“To be considered such a controversial figure is very Interesting. Because all I did was prepare a piece for the audience,” said Mr Yeh on the eve of a show, and when it came to it, it turned out to be very controversial.
There are his “White Lives Matter” t-shirts, one of which he wears with Candace Owens – these are sure to spark huge controversy. Then there’s his professional boxer challenging the biggest heavyweights in Paris’ luxury elite: “I want to make it clear to you that Bernard Arnault is my new Drake.” After the show, Cathy Horyn asked him if he would make a deal with Arnault, Ye said, “No, absolutely not. Well, why am I doing a deal? I run culture!” Inside the house Alexandre Arnault keeps a poker face. After I (hey, haven’t slept since London Fashion Week) asked if this would bring conflict to Demna, Ye of course pointed out that Balenciaga is a Kering brand, adding: “With Pinault, it’s family. Yes. Got Arnault…my man was taken away. Yeezy 1 has more views than Chanel after my first series ;s I met with Bernard and he offered me a deal on the Kanye West line. Three months later he cancelled the deal. “
anything else? Well, Ye seems to be downplaying Moncler’s Remo Ruffini for “speaking condescendingly to me”. Gap has more pop music. He told Vanessa Friedman of The New York Times about her in a July last year The article hints that their collaboration on the original Yeezy Gap designed by Balenciaga has ended. It’s a show with more beef than Argentina and Texas combined. It’s more controversial than Prince. “You can’t control me. It’s an uncontrollable situation,” Ye said in a six-minute preview speech, asking not to be judged for being late (his show is, but hey, it’s fascinating).
So back to That top sentence, Yeh, is controversial — or is it for the audience? Impossible to know completely. Of all his actions tonight, “White Lives Matter” was the most obvious and heinous. It is no exaggeration to say how modest this contradictory statement is to the sociological synthesis that emerges from the killing of George Floyd’s tipping point. These are not things you play with: these are not samples to be mixed. But just the night before, in our Vogue Business interview, I observed: “Anger is a commodity.” He wrote it down on his phone, all caps.
Phew: We came to see the clothes. The Yeshi River is deep and the water is unclear. The collection, while apparently hastily assembled in some examples, is in line with the new fashionable form Ye appears to have come to Paris to establish – focusing on the excluded. There’s a bit of swamp, element, and a touch of strangeness — a factor accentuated by the fake baldness many models wear (not Naomi’s opinion) — and the bulging asymmetry of many looks. You can see Demna’s friendship in the conversation. It has a distinctly anti-identity.
If Yeh is serious about building his own house in Paris and taking over LVMH, the next few seasons will surely prove, well, controversial . But under the destruction there is design: Ye means Ye.
