The fashion industry isn't happy with Kanye West

The controversy surrounding Kanye West never ends. After being admitted to hospital back in November, it was unclear whether the rapper-cum-designer would show his new Yeezy collection in February.

But earlier this week, Kanye announced he would be debuting Yeezy Season 5 at New York Fashion Week. The show, which will be held on 15 February, has already caused uproar for clashing with big-name brand Marchesa.

Unlike most major brands, Kanye doesn’t work to the fashion week schedule. The CFDA (which is New York’s equivalent of the British Fashion Council) organises the schedule each year and has spoken out about the star’s refusal to comply.

“Once again, CFDA was not approached or consulted about the possibility of Kanye West showing on the official New York Fashion Week schedule. As the scheduler of the week, the CFDA works with more than 300 brands to identify appropriate times for them to show their collections and avoid scheduling conflicts. Not going through the proper channels is disruptive to the whole week and unfair to designers who have secured spots through the formal procedure,” president and CEO, Steven Kolb, told WWD.

“This bad behaviour is not acceptable to the CFDA and should not be tolerated by the industry. Because of this, the CFDA will not list Kanye West on the official schedule. However, the CFDA is more than willing to work with Kanye on securing an available time slot.”

This isn’t the first time Kanye has frustrated the industry. Last season, he only told editors about the show on the day, whisking them hours away to Roosevelt Island to watch models faint from the sweltering heat.

Yeezy Season 4, which took place a day before the official New York Fashion Week, still conflicted with four separate shows, forcing some designers to change their show times altogether.

Isn’t it time we stopped forgiving the guy for his egotistical ways and started supporting lesser-known designers who go through the proper channels?

Fashion is supposed to support emerging talent but fails to do so when celebrities with the funds for mega promotion take precedence. It’s unfair for younger – and less well off – brands to have to fork out serious money to alter their show times just so the fashion industry can bow down to Kanye West.

And when big name editors such as Vogue’s Anna Wintour regularly attend (and therefore support) his shows, the rest of the industry follows suit.

Marchesa has yet to comment on this season’s scheduling problem but aren’t likely to be too happy. We don’t blame them.

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