Angry response causes lifestyle entrepreneur to backtrack from first-choice of name for new innerwear line.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian drops plans to call new fashion brand Kimono Solutionwear
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Oona McGee
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West tries to reinvent the world of footwear with a trick the Japanese have been using for centuries, but his comments aren’t entirely accurate.
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