![]() ![]() Don’t just one-off me! If Nike gave me the opportunity to be in there creating-not that they don’t already have genius designers like Hiroshi-I’m not saying that I think I’m the best designer in the world, but what I’m saying is that I think I can become that. I’m going to keep coming up with ideas, but I do want to state in black and white that somebody needs to give me a fucking chance. The Yeezys and the LV shoes represent two very different sides of your aesthetic. In fashion, trends are set on a high level, so I need to do stuff that hits the runway like with the Louis shoe and its reverse tongue, that could set a trend that you’ll see on other shoes. ![]() I have to do some things that affect the world or affect culture, like I did with music. I have to start small not only to gain respect, but to have time to learn and get better. But I feel like when I do my own line, it’s not going to be anywhere near as mass as I am to start off with, because it’s impossible to start off there and be credible. ![]() Does your brand translate equally to both mediums? Do they have the same audience? Your fashion endeavors have been much more exclusive and expensive than your music. That should be what people use to diss people. Segregation and snobbery and elitism should be the wack words. And the original struggle of America is racism, and to have someone in office that represents both of those sides is what I think the world is about. Our president is Black, but our president is white, too. That’s the ill thing about our president. This is our world, and everything belongs together. I’m about clashing worlds that you think don’t belong together. When I have a pink watch on or tight jeans on, people talk shit about me, but it wore all gray and black, who would be the one to wear all the bright colors? How depressing would it be if I was always depressed, or, should I say, the press? I’m here to entertain people and to be the one that does the crazy, bold stuff so they can live through me and get their mind off the recession and the war and whatever else is going on in the world. I’d like to think I give optimism to people when I stunt. I know there’s anti-rich sentiment right now, with corporate people not using their jets and Obama saying heads of banks can’t make more than $500,000, but I really feel like that tape embodied me and what Louis Vuitton is about. When you went to the Glow in the Dark Tour, you were literally transported to another planet. I definitely got hit with that, because not shooting it was not an option, so I had to pay for it.ĭid you consider how a recession might affect the reception of the “Martin Louis King” video you made in Paris? But some shit has happened, like Best Buy was supposed to the tour DVD and they pulled out of it. Yeah, I try to avoid it overly affecting me. I’m rich and I’m famous, but I try not to be extra with it. Whether it’s the curation of his clothing tonight, the selection of his beautiful, bald date tomorrow, the spare, design-forward architecture of his Los Angeles and Manhattan homes, or the costume party he and his posse threw in Paris during Fashion Week, it’s all presentation-a new vision of the world, starring him as the catalyst. ![]() An inspiring, infuriating, over-the-top, and constantly evolving contradiction of values that are articulated sometimes abstractly, and often heavy-handedly, through the man’s every expression-be it producing, rapping, singing, designing or, more often than not these days, just living. Attributing these two tedious hours to narcissism should be easy-he’s known for it, right? But you can’t. He quickly assembled a dressy outfit around the piece and then proceeded, one by one, to replace each item in the look, until, 120 minutes later (take a second to consider all the mathematical permutations of a six- or seven-piece ensemble chosen from the 13 racks of clothes in the bedroom-size “closet” of his Hollywood Hills home), he has arrived at a simple but sharp jeans-and-leather jacket look, which he says he likes because it looks like he just threw it on. This process began two hours ago, with a mauve Balenciaga tuxedo shirt he had purchased that afternoon at Barneys (where you and he ran into Puff, of all people… But that’s a story for another day). It’s 10 p.m., the night before the Grammys, and he’s trying to find the perfect fit for the evening. And he’s sorry, too he knows you must be bored. Kanye says that it usually comes effortlessly, but tonight he’s just not feeling it. This story was originally published as part of Complex’s April/May 2009 magazine issue. ![]()
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