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American rapper and Grammy award winner Kanye West has now turned into a designer as the hip-hop star has collaborated with fashion giant Louis Vuitton (LV) to come out with his collection.

Out of the five styles he has created for the iconic brand, one of his shoes was showcased at the Paris Fashion Week, reports people.com.

Talking about the shoe, West said: “I was inspired by the movie Dune. The collection had all these jackets that were very padded and looked like as if they had hockey pads in the jacket and there was one where the collar came up really high.”

“I took that element and put that on the back of the shoe. It's like the opposite of the tongue. Usually you have the tongue at the front and it has a tongue at the back,” he added.

The complete Kanye West collection will be available at LV stores in June 2009.