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Ye has never been known to do things low-key, so it tracks that he celebrated his 49th birthday by renting out the humble Palace of Versailles. Over the weekend, the rapper and his wife, Bianca Censori, were photographed hanging out with 20 or so friends in masks in a private section of the grand former residence of Louis XIV, per “Page Six.” TMZ reported that the couple partied into the wee hours of the morning, later taking their soirée to the luxury hotel Airelles Château de Versailles, where sources claimed the group spent just under $400,000.
For the occasion, West was covered head to toe in an all-black, militaristic ensemble made by controversial designer Elena Velez. (You may remember Velez as the woman who put Clavicular in a runway show.) With leather pants, boots, gloves, and an expressionless mask that is giving me nightmares, he looked like a ghoulish dominatrix. Censori, meanwhile, opted for a cream satin corset with feathers covering her face and crotch and a flowing silk train, tagging designer Miss Claire Sullivan — the woman behind Rama Duwaji’s bootleg Knicks parade dress — in her Stories. In photos posted to West’s Instagram Story, the rapper posed on a stool next to a harp with Censori on his lap. Censori later removed her train and bounced around the palace in nothing but her bodice and feathered face mask. Other guests obscured their faces with Phantom of the Opera–style face coverings and fluffy animal heads.
If this is how West celebrated his 49th birthday — an unremarkable year in the grand ranking of birthdays — I can only imagine what his 50th might look like. Perhaps a White House takeover with a surrealist theme?
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