A Beginner's Guide to Kanye's Circle of Fashion Designer Friends

You never forget your first...fashion mentor. In a 2015 Elle interview, Jacobs remembered how Kanye the Go-Getter basically cold-called him and cajoled the then-Louis Vuitton creative director into a collaboration. The rest is history.

"I'm the person who brought [Kanye West] to Adidas," Scott said in an interview with Complex Style. No small introduction, given how *that* partnership has panned out, and loyalty counts for something, even in fashion.

I mean, she outfitted him for the 2011 Met Gala, and he once attended her 9 a.m. presentation. (That's 5 a.m. Fashion Week Time.) While they haven't collaborated recently, Kanye seems like the kind of friend who'd randomly call you like "Get dressed, bitch. We're going to Paris."

And you thought YOU were Céline's biggest fangirl. Kanye's worn her much-copied scarf print to perform, he's name-checked her multiple times, and if that is not the shoulder grasp of someone who's met his idol and never wants to let go, I don't know what is.

Two things: 1) The Balmain designer produced the elaborately beaded pieces the Kardashians wore to Yeezy Season 3, the mark of "a Real Friend." And 2) He too believes that "Kim is our modern day everything." A solid foundation, but TBH, I think it's more that he's young, fun, and really good at taking selfies.

The former Lanvin designer is known as the teddy bear of the fashion industry, so, like, who wouldn't want to be friends with him? "I really appreciate that my collection at New York Fashion Week was accepted positively," Kanye said in an interview with Paper magazine. "The moment I saw Alber Elbaz, he patted me on the back and said, 'Keep going.'" I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying.