- 68,176
- 24,538
Drake got collabs with Mitchell and Ness, he has influence
Kanye West $53 Million in Debt ... "Mark Zuckerberg HELP !!
- 12,660
- 5,290
Not sure if srs.
- 22,895
- 26,768
ABSOLUTELY UNEQUIVOCALLY YES
People love drake's music, he's extremely popular... but i've never seen someone mimick drake's style... there's complete websites full of kids who will switch there entire style based on what Kanye wears.
Hell walk into a Zara/ H&M (two billion dollar companies that cater to younger fashion) the entire store is populated with camo prints, holes in EVERYTHING, Balmain styled jeans, Biker Jackets, Earth Tone Flight jackets, Long T-shirts... Basically the entire mens section is Directly influenced by whatever trend Kanye was heavy into over the past 6 months.
so yea i would say he's pretty influential. and before someone even decides to chime in with a they were wearing so & so in the 90's... tell me why these kind of stores weren't feverishly promoting this aesthetic prior to Ye rockin these styles heavily.
- 26,813
- 38,430
Whether you like Kanye or not, there's no denying that he has incredible influence on fashion.
Much more than any other artist
Much more than any other artist
Last edited:
- 22,876
- 29,694
Agreed on the creative control and royalties from Nike, but you know damn well those rants were not about having a brand like Adidas work with him
And like someone said, Adidas needed him more than Nike did. So they kind of HAD to give him more than Nike did. Nike giving him royalties would have been foolish.
Those rants were about the high end fashion houses he wanted to work with shunning him.
Would this thread exist if he received the funding you claim he did? It's easy to have control of things you're funding yourself.
Would stories like this exist?
http://hypebeast.com/2016/2/kanye-west-fashion-investors-lvmh
Kanye’s goals are very much apparent – dominate the fashion, music and design worlds, but we’re also aware that he’s been spending a lot of his own money to reach these mountaintops with his followers in tow.
Kanye “has been reaching out to heavyweights in the fashion business to back his Yeezy clothing line to the tune of $100 million (USD).” This includes “LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, Richemont and Chris Burch, who helped launch Tory Burch’s fashion line and later started C. Wonder.”
He's falling deeper into debt because the clothing lines, regardless of how many seasons in he is or where he does the showcase, doesn't seem to be a success. It's not hard to rent out the Garden on a weekday afternoon if you have the $$$
Fashion week is as much about entertainment now as it is fashion the way All Star Weekend is as much about entertainment as it is basketball. So of course he gets coverage and people want to be seen at a show that's getting major coverage. Does that have anything to do with design? Or sales?
And social media searches do not = sales. Again, the sneakers moved and he created a good buzz for the brand. But look at the thread you're in. He's losing money on these ventures.
If you look at dudes like Virgil or Jerry Lorenzo, those dudes are finding ways to succeed with theirs. THOSE are the guys you invest in if you're a smart company. Those are the guys REALLY doing some of the things you're talking about (along with Maxwell Osborne and others).
They just do it quietly.
Last edited:
- 9,995
- 3,286
Agreed on the creative control and royalties from Nike, but you know damn well those rants were not about having a brand like Adidas work with him
Would this thread exist if he received the funding you claim he did? It's easy to have control of things you're funding yourself.
Would stories like this exist?
http://hypebeast.com/2016/2/kanye-west-fashion-investors-lvmh
Kanye’s goals are very much apparent – dominate the fashion, music and design worlds, but we’re also aware that he’s been spending a lot of his own money to reach these mountaintops with his followers in tow
He's falling deeper into debt because the clothing lines, regardless of how many seasons in he is or where he does the showcase, doesn't seem to be a success. It's not hard to rent out the Garden on a weekday afternoon if you have the $$$
And social media searches do not = clothing sales. Again, the sneakers moved and he created a good buzz for the brand. But look at the thread you're in. He's losing money on these ventures.
