Comments on: My Two Cents: Kanye West’s Women’s Louis Vuitton Sneakers – Girls Above Age 10 Don’t Want Pink Sneakers

By: GDK

GDK — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:13:03 +0000

Hi Kanye Kicks Ass,
Thanks for writing. I’m glad you came here to share your opinion – we like to hear what people think. Just don’t refer to women on our site as bitches.

By: KANYE KICKS ASS!

KANYE KICKS ASS! — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:54:06 +0000

Ya’ll bitches are ridiculous! First of all, if you know about fashion, true high end fashion, you’d realize they are all artists and support and influence one another so who cares if he rocks Goyard with Louis Vuitton! And second, he isn’t arrogrant, and if he is, who gives a fuck cus he’s doing amazing things and has every right to be “arrogant.” And its more that he’s confident, why would you shoot people down for being confident! Shoot people down for NOT being confident! And the shoes… I ain’t rich but i am definitely dropping the $600 to support him and marc jacobs!

By: Nasia

Nasia — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:03:42 +0000

its so amazing how i feel about kanye west. he is so arrogant with no absolute reasoning. i love his music mostly but hate him with a passion. And its just icing on the cake that his shoes arent as fabulous as he thinks he is.

By: A$TNMNQ

A$TNMNQ — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:12:02 +0000

okay, so you wrote exactly what I was thinking when i saw these on his blog.. and it made me think about how I and ladies in general are usually forced to buy most sneakers from the guys side of the store in their smallest side available , but society has engrained that men should never go to look at the women’s side. just like on the ladder of power; girls can move up and be considered “tomboys” but boys are seen as “sissys” if they move down.. saying that women are a downgrade – whack.

By: Chic & Untroubled

Chic & Untroubled — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:16:51 +0000

“P.S. Mr. West, you can use a lesson in humility. And, if I worked for LV, I’d take your deal away just for having that Goyard brief case in your video promoting LV” Amen.

By: Sistargirl

Sistargirl — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:37:07 +0000

UGH! can we say nasty? Great work on tying the shoes with the social construct of gender and gender norms. I once read in a book [M. Butterfly], about how a man knows best about how a woman should act [if anything they can be the most ladylike] since it is the men who created these norms and rules. keep it up mamas!

By: Teddy

Teddy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:19:42 +0000

The entirety of the quote about his affinity for pink is: “West compared the situation to when he was a child and thought the color pink was cool until someone told him “it was gay”. He went on to state how the views of society can rob people of their confidence and self-esteem” (http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/kanye-west-love-lockdown-heartless-remastered/). So, it seems pretty clear that Kanye has put some thought into the way society (adversely) influences our views.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:10:20 +0000

I agree that it would’ve been nice if Kanye had designed a pair for girls that’s not pink, but you can’t say that his thought process was as simple as ““Hmmmm, it’s for girls, so let’s make it pink.” He’s been quoted as saying that “when he was a child [he] thought the color pink was cool” (http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/kanye-west-love-lockdown-heartless-remastered/). This combined with the fact that his high top men’s LV shoes also have a pink sole (http://www.revolveclothing.com/b/blog/) makes it pretty clear that he just likes the color pink. You can hate his design, but don’t make assumptions that his reasoning is as shallow as you make it out to be.

By: BLB

BLB — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:13:56 +0000

REALLY?!??!! LIke Really….Dear Louis Vuitton, You need to let me design you some real kicks. xoxo, BLB

By: Retromusik

Retromusik — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:06:16 +0000

I feel you on this one. I really like how you drew on Kanye’s lack of creativity (no offense to him, I do respect him as an artist) to give us a commentary on society. Actually, when I was younger, I decided that my favorite color would be black as an act of rebellion. Against what? Society. lol I don’t think that I thought that deeply when I was younger but I do know that I did not want to be perceived as a pink loving girly girl, so I opted for the not-really-a-color-black;)