Racked - Everything to Know About Kanye West's Yeezy Season 2The National Shopping, Stores, and Retail Scene Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52809/32x32.0..png2016-06-06T08:47:41-04:00http://www.racked.com/rss/stream/91017902016-06-06T08:47:41-04:002016-06-06T08:47:41-04:00Where to Snag Yeezy Season 2 Footwear Today
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<p>Today's the slated launch date for the Yeezy Season 2 footwear collection, which is not to be confused with this coming Saturday's <a href="https://twitter.com/adidasoriginals/status/739735978580021248" target="_blank">Yeezy Boost 750 launch</a>. This Yeezy Season 2 drop is unaffiliated with Adidas, which is now strictly handling the Yeezy Boost sneaker releases, <a href="http://footwearnews.com/2016/fashion/designers/yeezy-season-2-shoes-boots-sandals-release-june-6-226006/" target="new">according to</a> <em>Footwear News. </em></p>
<p><em></em>These shoes are decidedly not sneakers, featuring sandals and boots with 4.5-inch heels. The collection starts at $445 for minimalist suede sandals and tops out at $995 for knit knee-high toe-less boots. In non-heel offerings, there's also a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/11/25/9801766/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-boots">military crepe boot</a> available in men's and women's sizes. All the shoes are made in Italy except the crepe boot, which is made in Spain.</p>
<p><i>Vogue</i> <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13442194/kanye-west-adidas-originals-yeezy-season-2-launch-celebrity-style/" target="new">has it</a> that the collection will be sold online at <a href="https://yeezysupply.com/">yeezysupply.com</a> (which appears to be inaccessible to the public right now). Racked compiled a list of stores that are carrying Yeezy Season 2 footwear, according to sources like <a href="http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-2-shoes-hit-stores-next-week-10442189/" target="_blank"><i>WWD</i></a> and <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://footwearnews.com/2016/fashion/designers/yeezy-season-2-shoes-boots-sandals-release-june-6-226006/" target="_blank">Footwear News</a>:</p>
<p><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytheresa.com%2Fen-us%2Fdesigners%2Fyeezy.html&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">My Theresa</a> (Some sizes are already sold out, particularly the transparent sandal)</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.isetan.com.sg" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Isetan</a></p>
<p><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openingceremony.com%2Fproducts.asp%3Fmenuid%3D2%26designerid%3D3470&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bergdorfgoodman.com&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">Bergdorf Goodman</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.boontheshop.com" target="_blank">Boon the Shop</a></p>
<p><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brownsfashion.com&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">Browns</a></p>
<p><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openingceremony.com%2Fproducts.asp%3Fmenuid%3D2%26designerid%3D3470&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Opening Ceremony</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.united-arrows.jp/en/index.html" target="_blank">United Arrows</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://nomadshop.net">Nomad</a> (Crepe Taupe Boots only, releasing at Nomad on Friday June 10th)</p>
<p><a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://launches.endclothing.com/#/products/70/sold-out" target="_blank">End Clothing</a> <span>(Crepe Taupe Boots only)</span></p>
<p><a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.paul-friends.com/yeezy-mens-crepe-boot-216198.html" target="_blank">Paul & Friends</a> <span>(Crepe Taupe Boots only)</span></p>
<p>They are also being sold on<a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.farfetch.com%2Fuk%2Fshopping%2Fmen%2Fyeezy-season-2-crepe-sole-boots-item-11501201.aspx%3Fstoreid%3D9298%26from%3D1%26ffref%3Dlp_pic_1_2_&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> FarFetch</a>, where they already appear to be sold out.</p>
<p>In addition to shoes, Kanye West's $80 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2016/6/3/11852858/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine-june-8" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Yeezy Season 2 zine</a> is out today too. All of which probably has you wondering: What's going on with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/16/9340333/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-2-looked-like-more-of-the-same">Yeezy Season 2</a> clothing? Yeezy is apparently going season-less for this release. <a target="_blank" href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2F2016%2F4%2Fyeezy-season-2-will-not-be-releasing-this-summer&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F6%2F11856146%2Fyeezy-season-2-footwear-where-to-buy" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">According to Hypebeast</a>, Yeezy president Pete Fox wrote in an email that "[Yeezy Season 2] will not be produced in its entirety or launched following a traditional fashion calendar." Instead, certain pieces from the collection will be released throughout the year, starting with the footwear.</p>
