Kanye West Is Already Thinking About Yeezy Season 3 and Opening His Own Store

Kanye West also explains why Yeezy Season 2 isn't involved with adidas.

September 24, 2015

With Yeezy Season 2 firmly in the rear view mirror, creative genius™ Kanye West sat down with Vanity Fair to discuss the new collection, his struggles in juggling music and fashion, and how we're just seeing the beginning of a much bigger picture.

Perhaps it's the influence of his daughter, North, that has Kanye comparing design to children's toys. For colors, West compares his vision not just to the garden of famous Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, but to the way North "takes the four Play-Dohs and starts to blend them all up together." When discussing the influence and process of working with stylist Joe McKenna, West compares building his collection with the same simplicity that comes with building with to Legos:

These insights trickle down into West's vision for his very own store, which West says is a personal dream. Oh, and he's not talking just one location—he wants "multiples of it."

On why this collection's apparel didn't involve adidas (the footwear still incorporated shoes from the German sportswear brand), West says that it all was about negotiations. As West and his team are currently in the middle of "in the middle of negotiations [with backers]," he determined that the best thing to do was show a spring collection without adidas, instead of waiting until those issues were sorted out—aka waiting until fall to show a new collection. As West says, he had the momentum and support of both the industry and the fans, so he needed to keep his "foot on the gas"

West also points out that, compared to his poorly-received DW by Kanye West collections showcased in Paris a few years ago, the reception by the fashion community has been a fairly positive one.

While Ye notoriously pissed off a few members of the fashion community by abruptly announcing his show in the middle of NYFW...well, West has a response to that (and it involves Will Ferrell and the movie Elf)

The interview is packed with new insights, including his love of vintage Gap, the power of "invisible" design, and even his presidential aspirations.

Read the full interview over at Vanity Fair.