Kelly Carlin (daughter of George Carlin)
The lyrics to this are so perfectly Amanda Palmer, imagine my surprise to discover it’s a DORIS DAMN DAY song from 1960. Both versions are 💯
Choice Kanye Quotes from Vogue Exclusive
I really love that Kanye proved everyone wrong. I think everyone keeps expecting him to be full of shit or insincere or anything other than authentic and as time goes on, he proves to be more and more himself. Imperfect, but himself, which is my favorite quality in a person and I’m not sure there’s anyone out there other than him and the Kardashians who quite pull it off.
One example of this was when two years ago he went on about how we wants to be taken seriously in fashion, about how he knew he was talented, but no one was giving him a chance. Two things happened:
1) Adidas gave him a chance and his shoes became one of the biggest success stories of all time AND look like nothing else on the market.
2) He’s gone independent! Fashion week is happening NOW and he’s hosting his own god damn fashion week with Yeezy Season 4 and he’s opened pop up stores all over the country and they’ve been AMAZING, not to mention successful.
I loved his brief Vogue interview that was just published and wanted to share favorite quotes.
“I want to make pieces that can be timeless. Pieces that you can pick up out of a vintage store in 20 years and say, ‘Wow, I’m happy I have this.’ ”
Love this. Reminds me of how Kubrick and Tarantino talk about approaching film. You’re not making it for today, you’re making it for all-time.
“When people asked me, ‘if you could have a superpower, what would would it be?’ I said the ability to be invisible. And this was before I was famous. Because there’s absolutely no way for me or my family to be invisible, I’ve put that longing for invisibility into the clothes.”
Kanye has long regarded fashion as art and his attitude, along with Sabrina, really opened my eyes to what clothes could be. This is a basically artistic approach to fashion, and I do think it reflects in his clothes. Mission accomplished.
Sidenote: in a Bazaar interview, he said he wanted invisibility so he could go in women’s locker rooms, so you know, b a l a n c e.
“I felt that when Zara took the color palettes from Season 2, it was the biggest compliment we could have had. It made me a more authentic apparel guy. And by them doing it, it also made the world more beautiful.”
Yes! I noticed this at Zara too, and I love Kanye’s lack of ego in his response because he has every right to be angry about being copied, but he stays authentic to his original vision of wanting to make the world more beautiful (something he’s been saying for years, by the way).
I do believe art changes the world. More than any other force.
“I believe the first [Yeezy store] will be in California… But I want to do 200 stores in the next year. That’s just me saying what I want. I’m not saying what can definitely happen but you might as well just state out loud what you want. That’ll put you one step closer to getting it.”
Of course the writer of Ultra Light Beam believes in law of attraction. Into it.
“I’m very focused on trying to make things far more affordable, far more beautiful, and for far more people.”
He got way too much criticism on the price of his clothing. He’s been basically running as an independent for a long time now. Now that he’s getting big and opening up stores, prices will go down. People are used to Forever 21′s fast fashion prices… dude, there’s a lot of infrastructure that makes that possible. Kanye will get there!
“I was just saying the wrong things out loud. [I definitely consciously try to say things different now]. I try to start with ‘why.’ Why am I saying this? What’s going to happen from this? Why did I bring this up? Why did I bring that up? And to get better in real time.”
It’s funny he says “get better in real time.” I think people aren’t used to someone ACTUALLY saying what’s on their mind, which is often imperfect. I think this is Ye’s version of understanding that he hasn’t always said the most perfect things but not being hard on himself because it’s important to be authentic. “I was just saying the wrong things out loud.”
“What I learned from doing the pop-ups is there’s so much possibility out there in approaching and completely disrupting the format. And it needs to happen.”
Disrupting the format. Another way he disrupted the format: skin color of his models. Kanye has received almost ZERO credit for representation in the fashion world which historically has lots of problems with that.
“[Me and Drake are] just working on music, working on a bunch of music together, just having fun going into the studio. We’re working on an album, so there’s some exciting things coming up soon.”
Sick.
In my new lifestyle, I leave the house to dance at 12:00 AM on a weekday? I drink Lean with my friends at 5:00 AM? I fall asleep on an L-shaped couch cuddling with dogs that aren’t mine but act like they are and then wake up at 5:30 PM? Is this how everyone has been living the whole time, like the clocks don’t matter? Well hey, as the kids say, “I’m here for it.”
The sidewalk smells like fried wontons and it’s chilly in Hollywood. This is the 15th photo shoot I’ve done with my husband in 2 months.
LA TRAVEL TIP: if you get stuck on Santa Monica Boulevard around rush hour traffic, you might see me naked in a SmartCar, carefully plucking the sequin hem of an ‘80s prom dress out of my fishnets. Please know this was my best effort at this life.
photos by Sean London fashion by Alameda Vintage
Recorded voice over for a lesbian anime trilogy called “School Girl Crush." My character gets beheaded with a smile, which is probably how I'll die now because I recorded voice over for a lesbian anime.
pre-abduction
“coyote coyote” griffith park, 10.17.15
shot by sean london wardrobe by alameda vintage
Last night, in the cemetery...
Windbreaker weather.
Shot by Sean London (9.08.15)