PITTI UOMO 86 STREETSTYLE

After London Fashion Week, there’s Pitti Uomo. Pitti Uomo 86 takes place this year in Florence from June 17 to June 20 in Florence, Italy. Here’s a look at some streetstyle action.

KANYE WEST TALKS WEDDING PHOTO, APPLE/BEATS DEAL, & BEAUTIFYING THE INTERNET

Kanye West made an appearance at the Translation seminar at the Cannes Lions festival on Tuesday. During his conversation with Translation CEO Steve Stoute and venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, the hip-hop impresario revealed that famed photographer Annie Leibovitz pulled out of his wedding at the last minute (“Maybe she was scared about the idea of celebrity”).

The wedding photo that Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram took “like four days” to edit because the colors on the flower wall didn’t look right. But he says it was worth it because it became the most liked image on Instagram.

Plus, he once again shared his admiration for Apple founder Steve Jobs and weighed in on Apple’s $3 billion dollar purchase of Beats by Dre.

So what’s next for the creative genius? Yeezus wants to bring his design aesthetic to the Internet, starting with a redesign of Instagram.



Read more Kanye quotables below.

On his inspiration: “The only thing I think can be an inspiration to me is the fact that I get bashed so much but create so much. Just know that if you really want to be a boxer, you’re gonna get your face beat up constantly, but then you may end up being Mayweather or Ali.”

On the power of endorsement: “I couldn’t have rapped if Jay Z hadn’t endorsed me. Eminem wouldn’t have been as successful if Dr. Dre hadn’t endorsed him.”

On color correcting his wedding photo: “Now, can you imagine telling someone who just wants to Instagram a photo, the No. 1 person on Instagram, that we need to work on the color of the flowered wall? But the fact that the No. 1 most liked photo has this certain aesthetic on it was a win for what the mission is—of raising the palette.”

On the importance of good design: “I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It’s like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design. Because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that.”

On Steve Jobs: “Steve Jobs, as everyone knows, was my biggest influence. Just seeing the way he fought to make things easier for people. After he passed, I made it my life’s mission to do what he did inside of that company. I dream to help raise the palette and raise the taste level of a generation and also be involved with the production and distribution and advertising of that thing everyone’s begging for.”

On the Apple/Beats by Dre deal: “There would have been no Beats deal without [Jay Z's] Samsung deal. It showed the No. 1 company the importance of connecting with culture. The reason I said I didn’t like Samsung particularly is because throughout my entire life, because of how my parents raised me, I have to work with the No. 1. I can’t work with anyone but Jay Z, because he’s No. 1. I can’t be with any girl but Kim, because that’s the girl whose pictures I look at the most and get turned on by. I’m not going to represent any company but Louis Vuitton, because that’s No. 1. … Samsung is not quite Apple, but it showed that Jimmy [Iovine] and Dre would be able to connect with the No. 1 influencers.”

On beautifying the Internet: “The world as a whole is fucking ugly. The Internet as a whole is fucking ugly, too. But I’m not in the construction business. I said to [Instagram founder] Kevin [Systrom], why don’t you let us redo Instagram? Now, you know, Instagram is nice. It’s nice looking. I’m not knocking it. But just in general, everyone spends all of their time looking at their screens or their phones. And just as a simple task, we could clean that up.”

Watch the FULL conversation below!

Mindset

I want everyone to express themselves in a unique way. I’m saying that in an aggressive way ’cause that’s how I really feel, but what I mean by that is find your own thing to do and create your own lane. - RS. On Another Level.

“People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about.
London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano.”

- Anna Wintour

RS:

- "The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women but to pleasing men." -

Christian Louboutin

RS:

‎- "Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself."-

2011 Salute. 2012 Bless.

May 2012 bring you lots of prosperity, happiness, love and (w)health..
May 2012 be about chasing your dreams and achieving your goals..
May it be about love and joy..
May it be about giving and receiving.. But most importantly..
May it be about you becoming the person you want to be.. doing the things you want to do.. and,
May tonight be about the celebration of all these things..
Have a wonderfull 2012!


