Ooof. Can’t stand Kanye, and because of his complete lack of respect to true artists (the Beck comments), his entire body of “work” is tainted. It’s not what the media portrays him as. He’s portrayed in the media exactly how he wants to be portrayed. He has a team of publicists that determine exactly what is said about him, when it’s said, and where. His shoes sold out because he’s Kanye. That doesn’t mean he’s good. One Direction sells out concerts, that doesn’t mean they’re good either. There’s just a market for garbage out there.
I’d also venture to guess that he had very little to do with any of this “collaboration” and was just given choices from talented designers to choose from.