Here are some photos of Kanye West at the Inaugural Daily Front Row Fashion Los Angeles Awards (FLAs) held at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood on Thursday night. I have mixed feelings about the silk jacket. One feeling: Miami Vice sort of did it better. Another feeling: it’s just nice to see Kanye in a color other than black or grey. Anyway, Kanye went to the awards show to present an award to Mazdack Rossi and Yeezington ended up talking for a while about the state of fashion, the ultimate creator (the Yeezus in the Sky) and smiling.
Kanye West has a lot to say about fashion. The rapper-designer was on hand at The Daily Front Row’s inaugural Fashion Los Angeles Awards at the Sunset Tower Hotel last night to present an award to Milk Studios founder Mazdack Rossi. West gave an impassioned speech about the importance of fashion and design, going so far as to say it’s God’s work. First, he opened with an anecdote explaining why he doesn’t smile so much.
“Back when I was working on Yessuz, I saw this book like book from the 1800s and it was velvet-covered with brass and everything,” West said. “I looked at all these people’s photos and they look so real and their outfits were incredible and they weren’t smiling and people, you know the paparazzi, always come up to me, ‘Why you not smiling?’ and I think, not smiling makes me smile…When you see painting in an old castle, people are not smiling cause it just wouldn’t look as cool.”
From there, Kim Kardashian’s hubby argued that fashion is divinely-inspired.
“In my opinion, God is the number one creator and anytime we create, we’re an extension of doing his work on earth,” West said. “That’s why we’re here, what can we do for humanity and you know, in a way, fashion is what defines the time.”
He proclaimed everybody is a “fashion insider” because “it’s illegal to be naked. Everyone has some form of fashion every single day. We have the power to change the world. I believe that through design, because design is the closest to truth, problem solving truth is the closest to love and love is the closest thing to God and God is love.”
Got that? But West also acknowledged toward the end of his nearly eight–minute speech, “I don’t know if I even made one f–king good point.” And then, just like that, he smiled.
You know what? On the scope of crazy stuff Kanye says in public or in interviews, this barely registers. Of course he would consciously stop smiling because he looked at paintings from the 1800s and none of those people ever smiled because it just wasn’t COOL, you guys. And of course he thinks fashion has the power to change the world. Of course he does. He’s Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Gustav Klimt and Coco Chanel all rolled into one.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
yea. Slack mouth is really, um, cool. So 1680 of you kanye.
not smiling is ok. But “I dont smile intentionally because I’m trying to look cool” is the most uncool thing to say for a grown up man!
LOL! Seriously!
But don’t tell him that – it’s far more entertaining now!
He is a dumb, foolish man with an incredibly weak linguistic register. And this comes from someone who doesn’t even live in an English speaking country and isn’t a native English speaker.
People weren’t smiling because it took forever to paint portraits and shoot film back then and holding that expression would have been impossible.
Anyway, I hope wearing that jacket makes him not want to wear that jacket.
Oops, made my comment before seeing yours! Great minds…
Anyway, I hope wearing that jacket makes him not want to wear that jacket.
LMAO.
Lol, me, too. Move over, Don Johnson.
Not to mention what their teeth looked like!
You are the winner! Great comment.
Yep kiddo that’s why.kanye is a fool and has no idea about art or fashion.
Well I can only speak for myself, if I’m not smiling I’m pissed.
You gotta have a certain face for not smiling Kanye.
Whenever you don’t smile you look like a sad 5yr old just trying to figure out how he’ll convince his mom to get him that toy he almost threw a tantrum over before they leave the store.
“Man I wanted that race car. It was so cool. I don’t get ANYTHING fun! I HATE you!”
No, Kanye… they’re not smiling because it would’ve hurt like hell to maintain that expression for hours’ worth of sitting for the portrait… same for the photos that were taken with the earliest cameras. Anything to help you stay completely, comfortably still.
God, I really feel for North… she needs some examples of genuine joy and expression in her life (not to mention color in her wardrobe).
I really like Kanye.
I think he is cool.
I know he gets a lot of hate, but I like him.
No one does not smiling better than Victoria Beckham. LOL
I agree! I find Kayne highly likeable because he is entertaining & outspoken.
Victoria Beckham is the ultimate when it comes to not smiling for photographers and paparazzi. Her 73 questions with Vogue on YouTube was fun to watch.
Baahahahahahahhahaa!!!!! He’s NOT cool and he doesn’t LOOK cool – EVER! At least in the last 5-7 years!
That being said WTF is up with the Megadeth T-shirt. Are we to believe that he has ever heard a single song by Megadeath? Yeah right. Worst part about it is that he would criticize someone who was wearing a Kanye t-shirt in a heartbeat if he didn’t think they ever listened to him.
I don’t think he ever looks cool either. Always dresses in the same leather pants and gray shirts. I wonder if he could name a Megadeth song or if Dave Mustaine even knows a song by Kanye or if he even knows who he is
Don’t forget those tan suede boots he wears with everything and
for every occasion. Not to mention those disgusting leather
leggings he wears. So not cool or fashionable!
This just proves how much of an influence he has on Kim. Kim used to smile a lot and now she doesn’t. She does what he tells her to do. No wonder his daughter doesn’t smile either.
