Get Shirty: Kanye thinks he's Jim Morrison

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The fashion headline that caught my eye this week came when Kanye West spoke out after an unnamed label tried to confine him to one catwalk appearance a season. He was quoted as saying:

'Cause it's like, Yo! Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go," West told W magazine. "Man, I'm the number-one living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. You can't say that you love music and then say that Kanye West can't come to your show. To even think they could tell me where I could and couldn't go is just ludicrous. It's blasphemous - to rock 'n' roll, and to music."

Kanye has also claimed to have as much creative influence to our modern culture as Steve Jobs had to Apple products. In an interview to Times magazine he declared:

“I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means, I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it’s like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z. ”

Kanye's fashion career has unfortunately failed to scale the heights he himself has so modestly set. In September 2005, West announced that he would release his Pastelle Clothing line in spring 2006, claiming "Now that I have a Grammy under my belt and Late Registration is finished, I am ready to launch my clothing line next spring." The line was developed over the following four years - with multiple pieces teased by West himself - before the line was ultimately cancelled in 2009.

I tried to get a comment from Kanye regarding his release of casual clothing this month, and maybe ask why he felt the need to call his new born 'North' and not 'Adam', but the site dresslikekanyewest has sadly been taken down, and that's where my efforts stopped.

In other news

So last week the two designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce were sentenced to 20 months in prison for tax offenses. This week their headaches grew as the launch of their 2014 Spring Collection was invaded by a male streaker who leapt onto the catwalk and did the full monty.

The collection itself is said to be inspired by Greek antiquity - featuring images of crumbling temples like the Parthenon, and images of Zeus and other gods. A source close to the action said 'I simply couldn't finish my Cornetto after witnessing that'.

Finally

One of our very own brands Gifted Heroes (the London outfit known for it's 'Peacocking' style) had a little lift this week when one of the band members from One Direction wore one of their T-shirts on stage.