Of all the ways APC designer Jean Touitou could have called his new clothing collection, he decided to call it "Last Negroes in Paris". The name of his new collection has sparked a lot of controversy in the fashion industry. Jean Touitou explained: “I call this look Last N****s in Paris. Why? Because it's the right time when the neighborhood - the neighborhood - meets Bertolucci's film Last Tango in Paris. So this is "N****s in Paris" and Last N****s in Paris. [Nervous laughter from the audience.] Oh, I'm happy that some people laughed with me. Yes, I mean, it's nice to play with strong signifiers. The Timberland is a strong ghetto symbol here.” The fact that Touitou titled his APC presentation Last N****s in Paris shows that the fashion industry has a major problem with race. Touitou was completely insensitive not only towards black models in the fashion industry, but towards the entire African American race. Later, he went on to justify the use of the racial slur in his presentation because he sent the idea for approval to his friend Kanye West, who is a black hip-hop megastar. He basically used the “Okay. My black friend gave me a pass.” This is problematic because Kanye West does not represent the entire African American