Kanye West forces designer to reschedule after announcing surprise NYFW show

The All Day rapper announced a surprise show which clashed with another designer
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Emma Powell14 September 2015
The Weekender

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US rapper Kanye West has upset a designer by announcing a surprise show at New York Fashion Week.

West, 38, will show his Yeezy x Adidas Season 2 on Wednesday, September 16 – the same time as designer Anne Bowen was scheduled to launch her new streetwear collection Nomad VII.

Bowen has been forced to reschedule her show to Thursday, September 17 at noon so as not to clash with the All Day rapper.

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Speaking to Women’s Wear Daily, Bowen said: "We have been prepping for a year for this at considerable financial, labour- and commitment-cost to our company. Our show date has been scheduled for months and has been on the Fashion Calendar for weeks.

“We went through all the proper channels to make this a reality. And just yesterday we learned that Kanye West is having a show at the same time on the same date as ours."

Bowen described West’s decision as “not ethical” and has since filed a complaint to the CFDA.

"Kanye knows he is a media sensation and it is just not ethical to do this," she said. "It's like we are David and he is Goliath. We have put our heart and soul into our show and should not be stepped on like this."

Steven Kolb, president of the CFDA, said of the scheduling conflict: "There was no listing on the Fashion Calendar, and we didn't know about it. We can't avoid conflicts unless we know someone's doing it."

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