Kanye West is the latest celebrity to hop on the interning is now officially cool train. Apparently, Kanye wants to intern for fashion power houses Louis Vuitton or Raf Simons and apply that experience to launch his highly anticipated fashion line.

Simons tells the NY Times:

“I was blown away from the planet when he told me. I know he’s very serious about this — I don’t take it as a joke — but how can I imagine him being my intern? It’s a very extreme situation.”

If Mr. West follows through, and there’s no reason to doubt the man, then he’ll be joining the ranks of recent celeb interns such as musician Ryan Adams and hockey star Sean Avery. Adams interned for the style & culture magazine Blackbook (publicity stunt!) and Avery landed aninternship at Vogue. Did any of them walk away with some sort of valuable experience to further their career? Probably not, but that is why Kanye is capitalizing on becoming a fashion protege. [Read more]