<p>Get 'em while you can.</p>
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<p class="caption">Knit ankle boot, $895</p>
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<p class="caption">Knit ankle boot, $895</p>
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<p class="caption">Military crepe boot, $645</p>
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<p class="caption">Lucite heel, $595</p>
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<p class="caption">Suede heel, $445</p>
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<p class="caption">High knit boot, $995</p>
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<p>Kanye West is launching <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/06/02/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-footwear/" target="new">Yeezy Season 2 footwear</a> on Monday, a collection that includes $595 lucite heels and $895 knit boots that isn't affiliated with Adidas. Monday is also the launch date for the Yeezy Season 2 zine, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/696813983945400324">which Kanye previewed back in February</a> on Twitter and with a special <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/4/11488016/zines-fashion-calvin-klein-bieber" target="_blank">zine release party</a>. Because zines, clearly, are <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/4/11488016/zines-fashion-calvin-klein-bieber">fashion's new favorite thing</a>.</p>
<p><span>The zine for Season 2, like the </span><a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/3/23/8279551/kanye-west-adidas-zine-free-locations" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; line-height: 23.04px; background-color: #ffffff;">Yeezy Season 1 zine</a><span>, is again shot by photographer Jackie Nickerson </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/3/9/8177517/kanye-west-adidas-lookbook-leak-crucial-update#4689576" style="line-height: 23.04px; background-color: #ffffff;">with plenty of nakedness once again</a><span>. It's also </span><span>going to be the cheapest thing available in the Yeezy drop, at a whopping $80 — for a paper magazine. </span></p>
<p><span>Funny, though: Wasn't the </span><a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/3/23/8279551/kanye-west-adidas-zine-free-locations" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.44; background-color: #ffffff;">Yeezy Season 1 zine print free</a><span>, as in zero dollars?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">SEASON zine print edition available for free at the following locations <a href="http://t.co/ySwfZewefE">http://t.co/ySwfZewefE</a></p>
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/580068905802039296">March 23, 2015</a>
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<p>What gives? <em>Women's Wear Daily</em> <a href="http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kanye-west-selling-yeezy-season-2-zine-next-week-10443270/" target="_blank">notes</a> that it was "printed in France," so that clearly equals luxury. Also, some but not all of the <a href="http://www.complex.com/style/2016/06/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine" target="_blank">zines are signed by Kanye himself</a>, according to Kanye.</p>
<p>On the resale market, also consider that someone is trying to sell the unreleased $80 Season Two zine <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FT-L-O-P-the-life-of-pablo-season-2-zine-by-Kanye-West-book-art-zene-magazine-%2F182068113002%3Fhash%3Ditem2a641aee6a%3Ag%3AFNUAAOSwAvJW9tJA&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F3%2F11852858%2Fkanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine-june-8" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">on eBay for $395</a> and another eBayer already sold one for <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FKanye-West-Yeezy-Season-2-Zine-NSFW-%2F282005459224%3Fhash%3Ditem41a8d5d118%3Ag%3AJ8kAAOSwxcRW-ajY&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F3%2F11852858%2Fkanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine-june-8" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">$200</a>. The free Season One zine sold for <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514733&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FKanye-West-Yeezy-Adidas-Season-1-zine-Jackie-Nickerson-Limited-Magazine-%2F252346343370%3Fhash%3Ditem3ac1039fca%3Ag%3ARkYAAOSw%7EOVWumRG&referrer=racked.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racked.com%2F2016%2F6%2F3%2F11852858%2Fkanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine-june-8" target="_blank" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">as much as $80 on eBay too.</a></p>
<p>Not planning on forking over that much money for some paper? You can check out an "almost NSFW" <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/06/03/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine/#slide-3" target="new">preview over at Complex</a>. If you do want to, shop the print edition online on Monday at YeezySupply.com and artsy stores like RSVP Gallery in Chicago, Acrimony in San Francisco’s Acrimony, and Printed Matter in NYC. A full list of stores selling the zine <a href="http://www.complex.com/style/2016/06/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine" target="_blank">is available here</a>.</p>
