Kanye West 'Gave Everything' He Had At Fashion Week

Reviews of his Fashion Week debut may have been mixed, but Kanye West isn't letting the critics slow him down ... because, really, why would he start now?

That was the takeaway from West's speech at the afterparty for his show on Saturday night, in which proudly proclaimed that he poured his heart and soul into his debut collection.

For a detailed account of all the looks, check out the MTV Style blog, which kept a running diary of West's fashion debut.

"Thank you for anybody that didn't believe, because they motivated us to break our boundaries," West told the celeb-packed crowd at Parisian hot spot Club Silencio, according to Women's Wear Daily. "We don't know what the reviews will be, we don't know what they will say, but I got a chance to go to Italy and feel those fabrics.

"I begged Louis Vuitton to let me do more shoes after my shoes sold out in two weeks, and they did not," he continued. "I begged Nike, I begged this company to let me do it. And I took out motherf---ing loans to get the best models, to get the best designers, to get the best venue. I gave you everything that I had."

West then turned his attention to the fashion critics, some of whom seemed to focus less on his collection and more on his celebrity. " This is my first collection. Please be easy. Please give me a chance to grow. This is not some celebrity sh--. I don't f--- with celebrities. I f--- with the creatives in this room, the amazing people who spend every day of their life trying to make the world a more beautiful place," he said.

West reportedly then wrapped up by once again thanking those in attendance and promised that there were only big things ahead ... both for him and his rapidly expanding fashion empire.

"I thank anybody who came to this party, everybody who supported, everybody who believed, because people thought it was a joke, and maybe people still do," he said. "But I can only grow from this point."