models seemed to collapse and sit down because of the heat, while runway models struggled to walk in their shoes](http://time.com/4483104/kanye-west-yeezy-season-4-fashion-show/). One model wearing thigh high boots required help from an audience member to finish her walk down the runway, while Amina Blue, another model, stopped mid-walk to remove her shoes before continuing her walk. Blue explained the real reason why she removed her shoes at the [Yeezy show](http://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/). The sunny day and heat took its toll on Blue and her clear plastic heels were comfortable by her account, but prone to slipping when her feet started to sweat. In an interview with [The Cut](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/models-amina-blue-and-chanel-iman-talk-yeezy-season-4.html), she elaborated. “They were comfortable, it was the heat from the sun,” she said. “When you’re wearing plastic shoes, your feet are going to sweat.” Blue elaborated on her game time decision on the runway. --- > “” --- According to Blue, West was completely understanding about the situation. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/"},"headline":"Yeezy Model Wants You to Know the Real Reason Why She Took Off Her Shoes At Kanye West's Fashion Show","datePublished":"2016-09-09T21:53:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:23.224Z","description":"\"When you’re wearing plastic shoes, your feet are going to sweat\"","url":"https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","fashion","Kanye West","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf137bd6fd88061f5/6988a570ab6d77b9726ab2d1/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf137bd6fd88061f5/6988a570ab6d77b9726ab2d1/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kanye West Yeezy Season 4 - Presentation","caption":"Kanye West Yeezy Season 4 - Presentation","creditText":"Dimitrios Kambouris-Getty Images for Yeezy Season 4","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4485980/amina-blue-yeezy-season-4-kanye-west/","name":"Yeezy Model Wants You to Know the Real Reason Why She Took Off Her Shoes At Kanye West's Fashion Show"}}]}] ```