Kanye West's Biggest Fashion Statements
Yeezy's passion for style, in his own words.
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Quotable Kanye - Kanye West is not shy when it comes to expressing his opinion, and it seems Yeezy is most passionate talking about fashion. In his recent speech to present an award to Milk Studios founder Mazdack Rassi at the Daily Front Row's Fashion Los Angeles Awards, West declared that everybody is a "fashion insider" because it's "illegal to be naked." Yeezy's words inspired us to compile a list of our favorite Kanye-isms on fashion. Read on for the truth. (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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On Diversity in Fashion: - "I look around and I say, 'Wait a second. There's no one around here that looks like me, and if they are, they're quiet as f**k.'" (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for LACMA)
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On Fashion Versus Music: - "I spent 80% of my time working on this, and 20% of my time working on music. Why do you think the song 'N****s in Paris' is called 'N****s in Paris?' Cause n****s was in Paris!" (Photo: Roc Nation/Def Jam)
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On Ambition: - "I'm gonna sit here on this runway until I'm at the end of it. Because that's that thing that people slave over. That's that thing that people are slaves to. That's that thing that I'm a slave to." (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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On Footwear: - "No flip-flops on Black dudes. Wear some hot-ass Jordans on the beach." (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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On Leather Jogging Pants: - "We brought the leather jogging pants six years ago to Fendi, and they said, 'No.' How many motherf*****s you done seen with a jogging pant?" (Photo: Survivor, PacificCoastNews.com)
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On Perseverance: - "I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm not this. I'm not a real rapper, either!" (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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On Hip Hop's Influence on Fashion: - "We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!" (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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On Bad Taste: - "I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that." Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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On His Personal Style: - "I jog in Lanvin."(Photo: Sharpshooter Images/Splash News)
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On Dopeness: - "Okay, for me, first of all, dopeness is what I like the most."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for EMM Group)