Looks like he’s wearing one of Kim’s old blazers (when she was allowed to wear color).
They also didn’t smile because it was very hard in the 1800’s to just survive. You had to work a farm, build your own house, take care of the animals. All this while your shifty wife is just hanging around the house taking selfies and trying on clothes. It’s amazing that men in the 1800’s didn’t just straight up lose it.
I’m just paraphrasing the history books here. Please don’t quote me in a school project.
ME: Kanye, why can’t you make sense when you speak?
KANYE: I think not making sense, makes sense.
hahahaha
Oh lord. He and his Mrs are beyond dumb.
I’m glad they are off the market and no one else has to date them. I hope they’ll stay together forever.
Kim will never be high fashion, no matter how hard Kanye tries. Nobody in the fashion world outside of his circle of friends has any respect for her, I imagine the sophisticated, high end designers cringe when she wears their clothes. She has no influence on anyone who could actually afford to buy anything more than her Kardashian designer knock-off range and no luxury designer designs for her body type. She is utterly and completely deluded. Kanye is even more deluded thinking that what they do is ground breaking and avantgarde. He can’t dress himself let alone pick clothes for his barbie doll.
If you don’t want to smile then don’t do it but in no way makes you cool or tough. But i’ve noticed he smiles a lot when Kim’s not around. How does he explain this?
I always keep away from people who frown and complain all the time.
I’m very glad to be considered uncool by people like Kanye or Kim.
+1000
Although there was a little eye-rolling, it wasn’t quite as much as usual. Tolerable, Kanye. Kudos.
That he even has a rationale for not smiling just tells you how far up his own butt he is.
Yeah, it makes me cringe that he thinks he invented not smiling looks cool, and that he put that much thought into it, and then he told us. {{{cringe}}}}
Yeah has he never heard of Posh? She was famous before he or his pig wife were. She was known as the person who never smiled.
Well Kim invented the “selfie” so why not lol ? We owe our lives to Kim and Kanye. They invented the world lol.
That is a pity because he does have a great smile.
I know right?
Well it appears that KanYe West does not have an original bone in that little body of his. He is always taking from something else and then calling it his own. Like that boxy white tee shirt that he said he designed and yet somehow there is a picture of my dad wearing a boxy white tee shirt just like Kanye’s but the year was 1948. I guess either my dad was very fashion forward or Kanye found an old Sears catalog and sampled from that. I don’t care what anyone says this man does too much sampling of other people’s work to call himself a genius.
Kim is the same way. She likes to copy and take the credit.
Thought my eyes were playing games when I saw him wearing a Megadeth shirt. Does he even know who they are? If he looks cool not smiling, I must be hot because I smile
@arock:
Legit snorted! Thanks!
: )
Only one person is known not to smile and its Posh. Sorry but Kanye and Kim are everyone’s eleses copy-cats.
Kanye you are not cool and neither is your untalented pig wife or her family.
And for a guy who keeps mentioning God and religion, he is a huge hypocrite. He married a women who is famous for a sex tape , who had 2 previous marriages and screwed half of the NFL, had a kid out of wedlock with her and he himself has probably had sex with other women probably.
The people that act the most religious are always the biggest hypocrites. Kim says she has a Bible study group and Kris Jenner heads her own church. Doesn’t that say it all?
She has a bible study group? LOL.
And for people who claim to be religious and so godly, they are very selfish.
Kanye and kim don’t help anybody, donate to charity, visit sick children,etc. They do none of that and claim to be religious and mention God? If there was a God, I hope he/she punishes these two and their family. I don’t understand how such awful people like them are still rich, famous and able to get away with doing things like humiliating disabled people, cheating, throwing money at waitresses, marrying for tv ratings,etc. They don’t even work hard for their money. I work harder then anybody in that family combined and have to struggle on a daily basis. I don’t insult disabled people or steal or hurt anybody either. I can’t believe this is how low America has become. Our own President even met with Kanye and kim! What is with the appeal with these two? You know something is wrong when the POTUS knows who they are and meets with them. GAG!
Yeah life is not fair. If there is a God, I don’t know what his/her rationale is. Good people should get rewarded and bad people should get punished…sadly the reverse usually happens. I’m not sure if Kim and Kanye give a lot to charity. We only hear about the ridiculous things they do. But to be honest, Kim loves attention and would want the cameras there if she was doing anything charitable (remember when she went to Africa with Reggie or that time she helped give out Thanksgiving dinner right after the backlash of the Humphry divorce?).
Why doesn’t he bring Kim to these events? Seems like she would think she belonged there. He doesn’t seem to take her to that many events, and we know it’s not because she doesn’t want to leave the kid behind.
Maybe this LA fashion show has standards and won’t lower themselves to allowing D list reality tv stars like Paris fashion show does? That’s good if they do that. No more Kartrashians at fashion shows or Vogue covers please!
He smiles at his own smile so he won’t smile and his wifey doesn’t want to smile cos she gets wrinkles. What a sad family!!
yea cause slack jaw, mouth breather is so cool ‘n sexy. Go Away.
he’s cute and he’s way of thinking is very artistic …u go yeezus!
Well if you think not smiling which makes you look constipated in every single picture is cool, then by all means do not smile. But there is no mystique in looking constipated. You just look… constipated?