Oh, I ain't asleep. And I actually check out hypebeast everyday (I post in the front page comment section).
I know that's his main audience. But it's like, Kanye's intentions from what I gather is he's not trying to be a sole entity or designer doing their own thing like a Katie Eary or Christopher Kane. He wants the maison yeezy. Something that takes ages to do. He wants his collections at FW in London, Paris, NY, etc. He want to be showing at Pitti Uomo. He already did a capsule for french brand APC and it sold out. Jean Touitou said he was one of the best people he's worked with.
He could be at gosha rubchinskiy or Alexander wang levels if he really put his heart, mind, and effort to it.
He's respected amongst fashion industry people. Don't get me wrong. That's why I fukks with Kanye. Hedi Slimane (formerly of Dior, now Saint Laurent (left that too)) wanted to sign a contract with him that he would only be attending his fashion shows and no one elses. He refused. How many black people in general are commanding the attention of the fashion elite? Very few. He's not even a formal designer, but he gets that same respect as those people. Like why does Anna Wintour want to be associated with him? Why did Mark Parker get so pissed off when he dissed him on stage in front of thousands at MSG for the Yeezus tour?
Like this man got asian kids who don't really fukk with black people like that buying up all his gear. I saw a story with a 20 year old chinese dude who bought 100 pairs of yeezy 750s. 100 pairs.
I'm talking the more expensive items in these Yeezy collections, the jackets, pants, sweats, etc...that are priced high end and out of the range of the general consumer. Like I would fukk with the Yeezy clothes if they ere more reasonably priced. High end, but not high end.
