Kanye West’s relationship with the fashion industry has been about as healthy as Marshall and Kim’s since the very beginning.
West announced his intention to drop Season 5 of his Yeezy fashion line during New York Fashion Week, but it turns out he didn’t go through the proper channels while scheduling his launch, meaning that the Yeezy 5 show wasn’t going to appear on any official Fashion Week timetable. The planned 5 p.m. time slot on February 15 was also set to clash with a Fashion Week event by Marchesa.
Steven Kolb, the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, released a scathing statement about the rapper-turned-designer’s approach to launching his latest ideas: “Not going through the proper channels is disruptive to the whole week and unfair to designers who have secured spots through the formal procedure. This bad behavior is not acceptable to the CFDA and should not be tolerated by the industry.”
“Once again, CFDA was not approached or consulted about the possibility of Kanye West showing on the official New York Fashion Week schedule. As the scheduler of the week, the CFDA works with more than 300 brands to identify appropriate times for them to show their collections and avoid scheduling conflicts.”
The CFDA did extend something of an olive branch to the Chicago rapper, saying they will work with him to find an appropriate time slot.
“Because of this, the CFDA will not list Kanye West on the official schedule. However, the CFDA is more than willing to work with Kanye on securing an available time slot.”
After the backlash and subsequent media frenzy, Kanye reached out to Kolb to reschedule the show.
“Kanye called me personally to let me know that he had no intention of showing on top of another designer, and was unaware that there was a conflict,” Kolb explained in another statement. “He explained that once he realized Marchesa was in the time slot, he immediately looked at alternative options. The CFDA appreciates Kanye’s outreach and effort, and we look forward to working with him far in advance to integrate Yeezy into the schedule in seasons to come.”
The show will now go down at 3 p.m. on February 15 at Pier 59 Studios in New York.
Hopefully the reviews (and the weather) will be less harsh this time.
I hope he gets banned from the fashion industry for this buffoonery
what cali and down south hitters call a closet . NEW YORK lames call home . #NoSquareFootage
My brothers live in closets thats hilarious
… acting like a little b*tch Diva
I bet if they not allow him to show his sh*t at the Fashiob Week, he is gonna call them racists later on.
Rules are rules, but then again he can ALWAYS pull the race card aka “They don’t us here!” nonsense and then the industry will get ridiculed on social media for being bigots etc. Every year with this nonsense.
I agree. The industry will go on with or without him. At the end of the day, the people not complaining about race this and race that are still doing their thing and buying what they buy.
He’s on his way out….his last 3 albums have been on the decline in sales no ones checking for the cruel winter album that was supposed to be coming out and his clothing line will soon follow…
You guys must have bosses. Lead your own way in life and stop worrying about others.
For the record Kanyes stock has never been higher than it is right now..
#stopclickingonpeopleyoudontliketoleavenegativeenergy
Eff a protocol. Get that money Yeezy! Fools just mad a brothers doing his thing.
People that actually work hard with clothing design probably dislike some random celebrity using their fame to pass off garbage clothes as “designer” stuff.
I think you got exactly right. This is like how hip hop culture hated Slim Jesus when he did what he did. Same type of action in a different industry, but a lot of people won’t see that.
“Kanye you stupid mf you can’t just do what you want! We have procedures! We have a protocol! This is totally unacceptable smh……so what time slot would you like sir?”
The Gay Mafia is in control