Kanye West on the Gap board: A dream director — or a disaster?

If there's any apparel brand that could use a jolt of electricity, it's Gap, which brand experts associate more with empty malls than with the ubiquitous fashion of its heyday. Many say the San Francisco retailer's path back to relevancy leads due West — Kanye West, that is. In an otherwise apocalyptic year for apparel retailers, Gap hit a lightning rod when it inked a 10-year apparel deal with the hip-hop superstar and fashion mogul in June, sending shares soaring to their highest one-day gain…