Let's just think about this. He went from best producer in the rap game, and quickly transitioned to outselling Jordan in the sneaker game. He now has easily the most sought after sneakers in the world. Yeezys routinely sell upwards of $2000 from a $350 retail price. He's designed for Louis Vuitton. And he's had a big hand in the design of the Yeezys, it hasn't just been "put my name on this and you do everything from there."
link to where he's actually designing these things?
my wife is a fashion designer and has worked for some of these celebrity licencees. there's a team of designers working full time, and every now and then the celebrity shows up, takes a look, and says yes or no to a couple of directions. and then they stamp their name on the clothes and talk about their passion for designing.
maybe kanye is different.
I'm in the liking his music more than I want to camp. he's a raging, narcissist nutcase who says a lot of idiotic things... but yeah, he makes some great music. just saw Dave Chappelle's block party movie again- forgot Kanye was in it (and pretty great).