Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.Photo: Marc Piasecki/WireImage
Kim Kardashianhas moved on from her exKanye West— and so has her closet.
In Thursday’s episode ofThe Kardashians, Khloé Kardashian shared in a confessional that she’s thrilled to see the SKIMS founder, 42, take control of her wardrobe choices again since splitting from West, 46.
Throughout the pair’s nearly seven-year marriage, the rapper and former Yeezy designer famously served as his wife’s stylist. But now that she and West are longer together, the reality star is boldly forging her own fashion identity.
From left: Domenico Dolce, Kim Kardashian and Stefano Gabbana.MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty
“Kimberly has come so, so far in her confidence in fashion. She has gone from relying on her ex-husband to now curating her owncollaboration with Dolce & Gabbana," Khloé, 38, said in her confessional, after a dinner to celebrate Kim’s collection with the Italian fashion house being unveiled at Milan Fashion Week in September.
“But Kim, you have been a fashionista since you’ve been born and you don’t need anybody else,” she added.
For Kim, however, the adjustment to overseeing her own styling wasn’t an easy one. In a season 2 episode ofThe Kardashians, the beauty mogul admitted to havinganxiety about suddenly being in charge of her wardrobe. Speaking with her sisterKourtney Kardashianabout her ongoing divorce proceedings, Kim said she “got to a point where I would ask [West] for advice for everything — down to what I wear.”
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“Even now I’m having panic attacks like, what do I wear?“she explained. “In New York — I will say — he styled me all forSNL,“she added, shouting out her ex forcurating her looksfor the October 2021 show, which she notably hosted in a hot pink Balenciaga jumpsuit.
“Then for theWall Street Journalmagazine, I won the innovator award for SKIMS. And I was like, ‘How do I wear something that hasn’t been pre-vetted first?'” she continued.
“Does it make you nervous? Are you like, ‘Is this is a bad outfit?’ " Kourtney, 43, asked of the uncertainty.
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To accept theWSJaward in November 2021, Kim opted for a brown leather dress from the SKIMS x Fendi collection, completing the look with matching gloves, snakeskin boots and diamond jewelry.
But it didn’t help her fledgling fashion confidence that West called her afterwards with some harsh criticism. “He told me my career’s over. And then he showed me a picture of Marge Simpson wearing something similar,” the KKW Beauty founder told Kourtney.
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Later in the episode, Kim searched her closet for inspiration for what she’d wear to the weddings of her friendsParis HiltonandSimon Huck.
“I definitely see what I like, but I’ve never really been the visionary,” she said of her style in a confessional. “Kanye would come in and be like, ‘You should do your hair like this. You should do your makeup like this.’ That’s his love language, it’s clothes. I always just trusted in him.”
Nearly a year after filing for divorce from the “Praise God” rapper, the star said she was still trying to define her own fashion identity.
On becoming more confident, she continued, “I’m finally stepping out, like, I can do this.”
New episodes ofThe Kardashiansdrop on Hulu every Thursday.
source: people.com
