Fashion Week maven Fern Mallis was not impressed by rap musician Kanye West’s most recent foray into the fashion world.
Mallis, 66, attended Kanye’s star-studded runway show in NYC last week. She told the NY Post she was not impressed with what she saw.
“I’m kind of over Kanye,” Mallis said. “I mean, I’m not a fan of his music, and the attitude and the agenda is not my style.”
Esteemed fashion publicist Kelly Cutrone also dissed Kanye’s uninspired collection.
“I’m not into his fashion thing,” she told People magazine. “I think he’s fine as a rapper. I think he’s a joke as a fashion designer.”
Cutrone saved her worst criticism for Kanye’s underwhelming Adidas Yeezy Boost 750 sneakers: “I mean, it’s not, he’s not legit. Have you seen the product?” she said. “Didn’t he have his own line in London, which was a disaster that he spent $10 million to do, that no one wore?”
The overly sensitive Kanye responded to Mallis with a series of defensive posts on Twitter.com.
“To Fern Mallis: I just want you to understand that attempting to do clothing has been very difficult and I have encountered countless amounts of bigotry along the way,” he tweeted.
“I have millions of ideas and I represent a new generation just trying to express themselves in a broken world. I don’t call myself a designer as I was not allowed to go to Saint Martins… because I was too famous by the time I realized I wanted to design. Fame is often looked down upon in the design world, so it’s actually been something I had to overcome. All we have are our dreams, and you can step on our dreams and ideas all you want, but we won’t stop fighting. We want to innovate and we will win someday.”
He ended his rant by throwing a cloaked dig at Mallis: “If you wanna have a drink with me, book a table at the spotted pig when I’m back in NY.”
According to its website, the Spotted Pig does not accept table reservations.
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