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Kanye Respectfully Low Key About Balenciaga Snub

Photo: www.instyle.comNotably, there is a strong correlation between fashion and music. Designers often speak of muses in reference to starlets, models, and movie stars of past eras; but I believe music to be the emotion cogitate of fashion. Music is strategically chosen and placed throughout a show to help tell the story of the collection, to evoke a mood. Without it, you’re just watching beautiful art come down the runway, with little reference to the sentiment of the collection.  You may as well visit a gallery and stare into a still piece, pondering the question “what is the artist trying to convey?” That is the poignant connection between fashion and music -- that and the fact that musicians serve as walking billboards and spokespeople high fashion designer labels.

However, Rapper Kanye West believes that fashion and music don't mix enough these days and hints that he might start his own clothing line.

Sources quoted West, who attended Paris Fashion Week, as saying, "I get a lot of a attention and sometimes designers don't want anything taking the focus off the show." This statement was in response to being denied entry into the much coveted Balenciaga show.

According to reports, Balenciaga didn't feel his hip hop image was right for the tone of the runway show. Surprisingly Kanye who is famous for his 'opinion' didn't mind too much, saying: "I totally love and respect any designer that won't let me come to their show... it's their show... they don't owe me anything."

He wrote in his blog, "I feel like music and fashion don't bridge enough, at least not as much as it did in the '80s when Madonna and Michael actually influenced designers."

He also hinted that he might start his own clothing line stating: "I just want to make great art on every level and fashion shows are one of the best forms of art in the world."

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