After agreeing to give fashion editors a preview of his second collection ahead his Paris fashion show, Kanye West abruptly changed his mind and kicked the critics out...
From The NY Times
Earlier in the day, after agreeing to preview his collection with editors, Mr. West abruptly changed his mind. I happened to be in his temporary showroom, in the Canal St.-Martin neighborhood, at precisely that moment.
“I don’t know about this,” he said. “I got treated unfairly by the press last time. Why would I want to do this?”
Awkward.
With respect, I responded, this was an opportunity to describe his point of view. Since no one seems to know how Mr. West plans to go about making clothes — and rumors about the involvement of college interns, an Australian magazine editor, a top stylist, an English designer and a respected design-school professor have all turned out to be either unfounded or a stretch — this was an opportunity to set the record straight.
Would he at least care to explain the ideas behind his collection?
He pondered for a moment.
“No,” he said. “If they don’t understand it, they don’t understand it.”
Then, in a kindly way, he kicked me out.