<p>Oh, and be sure to get the name right:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Season 2 Zine pronounced Zeen short for magazine. A lot of people pronounce it wrong. <a href="https://t.co/jnmLFV3wZN">pic.twitter.com/jnmLFV3wZN</a></p>
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/696813983945400324">February 8, 2016</a>
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https://www.racked.com/2016/6/3/11852858/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-zine-june-8Adele Chapin2015-11-25T15:27:59-05:002015-11-25T15:27:59-05:00Photos of Kanye's Yeezy Season 2 Boots Leak Online
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<p>Get up close and personal with the latest pictures of Kanye's Yeezy Season 2 boots, due out in February 2016. According to <a href="http://www.complex.com/style/2015/11/yeezy-season-2-boot?utm_campaign=styletw&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social" target="_blank">Complex</a>, the new boot features a crepe outsole but overall look pretty much the same as the boots in Yeezy Season 1 — a critique that also can be applied to many of the <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/16/9340333/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-2-looked-like-more-of-the-same#4834306" target="_blank">other new pieces</a>. The boots will not be manufactured by Adidas (the same can be said of the rest of the collection) and will be produced in Italy.</p>
<p>There's no confirmation on what the boots will be selling for yet, but if it's anything like Yeezy Season 1, they won't come cheap. Not that that drove away many fans: the first Yeezy collection <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/11/2/9657578/kanye-west-yeezy-season-1-sold-out" target="_blank">sold out</a> pretty much everywhere it was stocked and most retailers confirmed that they'd be stocking the next collection as well, even though Adidas would no longer be involved in the production of the collection.</p>
https://www.racked.com/2015/11/25/9801766/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-bootsErika Adams2015-10-28T09:26:15-04:002015-10-28T09:26:15-04:00Behind the Scenes of Yeezy Season 2, With Kanye Himself
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<p>On the eve <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/8/9251093/yeezy-season-1-kanye-west-adidas-shopping-guide" target="_blank">of the release of his first collection</a>, Kanye West has released a 19 minute short film centered around the making of Yeezy Season 2. The film follows the rapper and designer throughout every step of the journey, from conception to showing the line on the runway in New York City.</p>
<p>The film shows the intricate process that goes into creating a collection and there are scenes of the garments being mapped out on a computer, close-ups of people working at sewing machines, prints being applied to camo shirts, and stylists making sure that clothes hang just right on models. There are also portions of the film that just show West and his coworkers sleeping in the industrial studio where they worked on the collection. One bonus shot shows a dancing North West jumping around.</p>
<p>The film is completely silent, reflecting either the stark minimalism of West's collection or possibly, as <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/27174/1/kanye-showcases-yeezy-season-2-in-bizarre-silent-doc" target="_blank">Dazed</a> guesses, an attempt to "draw a distinction between his music and his fashion."</p>
<p>Watch the film on the <a style="line-height: 1.24;" href="http://yeezy.supply/" target="_blank">Yeezy Supply website.</a></p>
https://www.racked.com/2015/10/28/9625560/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-filmCameron Wolf2015-10-06T11:18:38-04:002015-10-06T11:18:38-04:00Kanye Talks Fashion, Racism, and Michelangelo in Two-Hour Interview
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<p>Kanye West took part in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYwiR1kA7gI" target="_blank">SHOWstudio's "In Camera" live interview</a> earlier this morning, and, as to be expected from the talkative rapper, there were plenty of quotes worth paying attention to. West answered a series of questions submitted by fans as well as industry icons like Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, and SHOWstudio founder Nick Knight. The interview lasted over two hours in which West touched on racism in the fashion industry, fashion as an art form, his family, and why Yeezy Season isn't as affordable as he'd like it to be. We break down the most important quotes from the interview below.</p>
<p><b>Kanye explains why fashion is the highest art form. </b><span>"Right now, the highest art form is actually fashion. And what's funny about that is people in art look down on fashion designers. The most energy currently is around fashion because in music it's within question if a song is popular if that person is a really good artist or not. In fashion, if someone is popular it's because it's agreed upon that they're an amazing artist, they're amazing at what they've done. And people do the history on what their background is. Did they intern for Christian Lacroix? Did they work at Margiela for a period? They find out what the history is and see if that person is making a connection to something that is current, is relative, that's in touch. Fashion designers are superstars currently, too."</span></p>
