DUST yourself off! Kanye West arrives in London... after being widely mocked for bizarre self-styled Kim Kardashian photoshoot on a heap of dirt

By Becky Freeth for MailOnline

Published: 02:23 EST, 10 July 2015 | Updated: 10:31 EST, 10 July 2015

Kanye West wasn't going to let his ego be bruised by the critique of his recent self-styled Kim Kardashian photo shoot.

The Yeezus singer - who's widely regarded for having a pretty high opinion of himself - held his head high as he arrived in London on Thursday night, amidst an onslaught of abuse about the bizarre images.  

Emerging designer Kanye, 38, left Paris for the British capital earlier this week and dipped his toe straight into the local culture by paying a visit to Bradley Cooper's Elephant Man in the West End.

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Hold your head high: Kanye West arrived in London on Thursday amid criticism for his self-styled photoshoot with Kim Kardashian

Hold your head high: Kanye West arrived in London on Thursday amid criticism for his self-styled photoshoot with Kim Kardashian

While art is widely regarded as a subjective form, Kanye's critics were quick to brand his work 'awful' and 'not sexy'.

The images, photographed by Juergen Teller, see Kanye's curvaceous wife Kim reclining seductively against a heap of dirt near the Château d'Ambleville in France.

Shot in the spring time during her platinum hair phase, Kim wears a nude bodysuit with an unflattering gold bra and sheer suspenders with heeled boots.  

Bizarre: The budding designer worked with Juergen Teller on the strange photoshoot that saw Kim posing provocatively on a heap of dirt

Bizarre: The budding designer worked with Juergen Teller on the strange photoshoot that saw Kim posing provocatively on a heap of dirt

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From Paper to Love magazine, reality TV star turned fashionista, Kim Kardashian, has had her fair share of raunchy magazine shoots. But even this is a first for Kim.

Posing for System magazine and styled by her hubby Kanye, Kim sported a nude body stocking teamed with a gold bra, black hold-ups and some Alaia lace-up booties to lie in a mountain of mud… as you do.

We reckon this shoot must have been done back at Paris Fashion Week, going by Kim’s peroxide locks, but has only just been released.

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Ego: The rap artist immersed himself in the culture of London and headed to see The Elephant Man in the West End on Thursday

Ego: The rap artist immersed himself in the culture of London and headed to see The Elephant Man in the West End on Thursday

Kanye has just returned from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week AW16, where he hobnobbed with Hollywood royalty Tilda Swinton and designer Haider Ackermann.

He has been trying to establish himself as a serious fashion designer since 2009 when he completed an internship program with Italian fashion house Fendi, which reportedly involved coffee runs.

The rap artist debuted his first womenswear collection at Paris Fashion Week in 2012 though the Wall Street Journal slammed the line for its heavy likeness to previous season Givenchy. 

Kanye was again criticised when he recruited faithful wife Kim to model for his capsule collection with adidas Originals in February 2015.

Keep trying: Kanye has been trying to establish himself as a designer since 2009
Disappointed: He has in the past admitted to having an inflated ego

Mocked: The singer was distracted by his phone as he was openly mocked on the internet for the images

Keep your head down: This isn't the first styling slam Kanye has had, as he was labelled as a 'joke' when he debuted his first fashion collaboration with Adidas at the New York Fashion Week AW15 collection

Keep your head down: This isn't the first styling slam Kanye has had, as he was labelled as a 'joke' when he debuted his first fashion collaboration with Adidas at the New York Fashion Week AW15 collection

The All Day hitmaker dressed curvy Kim in an unflattering nude body stocking for the New York Fashion Week AW15 catwalk show named adidas Originals x Kanye West. 

Fashion publicist Kelly Catrone said at the time: 'I’m not into his fashion thing. I think he’s fine as a rapper. I think he’s a joke as a fashion designer.

'I just think that you should stay focused at what you’re good at. Just because you’re a good rapper doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good fashion designer.' 

Slammed: Kanye's Adidas Originals x Kanye West show at New York Fashion Week in February, which again featured wife Kim, was similar slammed

Slammed: Kanye's Adidas Originals x Kanye West show at New York Fashion Week in February, which again featured wife Kim, was similar slammed

During a speech to the students of Oxford University in March, Kanye said: 'My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater… 

'That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone who has done so much, and that’s a mentality that suppresses humanity…' 

The rap artist has in the past been heavily criticised as delusional and confesses to having an inflated ego when it comes to his own creativity. 

Still plugging: He has previously interned for Fendi but so far failed to win over the fashion crowd

Still plugging: He has previously interned for Fendi but so far failed to win over the fashion crowd

Head down: Kanye cut a glommy figure as he stepped out of his London hotel, but his bruised ego is sure to recover as he pursues his dream of becoming a multi-medium artist

Head down: Kanye cut a glommy figure as he stepped out of his London hotel, but his bruised ego is sure to recover as he pursues his dream of becoming a multi-medium artist

Bigger than Picasso: The rapper has professed, in the past, to dreaming of surpassing Picasso as an artist 

Bigger than Picasso: The rapper has professed, in the past, to dreaming of surpassing Picasso as an artist 

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