Man Repeller Reacts to Yeezy Season 4 Presentation

Wednesday kicked off the beginning of Fashion Month where designers new and old present their collections for the Spring/Summer 2017 season. So far, many designers have presented their work like Dianne von Furstenberg and Thakoon, but the most talked about this week, and probably the rest of the month, was Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 presentation.

Also not sure if we are in the middle of the show or still waiting for it to start #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/vlpUixQ0kX
— @Booth (@Booth) September 7, 2016

If you aren’t familiar with the chaos that ensued at the showing this week, Wednesday afternoon was Kanye West’s presentation for his collection of clothing. Instead of the usual venue consisting of a room with air conditioning, guests were shuttled to a venue located outside in 80+ degree weather and were witnesses to models collapsing from the heat among other things. Man Repller’s team of writers who consist of founder, Leandra Medine, Leslie Price, Yvonne Dunlevie, Harling Ross,Verena von Pfetten and Haley Nahman sat down to discuss the presentation and all that ensued. Here are some clips of their conversation.

Harling Ross: It was very interesting observing people’s reactions on Twitter. Going from “Cool! Yeezy!” to a collective breaking point

Leslie: If we can come up with the right angle on this i think it’s worth it. It’s evoking feelings for me and I wasn’t even there/don’t usually care much. And I think readers will have strong opinions. Questions:

Why is the fashion industry propping him up at all?

Why did editors even go?

Do we all have to care because of social media?

And how cynical is that?

When will it end?

Aside from accessories, what is even happening here?

Does it need to be a show, that people spend hours commuting to?

Why a bus?

Why not the tram?!?!

That is my biggest Q, honestly. Wouldn’t the tram have been more fun/more convenient? I don’t get the bus. Can we figure out how people got there? This is what Billboard says:

The fashion set is in for a wild ride with the Yeezy Season 4 show before it has even started. Guests headed to Kanye West’s latest runway offering and NYFW kickoff received an email on Wednesday morning directing them to pre-arranged shuttle buses in Midtown, which will drop them off and pick them up at Roosevelt Island.

Pickup is at 1:30 p.m., ahead of the 3 p.m. presentation, and anyone who misses the bus has been pre-warned of a 15-minute walk to the venue from the nearest taxi and driver drop-off location. Roosevelt Island is located in the East River, under the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge.

Haley: I think a cog makes the most sense, where we let the discussion happen mostly in the comments.

Leslie: Yeah. I do think readers will have thoughts on this.

Leandra Medine: Also!!! When models fainted, they did nothing

Leslie: Which is so so so so horrifying. He’s a showman, do they not have an event planner? Like, he goes on tours.

Leandra: WWD honed in on how poorly Kanye treats the press. And I maintain that he is making Spanx. And that holding a casting call wherein “biracial models only” are welcome is absurd.

Leslie: I think whether you/we like it or not is the only thing people will be discussing today and to ignore it on MR would feel weird.

Leandra: You know what’s weird is last year I was invited, didn’t go and then slammed it. And Kanye’s response was “thanks for your honesty.” The part that’s confusing and kind of frustrating for me is that he succeeds in getting the press. All of it. When he very well knows the response will be outrage. And it still feels like he won. Because he did! They/we all went.

Harling: Also remarkable to think that Kanye West will have one of the most talked about shows if not THE most talked about show this season — not in spite of what he put attendees/models through but BECAUSE of it. And that wasn’t even on purpose.

Verena: I have a real soft spot for the Kardashians, but watching them all walk in while models are literally passed out on the grass was infuriating.

Amelia: Eek

Haley: Such a scary metaphor

Thx Kanye, Kim, Kendall & Kylie for dragging us all out to Roosevelt Island just so u could have this fam photo op. pic.twitter.com/eH34PCJg7U
— Alyssa Vingan Klein (@alyssavingan) September 8, 2016