HOTHEADED rapper Kanye West was shut out of several runway shows at Paris Fashion Week after turning up uninvited. Though the fashion-obsessed rapper attended Valentino, Givenchy and Vivienne Westwood shows this week, he was not invited to Alexander McQueen, Balmain and Louis Vuitton and defiantly faced off with organisers several times - most of them unsuccessfully - for access, the New York Post reported.

Last Thursday, West tried to get into the Balmain runway show at Le Grand Hotel but was denied entry with his entourage. A source said he then snuck off to "a separate part of the hotel, so people didn't see him" after he was rejected.

"Mr West requested to attend, and we let him know we would not be able to accommodate him. He chose to come to the door anyway, and we kindly let him know we could not accommodate him," a rep for Balmain show organiser KCD said.On Tuesday, West tried to get into the McQueen show. "He did not make a request to attend, but he came uninvited," said the rep for KCD, which also ran the McQueen show. West was eventually let in through a side entrance by "venue management, not through the front door," the rep said.

Some fashion insiders wondered if West also was booted from the Vuitton show, where Kate Moss walked while smoking a cigarette. Sources said he was not on the list and did not reach out for an invitation - odd, considering that he designed a shoe line in collaboration with Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs in 2009. A Vuitton rep said only that "Kanye remains a great friend of the house".

West's rep did not respond to requests for comment. West is known for his uninvited stunts - in 2009, he rushed on stage and took the microphone when Taylor Swift was announced as the winner of an MTV Music Award.