Discussions about the fashion industry thread

[Reginald Bartholomew]

You're really going down with the Kanye ship, huh

 

[London]

You're really going down with the Kanye ship, huh

Not sure what you mean? I'm looking at him as an economic and influential force who knows how to create and monetize. Isn't the purpose of this thread to discuss the fashion industry?

 

[John Grady Cole]

Antisemitism is just building your brand, don’t you guys know business

 

[London]

Antisemitism is just building your brand, don’t you guys know business

He was brought up by another forum member and I’ve giving my .02. just like you are. I’m not for racism or anti anything. I hope you speak up when you see racism across the board. I’ve been on this board for years, and there has been all kind of racist stuff that has happened with barely a peep. Keep the same energy when there is bigotry from any race.

 

[zissou]

Apparently Kanye and Fuentes were on their way to hang out with Trump in FL for Thanksgiving. Just keeps getting weirder.

A 'nightmare': Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes

The former president's campaign claims he didn't know anything about Fuentes, who joined the rapper under fire for his antisemitic remarks.

www.google.com

 

[LA Guy]

Antisemitism is just building your brand, don’t you guys know business

Well, the thing is, the right can support a limited number of businesses by catering/pandering to Right Wing Causes - thin blue line, 2A, etc... - see the Black Rifle Company - but then that company cuts itself off from support and patronage of a much larger, much more lucrative customer base in the top two quintiles of the US income brackets. And then, anything that strays from a tight party line results in a backlash.

Ye is hardly known to be completely consistent, He thinks of himself as a free thinker, and simply doesn't play well with others, in politics as well as anything else. It's very possible the Ye makes himself a complete pariah, to everyone.

 

[lordsuperb]

There are a lot of Black folks who still support Kanye.

You are speaking for them?

 

[London]

You are speaking for them?

Are you

 

[Epaulet]

Apparently Kanye and Fuentes were on their way to hang out with Trump in FL for Thanksgiving. Just keeps getting weirder.

A 'nightmare': Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes

The former president's campaign claims he didn't know anything about Fuentes, who joined the rapper under fire for his antisemitic remarks.

www.google.com

Would have been a great opportunity for Ye to run a trunk show with those “White Lives Matter” t-shirts. Got his first two customers right there.

 

[LA Guy]

Would have been a great opportunity for Ye to run a trunk show with those “White Lives Matter” t-shirts. Got his first two customers right there.

#hustleculture

 

[gdl203]

Too ambiguous. He’s coming up with a revised version “non-Jewish white lives matter”

 

[Zamb]

Meaning he's got a customer base

No he doesn't, and the issue here is not customer base

The issue here is actual KNOW how and logistics

Does he have the knowledge or is willing to make the investment into developing products, quality control, marketing, distribution and all the other aspects of running a fashion/ footwear company?
He DOES NOT. Kanye has always profited from collaborations with other talented and skilled people and companies who do actual work where he gets credit.
There is a REASON adidas actually owns the Yeezy designs. because THEY HIRED, actual designers to develop these products.

Notice the Gap collab produced NOTHING, until it became Yeezy/Gap powered by Balenciaga?
with him being as radioactive as he has been, lets see how many people will risk their reputation and professional connections to collaborate from here on out................

 

[FlithyButler]

"Notice the Gap collab produced NOTHING, until it became Yeezy/Gap powered by Balenciaga?"

Funny you should bring up that brand... why no thread here about the current ghoulishness? Interesting given the direct intersection with Ye himself.

Why aren't they being "cancelled" by any corporate partners over what is actually more grotesque disseminations?

Seems like everything is going to get a lot more... interesting.

 

[GG Allin]

Apparently the Jews don't control Kim Kardashian.

 

[LA Guy]

Alright, while politics often intersects with industry, I think that we may have strayed a bit afield here. If you guys want to talk just about Ye and whatever he is up to, let's please take it to the current events forum.. Thanks,

Fok.