Kanye also debuted a new song at his presentation, did you get a sneak peek?

They were playing “Wolves” during rehearsal. That’s such a good song, I had been hearing it for two days since we were at the studio. I was addicted to that song and the hardest part was when we were standing there and the song drops and I have to stand there and listen to it with no emotion. That was so hard.

Then it got to the show, and like 50 kids were rehearsing. About an hour before the show starts Kanye was like: “Scratch that— we’re going to start from square one, so retake your positions.” He told us: “Stand when we hear that trumpet, do three steps left, three steps right until you get to the front—and don’t make eye contact with anybody.” It was crazy because it was so last minute. We changed our position 10 minutes before the doors opened, and we just had to stand still.

What do you think of Kanye as a designer?

Kanye’s good at what he’s doing and he’s surrounded by some really creative people. He incorporates his own style with sportswear and design. The thing is—what you saw at the show, there’s way more than that. I already saw season two. There’s so much more clothes. There’s way more shoes, by the way, than the two that dropped. And there’s not much adidas branding on most of it, it’s just a Kanye brand which I think is dope.

You mentioned Virgil Abloh, who you’ve worked with on his OFF-WHITE line, what’s your relationship like?

Every time he’s in New York I see him. Virgil is one of my best friends. The other day he was supposed to be in the studio doing press shit all day, but he took time out to come get lunch with me. He’s always putting me on—he gets me jobs, he gets me work aside from my agency. He helps me out and does shit. He puts me on to art—he made me read the Yeezus set design book. I went through it, all the options, the process behind it was amazing. He put me on to so much.

What about your friendship with the SoHo crew of kids like Asspizza and Mike the Ruler, how'd you all meet?

[Mike] is one of my best friends. When it comes to fashion he knows everything; you literally cannot school him. He knows what year anything ever was made. He can spot something fake from a mile away. He went through his high-end phase when he was obsessed with Helmut Lang, Rick Owens, Margiela and shit. He went through his Supreme phase when all he wore was Supreme and Fucking Awesome. He went through so many phases and steps and now he knows so much, he has such a wide spectrum.

He knows everything about streetwear, everything about fashion, everything about the artistic point of view, the music background—he’s like a living encyclopedia. He knows how that all plays into one thing. I met him hanging around SoHo and going to VFiles and stuff like that. Asspizza I spotted a few years ago on Instagram, he had like 32 followers. And I just was like “ I love you.” Then I put him up on Twitter and Ian [Connor] really liked him. He became one of my best friends.