Kanye West 接受 Style.com 深度專訪－ 為「Yeezy Season One」開秀時間拖延向公眾道歉，並表示厭惡「限量」概念及成衣系列應被摒棄

在「Yeezy Season One」風暴席捲全球後，Style.com 主編 Dirk Standen 對 Kanye West 進行了深度訪談。在兩人對話中，Mr West 特別就開場話外音獨白、模特挑選等發布會細節安排闡述了自己的想法，並為開秀時間拖延向公眾道歉；而當被問起自己是否會特別關注之後的評論時，Yeezy 表示自己不會在意、甚至是閱讀任何時尚評論，並以 Drake 最新 Mixtape 專輯名字《If you’re reading this, its already too late》解釋其中原因；此外，Kanye 在談及當今高端時尚產業現狀時，表示成衣系列應該被摒棄，並稱 Kim Kardashian 在第 57 屆紅毯秀上的 Jean Paul Gaultier 著裝應該是紅毯秀歷史上 Top 5 造型之一；最後，在面對 9000 雙 Yeezy 750 Boost 在 10 分鐘內售罄事實的同時，Yeezy 出人意料地表示自己非常反感「限量」概念，稱「Yeezy Season One」服飾系列不會採取飢餓營銷策略，並盡力降低售價，旨在讓大部分消費者都可以如願買到。感興趣的朋友可以點擊此處在線閱讀專訪完整內容。

It’s quite daring to keep clothes that simple. Nearly every designer over-embellishes and over-designs, and then people don’t actually want to wear the clothes.
I wouldn’t consider myself to be a designer in that way, I just want to propose a solution to problems that me and my wife and my friends face. I sit with a group of problem solvers and say, “In this situation, I would like to have this.” And then from my art background—from my heart background—I have a perspective on color that I’ve always wanted to get across. What I thought was interesting was taking a red and doing it in a sports bra, and as opposed to the usual super-techy fabrics that people use for gym clothes, to really have more of a dry approach to the gym clothes. Even with the way we took Adidas socks and turned them into sports bras. It’s like, “What is almost like Alaïa that you can sweat in?” A sock! And it had to only be the sports bra because it looked really funny once [it] started going into the biking shorts. I tried that and that didn’t come out so well.
We can talk about the staging. First of all, I have to ask you about the wait. People did have to wait a long time outside. Is this something that you would have done differently in retrospect?
Yeah, I apologize that people had to wait. That’s definitely not something I did on purpose. I actually had no idea what time it was. I wasn’t looking at the clock or in charge of that. It’s literally my first proposition in three years. So I apologize for the wait, to the people that had to actually wait at the New York fashion show. I apologize to the kids that had to wait in the 42 theaters where we streamed the show across the globe, I apologize to them for the wait. Let me just explain something to everyone. I’m sorry. I’m a human being. I’ve got opinions, I’m not always right, I’m not always on time, I don’t always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure. My purpose is extremely just.
That’s true. So, tell me about the clothes. I think you said you started working on the collection 18 months ago?
I started 18 years ago. I mean, if we’re talking about the wait, what about my wait? These photographs right here that I’m showing you of these garments and how they’ve been presented, in my opinion are equal to any—not equal to Miuccia [Prada], but equal to a lot of things that are considered to be high-end. What else do you want from me? It’s hard, it’s hard for everyone, and it was a thousand times harder for me. I’m not trying to, you know—I didn’t even want to focus on any of the issues that I’ve already said, it’s like, just listen to the old interviews, and anyone that is more offended by the words that I said at the beginning than inspired, you know, I’m the spark. It’s up to people to be oil or water. If you’re water, your life’s already over. If you’re oil, like the age of the kids that were standing there, you’ll probably be sparked and do something really dynamic in life.
So the sneakers sold out, 9,000 pairs, but the clothes—are they going to be limited edition?
I hate the concept of limited edition completely. I hate the concept of separatism. Elitism. Classism. We’re all equal. The only thing that’s valuable is time. It’s the only thing we can’t get back. The only luxury is time. Let’s stop playing games with each other and let’s start helping each other. If someone really feels that there’s something that I can improve on, do like Pat McGrath and come to the fucking show and help me. Do like Vanessa Beecroft and come and help me. Because I’m not here for this to be about me. I’m here to help people. I’m here to help the 14-year-old version of myself that couldn’t afford shit

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