Ye, née Kanye West, held a show on the catwalk in Paris on Monday for Yeezy’s ninth collection, referred to as “YZY SZN 9.” Held in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the parade itself consisted of a preamble by Yee followed by a parade of models – among them Naomi Campbell, Michelle Lamy, singer James Blake, and Cella Marley, daughter of Lauren Hill and Rohan Marley – who wore oversized, muted designs to match Ye works. A choir-style Sunday service, which reportedly featured several of Ye’s children, performed during the show, which was also broadcast live on Ye’s YouTube channel.

“I am Ye, and everyone here knows I am the leader,” Ye said, wearing a long-sleeved shirt with written on the back, “White life is important,” during his introduction, in Sixth pageadding later, “You can’t manage me. This is an uncontrollable situation.”

Snapshots of the attendees were shared on social media, as well as Live broadcast now private, provide a complete picture. On Yi’s T-shirt “White Life Matters” was an image of Pope John Paul II and the Spanish phrase “Seguiremos tu ejemplo” which translates to “We will follow your example.” (“White Lives Matter,” as many other publications have pointed out, is classified by the Anti-Defamation League As white supremacy and a slogan of hate.) Other models on the show, including Marley, wore similar designs; Conservative commentator Candice Owens, who has moved into Ye orbit In the last yearson Twitter picture From herself posing next to Yi on the show, she is wearing the same white shirt.

The backlash came quickly. Jaden Smith wrote in Tweet has since been deleted Monday afternoon, indicating that Leave the show early. He tweeted a few times afterward, adding “I don’t care who it is if I don’t feel the message I got out of it” and “Black lives matter.”

Fashion figures also expressed their anger. “Here comes the nonsense. I’m angry,” Wrote Gabriella Kareva Johnson, international fashion designer Vogue magazine Contribution rate. Untenable behaviour. Fashion writer and editor Lynette Nylander shared her own post on instagramHe writes, “It doesn’t matter what the intent is…it’s an out-of-context perception of the masses, as well as the implication of the chorus of children looking at all under the age of ten. He knew what he was doing and was malicious.”

She shared the inspiration behind the group at a Vogue magazine an interview Posted Monday morning, while he was also discussing his latest decision To sever his partnership with Gap.

“Our point, our idea, is that no one is unwelcome in YZY, in Donda. That’s why I went to Gap. And why did I bring Demna with me. To say ‘Okay, Demna’s cut is on top of what Paris has to offer.’” Paris comes at the forefront of what fashion has to offer. So let’s bring Paris to the people.” He explained that the Gap partnership didn’t work because Gap “made the shirts we made for $200.” And then, they took our color palette and made a shape for what I think someone in the office would think is at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It felt like civil rights.”

“Well, when we went to the shows—and you were just talking about that old Tommy Toon picture—there were some shows we couldn’t take part in,” Ye continued, pointing to The famous group photo in Paris showing Yi and the late designer Virgil AblohAmong other things, a street style photographer captured that toon in 2009. “This is about the civil rights movement. It doesn’t have to be that you can’t get or cut that fabric until you reach a certain place or class in life. It is about dignity. and democracy. “