Kanye West dropped his Kanye West X Adidas Originals Collection (Yeezy Season 2), on New York Fashion Week and his family turned out to support him – dressed in the same beige-y tone of his line.
Kim Kardashian was front and center with daughter North West on her lap, with Vogue’s Anna Wintour right next to her (and smiling even!). Most of the front row was filled with Kanye’s in-laws: Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Tyga, Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian and others.
Kanye’s line was a last minute addition to Fashion Week, so much so that he wasn’t even on the calendar. And that didn’t sit very well with other designers who had scheduled their shows for the same day/time – months in advance!
Designer Anne Bowen and her publicist let their frustrations known when they shared with WWD, “We have been prepping for a year for this at considerable financial, labor- and commitment-cost to our company. Our show date has been scheduled for months and has been on the Fashion Calendar for weeks. We went through all the proper channels to make this a reality. And just yesterday we learned that Kanye West is having a show at the same time on the same date as ours.”
Referring to Kanye as Goliath, she added “Kanye knows he is a media sensation and it is just not ethical to do this. It’s like we are David and he is Goliath. We have put our heart and soul into our show, and should not be stepped on like this.”
The president of the CFDA confirmed that Kanye hadn’t listed his show on the official calendar. Duh, he’s Kanye! “The first I heard about the Kanye show was what I read in the Post.”
The other designer, Naeem Khan, left their show time as-is, possibly since that line was evening wear and not at all in the same ballpark as Kanye’s street wear collection.
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