Giuseppe Zanotti on Working With Kanye West.

• For those who say Kanye West is difficult to work with, Giuseppe Zanotti says pish-posh. The designer was at Bergdorf Goodman yesterday to promote the launch of the first of four 20th anniversary collections, and of course, fielded questions about his experience working with the rapper. “The process was easy,” Zanotti said. “I met Kanye in Milan during a charity event. He’s very sweet, very sensitive and sometimes dangerous because he’s sensitive… We met twice and then he asked to come into my maison because he wanted to understand the process of [creating a] collection of shoes and design. We started with something elegant for his runway, then we did something else — sneakers — together. He taught me something, I taught him something. Also, I showed him my archives of records and he sang something for me, for my team. It was good synergy, exchange of sensation and love.” Sounds nice! In fact, Zanotti says he is inspired by the work Kanye and other members of the hip-hop class, and has created a shoe with the help of 2Chainz. He’s also negotiating a collaboration with Kid Cudi, and might do work with Nicki Minaj and will.i.am in the future. (Fashionista)