Kanye West's Yeezy Season 4 runway show marks Sofia Richie's runway debut but is slammed by fashion critics

The guests had to wait almost 3 hours in the heat for the show to start
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Charlie Teather8 September 2016

After delighting fans with a sell-out Season 3 extravaganza at Madison Square Gardens back in February, Kanye West's Yeezy Season 4 showcase was a hotly anticipated event.

But - despite playing host to Justin Bieber's new flame Sofia Richie's catwalk debut - last night's runway seemed to be somewhat of an anticlimax.

Many of the guests had to begin the evening with a lengthy bus ride in heavy traffic and hot weather to get to the show which was set on Roosevelt Island next to a derelict smallpox hospital. Matthew Schneeier, the New York Times Styles reporter, described the scenario as a 'middle school field trip'.

They then had to wait almost 3 hours in the heat before the show even began.

Stella Bugbee, Editorial Director at New York magazine The Cut, live tweeted her frustrations throughout the event.

Bugbee went on to reveal, once the show had started, that 'One model just fainted', before writing: 'Model passed out in the heat is given water by man in the audience but no one on the #YeezySeason4 team helps'.

Robin Givhan, Fashion Critic at the Washington Post, also showed concern for the models in the heat.

Bugbee also spoke of 'Watching editors leave #YeezySeason4' but feeling 'obligated to watch out for these models and see what else they have to go through'.

Signing off from tweeting her reactions, Bugbee wrote: 'The most responsible thing we could all do would be to write NOTHING about this show. #YeezySeason4'.

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