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The eight pieces have already sold out, despite only being made available for pre-order

The Yeezy Gap X Balenciaga collection has been unveiled, and already there is a waiting list. All photos: Gap

Working with Balenciaga creative director Demna, Ye has created a line of oversized hoodies, T-shirts and denim that mixes his slouchy aesthetic with the brooding palette of Balenciaga.

The first release from the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection featured eight pieces.

A dark-wash denim from the collection.

Announced in January, the collection's first pieces were revealed on Yeezy Gap and Farfetch's websites, complete with a dramatic countdown.

The Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection features several hoodies.

The collection is designed to be unisex.

A second release from the collection is expected later this year.

A jacket from the separate Yeezy Gap collection has been revisited in the Engineered by Balenciaga range.

A short-sleeve T-shirt from the Balenciaga collaboration.

The Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection mixes Ye's oversize silhouettes with Balenciaga's almost all-black palette.

The collection has been released for pre-order, but there is now a waiting list.

Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga will also offer dark, oversize tracksuits later this year.

The eight pieces unveiled are priced from $120 to $440.

A look from the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection.

The much-hyped Yeezy Gap X Balenciaga collection was unveiled on Tuesday night, and there is already a waiting list.

As part of the 10-year, multimillion dollar tie-up with Gap, Ye, formally known as Kanye West, confounded detractors and delivered a collaboration with Balenciaga, one of the hottest names in fashion right now.

Working with the brand's creative director Demna — who like Ye has recently changed his name, ditching the surname Gvasalia — the pair have created a line of oversized hoodies, T-shirts and denim items that mix the slouchy aesthetic of Ye with the brooding palette of Balenciaga. In a manner befitting the two men, however, this is not described as a collaboration — instead, it is an "engineering".

Announced in January, the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection's first release was revealed on Tuesday on Yeezy Gap and Farfetch's websites, complete with a dramatic countdown on the latter. Eight pieces were unveiled, priced from $120 to $440.

Scroll through the gallery above for images from the Yeezy Gap X Balenciaga collection.

Created as unisex, the collection comprises one hoodie, two T-shirts (of which one is cropped), a long-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of track pants, a distressed, light wash denim jacket and a matching pair of jeans. Released only to pre-order, and with delivery listed as between four to eight weeks, most have sold out already, with would-be shoppers redirected to a waiting list.

In the Middle East, the collection is available on Ounass.com, for pre-order only.

Timed to coincide with Ye’s Donda 2 album release, this offering is the first wave of what is thought to be a 25-piece collection, the rest of which will drop later this year.