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Kanye West's history of contradictions is well documented, so it only makes sense that we'd run a story about how he's designing a collection of jewelry at the end of the same week we reported that he was nerding out over on his new blog.

Kanye revealed the news of his jewelry line to WWD.com (Women's Wear Daily's website, via Jezebel) at a Givenchy fashion show in Paris on Wednesday, October 3.

He was sitting front row at the show and sporting a "huge gold Manga-style diamond-studded pendant," which he designed with the help of Graduation cover artist Takashi Murakami. The chain is a prototype for the forthcoming collection, but West made sure to mention that the pieces in the actual line will be "more accessible. They won't be all diamonds."

True to his "my flaws are part of my perfection" form, Kanye also revealed that the prototype's "eyes are not perfectly done. Murakami cringes when he sees the eyes."

The jet-setting Chicago MC still starts touring again in Nashville on October 12.

In other Kanye-related news from the same Givenchy show, he apparently <3's Hole 4 life:

Dates:

10-12 Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt University (Homecoming) *
10-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Palace #
10-18 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Center $
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
10-26 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Dubai Country Club
10-29 Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
11-10 Miami, FL - Bayfront Park Amphitheatre (Bang Festival) %
11-17 Paris, France - Zenith
11-18 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
11-19 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
11-22 London, England - O2 Arena
11-24 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre
11-25 Bournemouth, England - Bournemouth International Conference Center
11-26 Nottingham, England - Nottingham
11-27 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff International Arena
11-30 Dublin, Ireland - Phoenix Park
12-01 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Odyssey Arena

* with Guster, Brett Dennen
# with Ludacris, Twista
$ with T.I., Fabolous
% with the Roots