Kanye's Kicks See Daylight

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That was fast; several days ago, the world only knew that Kanye's shoes for Louis Vuitton were delayed, and now the news is that they're releasing today. Accompanying the news are the shoe pricepoints?forget "$700+," these babies start at $840 and top out at $1140?and style names. Choose from the "Mr. Hudson," "Jasper," and "The Don." So will there be lines outside of LV stores this morning? Maybe small ones, but if it's buzz they wanted, they should have aired the release date a while ago. [If It's Hip It's Here; previously]