<p><b style="line-height: 1.44;">It's harder to make it in the fashion industry if you're not white. </b><span>"</span><span>With blacks in fashion... it took me being Kanye West to get this far, I was able to become a multi-millionaire and invest in myself because no one else would have, in a million years," the musician explained, highlighting the scarcity of opportunities for black people in the industry... </span><span>If you're born black, if you make it to something like the Met Ball or the Grammys, most likely you've done ten times the amount of everyone else there to get there."</span></p>
<p><b>Kanye has strong words for people who don't like his Yeezy 350 Boosts.</b> "I don't care because anyone that's criticizing mostly likely saw the 350s and acted like they didn't like them because they're racist and discriminatory. They're not only racist against black people, they discriminate against celebrities, people with multiple art forms."</p>
<p><b>Why his Yeezy Season collection isn't as cheap as he wants it to be</b>. "<span>It's gonna to take time to get there. This is what I'm sayin' when you don't have the right tools... This is the question that everybody asks. It's like, if you had the Céline design team, the Nike design studio, and the Zara factory could you do everything that you thought you could do? What would everyone's answer be to that? Yes. But if you don't have that Céline outerwear person, that factory, and you don't have the entire adidas studio—let me be politically correct—and you don't have the marketing team and you don't have the sales team you can only do what you can do. We're doing </span><em style="line-height: 1.24;">a lot </em><span>with what we have. What we have is the highest level of communication that has ever happened in human existence."</span></p>
<p><b>Does he think he'll be remembered as one of fashion's greatest designers? (Spoiler alert: an emphatic yes) </b>"<span>Of course. I'm </span>Michelangelo.<span> Of course. There was a time when there were people sculpting better than him. But he made </span><span>David</span><span>. So as far as that question goes, is there a time when he can go on the internet and find a shoe people want more than my shoes? Well, go fuck yourself then if it isn't, and don't ask me stupid shit like that again."</span></p>
<p><b>How his family has changed him. </b>"<span>Three years ago, after this interview, I would've been on a train back to Paris to see the last of the shows and get that inspiration. Now, I'm on the first flight back to see my greatest inspiration, and that's my daughter."</span></p>
<p>Watch the full interview here.</p>
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<p>Kanye West's developed a habit of following up his Yeezy shows with epic interviews with Dirk Standen. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/2/16/8047469/kanye-west-adidas-fashion-week-quotes">Last year it was for Style.com,</a> and this year <i>Vanity Fair</i> <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/09/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-interview" target="_blank">landed the wide-ranging Q&A,</a> which addresses everything from the future of Yeezy to Kanye's place in fashion to his 2020 presidential campaign. One subject Standen doesn't ask about, however, is Cathy Horyn's<a target="new" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/17/9348001/cathy-horny-yeezy-season-2-review"> slam of a review</a> of Yeezy Season 2. The <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/09/kanye-west-yeezy-season-2-interview" target="_blank">whole thing</a> is definitely worth a read, but as before, here are 10 of Kanye's best quotes.</p>
<p><b>The fact that the models were grouped by their skin tone wasn't a political statement.</b> "It had nothing to do with race. It was only colors of human beings and the way these palettes of people work together and really just stressing the importance of color, the importance of that to our sanity, these Zen, monochrome palettes."</p>
<p><strong>Kanye believes strongly in athleisure.</strong> "I think people just wear yoga pants and sweatshirts, and I wanted to make the most beautiful version of that possible."</p>
<p><strong>He will one day open multiple Yeezy stores:</strong> "I can smell the store right now. I can see the wood in my head, this beat-up wood. I can feel the energy of the space. I’ve already embraced the moment of when I finally get to have my own store, which was always a dream of mine. So even though we do really amazing sales online, my dream is just to have my own store. And to have multiples of it."</p>
<p><strong>He seems very inspired by his daughter North West.</strong> Kanye compared his growth as a designer to Northie: "But I almost feel I’m growing just like my daughter. I hear my daughter start to say exactly what she wants and to finish sentences and I think it’s like that. Like, maybe I got to finish a couple more sentences in the second one than in the first one." He also said in terms of inspiration: "I was just wanting the colors to fit together in this way, like where my daughter takes the four Play-Dohs and starts to blend them all up together."</p>