Let's take 2012 to Another Level.

Lift off

- "We gon’ take it to the moon,
take it to the stars
How many people you know
can take it this far?
I’m supercharged
I’m ’bout to take this
whole thing to Mars
Now we gon’ take it to the moon,
take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through
to make it this far
So many scars
‘Bout to take this whole thing to Mars " -

"Be creative. Remember that we only learnt how to fly when we stopped imitating birds -
Sky is the limit for those who can't fly"

Five Easy Lessons to be a Modern Gentleman

1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they’re walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table.

4. Don’t be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background.

5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.

Life: Achieve your dreams..

Go for the impossible.
I always tried to find my own limits.
So far I did not find them, so my universe is in constant expansion

De Leven.

Soms Okura, 8 gangen..
Soms tempura, Champagne..
Soms, soms Visvim, Soms Gucci..
Soms Comme des Garçons, Soms Louis..

Soms dansen, Soms lichtjes..
Soms, soms drankjes
Soms flitsen..
Soms 150 paar kicks
En soms Helemaal Niks.

Soms New York, Soms Londen
Soms, soms high, stomdronken..
Soms, soms Tokyo, Soms Parijs
Soms Puur, Soms met ijs..
Soms shows, Soms aandacht..
Soms, soms weekend vanaf maandag
Soms, soms allemaal chicks
En soms Helemaal Niks.

Against Fear.

I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

Achieve..

The wise men say,,

Wise men say
Wise men say
Wise men say
Never figure out real love
You'll never figure out real love
You'll never figure out real love

It's so crazy
I got everything figured out
But for some reason I can never find what real love is about
No doubt
Everything in the world figured out but I can never seem to find what love is about

Do you think I sacrificed real life
For all the fame of flashing lights?
Do you think I sacrifice a real life
For all the fame of flashing lights?

There is no Gucci I can buy
There is no Louis Vuitton to put on
There is no YSL that they could sell
To get my heart out of this hell
And my mind out of this jail
There is no clothes that I could buy
That could turn back the time
There is no vacation spot I could fly
That could bring back a piece of real life
Real life what does it feel like?
I ask you tonight I ask you tonight
What does it feel like I ask you tonight
To live a real life
I just want to be a real boy
They always say Kanye he keeps it real boy
Pinocchio story is I just want to be a real boy
Pinocchio story is to be a real boy

It's funny Pinocchio lied and that's what kept him from it
I tell the truth and I keep runnin
It's like I'm looking for something out there trying to find something
I turn on the TV and see me and see nothing

What does it feel like to live real life to be real?
Not some facade on TV that no can really feel
Do you really have the stamina...
For everybody that sees you to say 'where's my camera?'
For everybody that sees you to say 'sign my autograph'
For everybody that sees you cry and say 'you oughtta laugh'
You oughtta laugh
I just want to be a real boy
Pinocchio story goes I just want to be a real boy
Pinocchio story goes...

And there is no Gepetto to guide me no one right beside me
The only one was behind me I can't find her no more
I can't find her no more I cant...
The only one that come out on the tour and stay stay stay...
Back when I was living at home and this was all a big dream

And the fame will be got caught
And the day I moved to LA
Maybe that was all my fault
All my fault to be a real boy
Chasing the American dream
Chasing everything we seen
Up on the TV screen
And when I- the Benz was left
And the clothes was left
And the hoes was left
You talk the hoes to death thinkin the money that the-
You spent the doughs to death
And tell me what tf for a real boy

They say Kanye you keep it to real boy
Perspective and Wise man say one day you'll find your way
The wise man say you'll find your way
The wise man say you'll find your way
The wise man say

Me.

I be on it early, everybody late.

Live Life

To be..

Dreamers can not be tamed.

Think Big.

“ I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities. ” - Dr. Seuss

I can't do regular, it's just not me.