Kanye West defends selling "homeless" inspired Gap line out of construction bags
"Look man, I’m an innovator and I’m not here to sit up and apologize about my ideas,” West says

Kanye West (seriously, we swear it’s him) Photo: Paras Griffin
When it comes to Kanye West’s streetwear brand Yeezy, one man’s trash (bag) really is another man’s treasure. In a new interview, West publicly defends his choice to sell his label’s highly sought-after collaboration with Gap out of large black construction bags, a decision some on Twitter criticized as appropriating poverty to sell high-end hoodies. In a now-deleted Instagram post (which The Los Angeles Times reported), West stated that he found inspiration for the line in “children” and “the homeless.”
Speaking with Fox News, West defended his aesthetic choices, explaining that he has no interest in deriding the homeless but does hope to challenge the conventional trappings of fashion with more egalitarian clothing.