<p><strong>Kanye remains obsessed with the Gap.</strong> He mentioned Gap twice in the interview, and shouts out J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler too. "I say things like I want to be creative director for the Gap, but I just got to give credit to the people who do creative direction at the Gap. I’ve got to give super-props to Mickey Drexler. I know he’s not at the Gap anymore. That’s a talent."</p>
<p><b> Kanye confirms that his clothing collection </b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/16/9340333/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-2-looked-like-more-of-the-same#4834306">is no longer with Adidas:</a> "Yeah, we do the shoes with Adidas and this past season we just did apparel on our own out of Calabasas with a small team traveling to the dye houses and making the patterns and just working 30 hours a day against all odds."</p>
<p><b>He's "definitely" thinking about running for President in 2020.</b> "It wasn’t like, Oh, let’s go rent some jet skis in Hawaii. No, the exact opposite. I sit in clubs and I’m like, Wow, I’ve got five years before I go and run for office and I’ve got a lot of research to do, I’ve got a lot of growing up to do."</p>
<p><strong>He's sorry to the designers </strong><a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/14/9322321/kanye-west-yeezy-show-nyfw-spring-2016" target="_blank">whose time-slot he swiped.</a> "I totally apologize to any of those designers and anyone that wanted that slot. I would love to send them some flowers or maybe wear a sweatshirt if that could help to make up for it. A lot of times I feel like Will Ferrell in the movie <i>Elf</i>. You know this big guy that wants to [join in] and his hands are a little bit too big. . . . I could just say please forgive me if I ever step on any toes, because there’s nothing that I would ever want to do or say that would take away from any designer, that would take away from anyone’s work or what they’re working so hard on."</p>
<p><strong>He feels like the fashion world's adopted child:</strong> "I think the entire fashion world at a certain point sort of looks at me and looks at my family as a child of theirs. Maybe not someone that completely grew up with them, but like an adopted child that came in, like a 17-year-old adoptee you know [Laughs]. But still nonetheless like an adopted child. And I think it’s just interesting for them to see growth, and they can completely tell the difference in the way things were presented in the very first Paris collections to what we’re saying now."</p>
<p><b>The most important Kanye quote to remember:</b> "Sweatshirts are fucking important. That might sound like the funniest quote ever. How can you say all this stuff about running for president in 2020 and then say sweatshirts are important? But they are. Just mark my words. Mark my words like Mark Twain."</p>
https://www.racked.com/2015/9/24/9391911/kanye-west-interview-yeezy-presidential-runAdele Chapin2015-09-17T16:52:32-04:002015-09-17T16:52:32-04:00Fashion's Biggest Critic Slams Kanye's Designs
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<p>"I don't read the reviews," Kanye West <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13277553/kanye-west-adidas-originals-interview/" target="_blank">told</a> the now-defunct <i>Style.com </i>after Yeezy Season 1. For his sake, we hope the rapper and designer maintains that policy this time around. Cathy Horyn, one of fashion's most respected critics, just <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/09/cathy-horyn-kanye-west-dkny-proenza-michael-kors.html?mid=twitter_nymag" target="_blank">penned a complete takedown</a> of West and Yeezy Season 2 for <i>The Cut</i>.</p>
<p>Horyn wastes no time in laying waste to West's designer ambitions. The feature, titled "Kanye West Is Fooling the Fashion World," proceeds to crticize every bit of the collection. Here, the best lines:</p>
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<li> <span>"</span>A great to-do is made over Kanye West, the Designer. Yesterday, I was embarrassed to find myself running up Tenth Avenue to his Yeezy show."</li>
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<li>"Again, he showed hoodies, baggy pants, and beige under-things, as if time these past six months had stood still."</li>
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<li>"A line of models appeared, followed by a second and a third, all of them in tights or leggings or stretch shorts and tops that looked a lot like Spanx."</li>
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<li>"The military conceit was apt, given the mind-lock that Kanye has managed to put on the fashion world."</li>
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<p><span>Then Horyn goes in for the haymaker.</span></p>
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<li><span>"This second round of drab, broken-down basics proved he can't be taken seriously as a designer."</span></li>
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<p>She goes on to say that anyone who continues to support West is a fool because "they wouldn't bother with this stuff if it were offered by an unknown."</p>
