Kanye isn't a "designer"... so why wouldn't it be more interesting to talk about? If raf simons did a rap album we'd be pretty busy talking about that moreso than Jay-Z's 20th studio album or Rick Owens' 65th runway show.
He's new to the scene, he's an up-and-comer, he's hugely culturally relevant across multiple facets of many of our lives (hip-hop bisects fashion in a big way, lots of us our involved/interested in both). Having an opinion on someone's normal career- ie Raf Simon's nth year at Dior, or Kanye's next album or single- isn't the same as witnessing someone that was already culturally relevant to you crossing into another field that's also culturally relevant to you.
Established designers may be diving into new territory with colors, materials, shapes, etc. but none of them are coming from wildly successful hip hop careers to try something completely different. And as far as I know, none of them have the cultural history/context similar to Kanye- outspoken, hated by many, "blundery" (for lack of a better adjective- he misspeaks to his own embarrassment/detriment often).
We're watching Kanye's "first steps" and that's always going to be a lot cooler to watch and be a part of than someone else's 10,000th step. We're not watching something organic, it's something that started out sort of forced, and is growing bigger and bigger.Statistics: Posted by IsaiahSchafer — Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:06 pm
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