Rapper Kanye West is adding to his fashion credentials by launching a new menswear range with a French brand.

The Stronger hitmaker is teaming up with style gurus at French firm A.P.C. to create a men's capsule collection, featuring jeans, T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts.

Brand bosses gave a sneak peak of the collaboration by posting a photo on Instagram.com of blue denim with a red label that reads A.P.C. KANYE.

West's latest designs will be available from July 14.

The hip-hop superstar debuted his DW Kanye West line in October, 2011 at Paris Fashion Week in France, but the preview of his range failed to impress notoriously tough critics.

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