<p>Not content to stop there, Horyn has started retweeting bits of criticism sent her way on Twitter.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">SERIOUSLY!!! "The Industry" wouldn't give a flying hoot if a new-on-the-block kid did these types of clothes. <a href="https://twitter.com/CathyHoryn">@CathyHoryn</a> knows what's up.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/SierraTishgart">@SierraTishgart</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CathyHoryn">@CathyHoryn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCut">@TheCut</a> quiz idea: spanks or Yeezy designs?</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank god for <a href="https://twitter.com/CathyHoryn">@CathyHoryn</a> - finally some Kanye truths CC <a href="https://twitter.com/PINsykes">@PINsykes</a> <a href="http://t.co/Js90KknHHx">http://t.co/Js90KknHHx</a></p>
— Ellie Pithers (@elliepithers) <a href="https://twitter.com/elliepithers/status/644591094198607873">September 17, 2015</a>
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<p>Horyn, one of <a href="http://ny.racked.com/2010/10/14/7785663/the-emotional-rollercoaster-that-is-cathy-horyn" target="_blank">fashion's most outspoken critics</a>, is never afraid to ruffle a few feathers. She famously has been banned from shows by Hedi Slimane, Giorgio Armani, and Carolina Herrera because of her reviews. She also compared Oscar de la Renta to a hot dog, took a swipe at Alexander Wang, and called Tommy Hilfiger a hack. However, those designers have gone on to have pretty successful careers, and she recently <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2015/4/1/8327403/marc-jacobs-cathy-horyn">apologized to Marc Jacobs</a> for an unfavorable review she wrote 20 years ago. So, maybe there's hope for Kanye yet.</p>
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<p>The last minute nature of Kanye West's Yeezy Season 2 <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/16/9340333/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-2-looked-like-more-of-the-same#4834306">presentation</a> might have ruffled a few peacock's feathers, but it didn't stop famous people from penciling an appearance in. Such famous people included Drake, Courtney Love, Kim, North, and a slew of Kardasho-Jenner in-laws. But then there was also Michael Strahan? Last year Beyoncé. This year Michael Strahan.</p>
<p>Seeing as Kendall Jenner — model/designer's sister-in-law/famous person in her own right — got second row treatment, yet MICHAEL STRAHAN is sitting up front, there seem to be some interesting power dynamics at play. In fact, the seating chart for Yeezy Season 2 lays the inner-workings of the celebrity ecosystem bare, answering questions you've always asked like, how does Jaden Smith stack up next to Seth Meyers? And, can Andre Leon Talley compare to Lorde? Employing a close reading of the show's audience, plus a highly scientific method of measurement for objective influence (basically, Instagram followers), we've determined a definitive power ranking of this illustrious group.</p>
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<h3>19. Vic Mensa</h3>
<p>Will probably have to pretend to date Rita Ora at some point</p>
<h3>18. Michael Strahan</h3>
<p>Pretty powerful with a certain set: Football, moms, football moms who like stripper movies, etc.</p>
<h3>17. Jaden Smith</h3>
<p>His tweets are far too confusing to exert any real lasting power.</p>
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<h3>16. Seth Meyers</h3>
<p>Late night host (the one that isn't Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or named James at all), only here as Anna's pet</p>
<h3>15. Kourtney Kardashian</h3>
<p>Ever since Kourt decided to leave Scott Disick, America looked to fill the drama vacuum elsewhere.</p>
<h3>14. Kendall Jenner</h3>
<p>Fashion, not mass</p>
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<h3>13. Tyga</h3>
<p>He made a music video recently that people paid attention to because Kylie was in it. Featured frequently on Kylie's Snapchat.</p>
<h3>12. Khloe Kardashian</h3>
<p>The fun fitness one!</p>
<h3>11. Andre Leon Talley</h3>
<p>Powerful among fashion media elite, but, like, this is his job.</p>
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<h3>10. 2 Chainz</h3>
<p>This poncho is a power move.</p>
<h3>9. Courtney Love</h3>
<p>'90s grunge legend and American icon, I heard she shares gyno with Kim</p>
<h3>8. Common</h3>
<p>The man won an Oscar this year.</p>
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<h3>7. Riccardo Tisci</h3>
<p>A really important <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/9/12/9312105/givenchy-new-york-fashion-week#4830572">designer</a>!!!</p>
<h3>6. Lorde</h3>
<p>Supreme sorceress of teen coven</p>
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<span>5</span><span>. Drake</span>
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<p>Single-handedly brought down the most talented woman in US sports (or so goes the rumor).</p>
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<h3>4. Kim Kardashian</h3>
<p>Middle America knows who Kim Kardashian is, but...</p>
<h3>3. Anna Wintour</h3>
<p>Kim needs Anna, Anna doesn't need Kim.</p>
<h3>2. Kylie Jenner</h3>
<p>Biggest app on <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/kylie-jenner-sisters-dominate-itunes-app-charts-n428441">iTunes</a>, a place in the show even though she's basically incognito</p>
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<h3>1. North West</h3>
<p>Sees front row, sits in front of front row</p>
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