Kanye slashing prices by 2/3rd's for Yeezy Season 2
At this rate H&M gearing up to exclusively sell Season 4
You do know that his intent from the beginning was to make the line eventually be available at a H&M price level right?
Yohji Yamamoto?
You are fully lost son.
You're talking about collaborations with established brands and I'm talking about HIS brand.
Most of his stuff sells pretty well huh?
http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/01/15/kanye-west-yeezy-season-1-sale/
They must be talking out the side of their mouth too?
Oh, so social media is a tool that major corporations follow to help keep track of brand interest? Sure. But I'd say SALES supersede that by far
But that's the point you're missing. The social media hype is the fairy tale. The sales are the reality. That's why 1500 album streams = one sale.
That's why 100 MILLION TLOP streams would equal 66,000 albums. Because what happens on the internet isn't really indicative of what happens in the real world.
The major influence on 10-15-20, maybe 50, maybe 100k people he has is minor when you look at the population.
That shoe, even if it was influenced by him, isn't keeping Zara afloat.
I didn't say working with him isn't a good business move. It seems like the companies he REALLY wants to work with believe that though. Hence the rants. Or did those not happen.
If Adidas was fully invested, why is he in debt? Why is he looking for more funding from other parties? Why are we in this thread?
So every "big artist, celeb etc." was at that show. That's what 50 Cent is now? Besides GOOD Music, who's in there?
But you keep harping on social media and celebs and all that other **** while the real world keeps spinning. Let's harp on renting out MSG, which undoubtedly sunk him further into debt (you don't even make money selling out MSG at top ticket prices unless you do multiple nights).
You're going to see it how you want to see it. Nobody used the term "sheep" or "stan", but if the shoe fits.
To the younger crowd that prides themselves on dressing "fly" or w/eHow did you not understand what I typed when it was clear as day?
Easily?
Who had the biggest song of 2014? And was lead vocalist on a song that was #1 for 13 weeks in 2013?
Who is on a popular TV show in the US every week?
I know kids like to say **** just to say ****, but I like things like tangible information before I just throw superlatives out there.
Of course Kanye has brought attention to the brand. That's what he does best now. Attention.
But if you read what I wrote and understood, everything still stands. I'm responding to an article that mentions an uptick in Stan Smiths and Shelltoes. So.....
Come on now.
For the others in here who don't like to read... don't be fooled by the headlines, Yeezy season seemed to actually have sold really well
That one article expresses how some yeezy prices have dropped and went on sale ( You know similar to how Gucci, Burberry, Lanvin, Margiela, Givenchy and any other high end brand with $1'000 + items usually puts items on sale)
found this from another article http://hypetrak.com/2016/01/kanye-wests-yeezy-season-1-has-hit-sale-racks/
Now if you look at another article that interviewed buyers from these same stores (which for some reason wasn't posted when talking sales) you get a more in depth look on how sales are really going. http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/11/05/yeezy-season-1-sales/
So based off reading this combo of both articles, it safe to say the line performed well, a vast majority of it sold out quickly... and a few of the higher priced pieces were leftover and marked down.. the exact same thing most notable designers go through..
Word. Don't be fooled by the headlines.
Go to SSense right now and see with your own eyes how many items are still available from Season 1 and ask yourself if that looks like the work of an uber influential individual or if it's kind of what "most notable designers go through".
https://www.ssense.com/en-us/men/designers/yeezy-season-1
there's not much outside the boots that i'd wear from the collection either
Word. Don't be fooled by the headlines.
Go to SSense right now and see with your own eyes how many items are still available from Season 1 and ask yourself if that looks like the work of an uber influential individual or if it's kind of what "most notable designers go through".
https://www.ssense.com/en-us/men/designers/yeezy-season-1
I see the same amount of items i see for Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, Balmain, Margiela, Alexander Mcqueen and any other Brand that charges 300+ for t-shirts and up to 2000+ for coats... Entire collections dont just sell out at that price point.
So by your logic none of those designers are influential in fashion or impactful either.. because they haven't completely sold out there lines (not to mention these are established brands who have years in)? but let me guess the buyers of some of the biggest ****** highend websites in the world, stating that the collection was well received and sold well isn't tangible either
Im fly for me.. but i want to attract women as well.. Looking like a homeless bum in winter time isn't appealing. I don't buy it
That fluff came from the same website you posted that contained the "kanye isn't selling article" (Which was a headline grab). when you read that story it's simply letting you know some of Ye's designs haven't sold out and have hit sales, no different from any other prominent designer.
You then use that same article, from that same website and blab on about how unimpactful he is because the headline states he didn't sell. I grab another article which interviews the head buyers at renown web retailors, they say they are impressed with the way the items are selling and the feedback, but now this is fluff.
I claimed Kanye is impactful in fashion you disagreed...
We have established that his shoes sell out every time, the buyers established that the collection sold well, we have established that he has the most talked about sneaker on social media, we have established that Major corporations find him so influential in fashion that there selling knockoff versions of the yeezy's in Zara, & yet somehow you still want to argue that he's not impactful in fashion.
The sales say otherwise, the buyers say otherwise, millions of social media hits say other wise, fashion mags say otherwise..... and yet somehow in you conjure up that none of this = impact..
every stupid thing you've posted in here has been disproved time and time again, and yet you continue to lean on your ramblings and no facts. Do Better.
i mean fallacious appeal to authority much?
as if somehow business peoples initial reticence to invest in someones first ideas means that the subsequent ideas are bad.
because we all know the fashion industry is open to new faces and black voices in creative positions.
i mean fallacious appeal to authority much?
as if somehow business peoples initial reticence to invest in someones first ideas means that the subsequent ideas are bad.
because we all know the fashion industry is open to new faces and black voices in creative positions.
