Louis Vuitton is apparently looking to beef up its presence

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Louis Vuitton is apparently looking to beef up its presence in theglow-in-the-dark menswear market.

Sitting front and center at the French fashion house's spring 2009show in Paris last week, Kanye West told Women's Wear Daily that he has signed on to collaborate on a line of men's footwearfor the LVMH-owned luxury brand.

The clothes-conscious rapper also said that he's working on anon-Louis-related signature line of womenswear that's set to debutthis fall.

West has blogged before about his passion for couture, callingrunway shows "one of [his] favorite things in the world."

He performed June 7 at a gala ball at the Brooklyn Museum to toutthe opening of contemporary artist Takashi Murakami 's latest show, which incorporates a line of specially designedLouis Vuitton bags for the especially well-heeled art appreciator.

"I grew up with the Louis look, you know," West told the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper at the LV show Friday at the Jardins de Bagatelle. "Ijust love the style."