Fashion News Alert: Kanye’s Fashion Rant, Terry Richardson Captures the Rebel Spirit, and Zac Posen Takes over Brooks Brothers

In spite of charges of model molestation, fame photographer Terry Richardson continues to get work photographing fashion campaigns.

Supermodel Kate Moss and hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa joined forces with Richardson for Eleven Paris’ fall/winter 2014 campaign. “We wanted an eye capable of capturing these rebel spirits without taking things too seriously,” said Dan Cohen, one of the founders of the Eleven Paris.

This is Richardson’s second campaign for Eleven Paris.

Enough Kanye

When it comes to acting out and ranting, no one does it better than hip hop and fashion bad boy Kanye West. Recently at London’s Wireless Festival Kanye raved and railed for 20 minutes against the fashion industry, turning off and causing many attendees to walk out of the festivities.

I’m not dissing Louis Vuitton, I’m not dissing the Gucci group. I’m just saying, don’t discriminate against me because I’m a black man, or because I’m a celebrity… I can’t create . . . no black guy or celebrity is making no Louis Vuitton nothing,” the 37-year-old shouted at fans that had originally booked tickets to watch Drake, who pulled out of the festival, as recorded in the fashion.telegraph.co.uk.

The cause of Kanye’s angry diatribe; no one quite knows? Maybe, Kanye is nonplussed that the Vogue issue with him and Kim Kardashian on the cover failed to meet expected sales or his recent APC spring 2015 men’s collection is not garnishing favorable reviews.

Posen and the brothers

Zac Posen keeps adding up the credits. In addition to his own red-carpet luxury line, Zac Posen was recently named creative director of Brooks Brothers women’s ready-to-wear and accessories lines.

Brooks Brothers, which has over 300 stores worldwide, is looking for Posen to add a bit of glamour and fashion-forward sensibility to its women’s line. Posen’s first collection for Brooks Brothers will be available in stores in spring of 2016.

—William S. Gooch