by odradek » Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:44 pm
i would say kanye does NOT get it, which is not to say he's not honest or heartfelt or dedicated (it's very evident in that last video), but he wants his cake and and wants to eat it, too. i'm gonna focus on the fashion thing and not the general thrust, but he talks about the glass ceiling he's hit and it seems like he thinks that because he got there with music he should start there with clothes. he talks about quality and how nobody will work for a rapper or whatever. motherfucker, do it yourself. start from the fucking bottom if you're so passionate about this. we talk about micro-designers who have tiny lines and are blips on the radar because they've figured out what distribution systems are available to them, how they can get things manufactured, how they can pattern things, what details they want and their customers want and they've carved a niche out for themselves. how can he think he deserves respect if he thinks he can start a line, do work without actually doing any work? why should they listen to him over hundreds/thousands of creatives coming out of the woodwork who are clawing their way around because that's what they want to do?