If you look at dudes like Virgil or Jerry Lorenzo, those dudes are finding ways to succeed with theirs. THOSE are the guys you invest in if you're a smart company. Those are the guys REALLY doing some of the things you're talking about (along with Maxwell Osborne and others).
They just do it quietly.
- 16,543
- 7,757
Public School has an interesting story. They used to do hypebeast-y streetwear roughly 10 years ago, changed their image to black/white minimalist streetwear about 5 years ago, and then got CFDA recognition/hype.
Their first few collections were cool, but the same can't be said of their latest stuff.
So is Osborne killing it? Somewhat, but he's one of the few black designers who's pretty well known in the industry.
Their first few collections were cool, but the same can't be said of their latest stuff.
So is Osborne killing it? Somewhat, but he's one of the few black designers who's pretty well known in the industry.
Last edited:
- 22,876
- 29,694
Public School is a successful clothing brand.
Success is always "hot" to me.
There was a comment made about black men holding their own in the fashion world so I figured I'd mention a few doing quite well for themselves.
Success is always "hot" to me.
There was a comment made about black men holding their own in the fashion world so I figured I'd mention a few doing quite well for themselves.
Last edited:
- 9,995
- 3,286
Forgot to mention his asian partner Dao Yi Chow http://www.vogue.com/13380880/dkny-new-direction-dao-yi-chow-maxwell-osborne/
- 3,995
- 4,930
you don't live in a major metropolitan area huh?
- 22,876
- 29,694
I didn't forget anything. It wasn't applicable.
But why don't you just go ahead and be clear about what you're implying?
Last edited:
- 20,396
- 14,184
I do, but I hardly pay attention to any fashion trends kanye is responsible for.
- 9,995
- 3,286
It'd be like mentioning Pharrell without Chad back in the Neptunes era
- 33,977
- 29,350
if you want to guarantee Chinese factory will start making a certain model of fake shoe or clothing. have Kanye west wear it a couple times. and instantly fakes will flood the market.
these replica makers aren't multi national corporations so I have to assume they are risk averse and so there fore
I have to assume they do that because they know based of Kanye alone it will move units.
im not some fashion industry expert but it seems like pretty easy slightly left of center way to measure demand.
Last edited:
- 22,876
- 29,694
You can easily speak of one without mentioning the other if that's what the context warrants
Which I already explained above.
- 2,977
- 1,824
Drake has fashion influence?
ain't nobody wearing the hotline bling turtle-neck with timbs B
Last edited:
- 22,876
- 29,694
He doesn't. But that kind of supports what some people have been saying.
If you slap a limited tag on it and have the right marketing vehicle, it's gonna move regardless.
Like these OVO Jordans. And they basic as ****.
If you slap a limited tag on it and have the right marketing vehicle, it's gonna move regardless.
Like these OVO Jordans. And they basic as ****.
- 68,176
- 24,538
again...
make those Yeezy Boosts as available Roshes and nobody wants them anymore because that crowd doesn't feel exclusive anymore
make those Yeezy Boosts as available Roshes and nobody wants them anymore because that crowd doesn't feel exclusive anymore
- 33,977
- 29,350
- 68,176
- 24,538
you don't know that.
Yes I do
Resellers vanish, the people resellers make thousands off of disappear because they don't want what isn't limited and special to them and a select group
- 33,977
- 29,350
you literally don't know that, you imagine that, but you don't actually have evidence that would happen or to what degree that it would happen.
this is also ignoring the halo effect that association with people like kanye would have on the rest of your line of sneakers.
I mean kanye wore some GR adidas ultra boosts and they started selling out.
- 2,325
- 269
Every single Damn Daniel would try to get a pair of yeezys if possible. Holy crap if stussy can sell at pac sun im sure yeezys would
- 68,176
- 24,538
Stussy doesn't sell at Pacsun and you act as if Stussy isn't the most iconic street wear label of all time
- 2,325
- 269
They sell it at Zumiez even worse. "Streetwear" brands became very accessible once diamond supply sold out the rest followed
Last edited:
- 68,176
- 24,538
you really have no idea what you are talking about
