NEW YORK: Kanye West stirred up fashion controversy in New York Wednesday with a second edition of futuristic clothes and by dropping a new song, before Hugo Boss gave a master class in style.

Fresh from declaring an improbable bid for the US presidency, rapper West pulled in celebrity friends to unveil the second edition of his military-inspired Yeezy fashion range.

His pregnant reality TV star wife Kim Kardashian sat front row with their two-year-old daughter North, between Vogue queen Anna Wintour and Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci.

Other famous guests were singer Lorde and rapper Drake, with West’s star sister-in-law Kylie Jenner and model of the moment Gigi Hadid among those who strutted the catwalk.

Critics took to social media to trash the clothes, but there was praise for the new West song, dropped in the finale.

As with practically everything that West sets his mind to, the show came laden with controversies.

British tabloid The Mirror reported that he asked models to sign a $10 million non-disclosure form not to discuss him, Kim or any of the Kardashian family, annoying some of the models.

The 38-year-old also angered designers who said his last-minute scheduling would unfairly suck attention away from their shows in rival slots.