- Hi Vogue, it's Kim Kardashian West,
and today I'm gonna be going through
some of my most iconic looks,
some of my most tragic looks,
I have no idea what's in this book,
so this will be a fun journey.
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Oh my god, this look.
This is literally one of my
favorite, most iconic looks.
First of all, this is what
Paris and I were gonna be
for Halloween this year,
but we ran out of time.
I think we need to do this next year.
How fun would that be?
Those bags, I still have those bags,
and one thing, Paris does
not take care of her purses,
so if you see what's inside of her bag,
there is a million things,
from every kind of makeup,
lashes, just everything,
it's like a pharmacy inside of her bag,
so I would not let her put
anything inside of this bag.
So, it is an empty bag that
she's carrying, fun fact.
Oh my god, okay, this is so embarrassing.
This was the premiere of season one
of Keeping up with the
Kardashians, at our party.
I probably borrowed this dress at Dash,
kept the tag on or just re-tagged it,
and then returned it afterwards.
It was by this like,
designer Foley, I think.
I used to work the cash register,
so I would always remember,
but I know my shoes were Jimmy Choo,
my earrings and bracelet,
I thought I had made it.
I don't know why I did the lip and the eye
and the hair and the dress and the jewels
and the French tip nails.
Obviously, it's like,
cringe-worthy, but like,
I still respect it and
like, laugh and think like,
oh my god, that was so
cute, I was so clueless.
This was probably one of
my worst looks of life.
No, this is not my worst
look of life, this is.
This was at an Us Weekly party.
I was able to afford a Fendi
belt and matching Fendi boots.
Any time I could go to an event, I would,
because I just wanted my picture taken.
That's all that mattered to me.
Oh, okay.
This was so much fun, let me tell you,
I lived in Juicys, like,
it either like, a dress and heels
or Juicy and Havaianas,
so that's what I wore
everyday to walk up and down
Robertson Boulevard, I lived behind it.
Kitson was in, literally, the back alley,
so I would just go downstairs,
go to Kitson, meet my friends.
What a life we lived, French tip toe nails
to match the nails, the
hoops, the whole thing is just
pretty legendary, if you ask me.
I love it, and this era will
always have such a close
place in my heart.
Like, I cherish every era.
Awe, fun, this was, I
think, my 30th birthday,
and wow.
This was my dark nail era,
and I literally did my nails
dark to try to like, emulate that.
It's the same exact color,
I was just feeling nostalgic.
You know, this is when
I would host nightclubs.
It was my favorite thing to do.
It was like, how I made my money,
and I would never even
drink, so I would just go
and show up and, I don't even know,
I don't even know why
they would hire someone
that doesn't even party and drink
but to go host parties and drink,
but it was really cute,
I love the heavy makeup,
it's a lot.
The super-long hair, it's cute,
it's like, very...
Like, Kim K.,
if that makes sense to you guys.
Awe, this is so cute.
This is at Kanye' fashion show in Paris.
This is when him and I
started our love affair.
I'm wearing all Yeezy, or all, I think,
the brand was Kanye West, not Yeezy yet.
Looks really sweet.
Oh, Midori Sour, I was the
spokesperson for Midori.
It was green, so I had to wear green,
and I thought I was so chic in
my green Gucci velvet dress,
and the side hair part was my thing,
I really think I need to bring that back,
but this was an era of like,
when I loved my hair and makeup.
Oh, my first Met Ball.
I was very pregnant,
very puffy and bloated,
and I was like, oh god, of course,
the first time I go I'm gonna be huge.
Kayne was performing, so
I wasn't actually invited,
I was just Kanye's plus one
and that was okay with me,
because I never really dreamed I would be
at the Met Ball.
I know no one really probably
wanted me there at the time,
but then I get there and
I'm sitting at this table
and it was like, every
designer that I've ever
just dreamed of was there,
and so Ricardo was dressing me
because he was dressing Kayne
so we chose a really stretchy fabric
because I would be growing
and we wanted to make sure
that alterations were easy
and it was comfortable.
We had a black version of this,
and then the floral version of this,
and I was like, I think I
should just do the black version
and Ricardo was like,
"No, come on, we have to do the floral."
It was just this, the floral was,
Ricardo had said afterwards like,
"What do you give a woman
when she's pregnant?
"You send her flowers."
And it was such a sweet message of what,
how Ricardo described it,
but I was so insecure,
and I could never really
speak up at that point
because I just, you know, was
so shy and just wanted to make
everyone happy, and he said
Anna really wanted the floral,
and so I said, "Okay, floral it is,"
and on the car ride there,
I remember Kanye saying,
"You look so beautiful,
I'm so happy for you."
He was so happy, and
then I was crying like,
the whole way home, because
I just couldn't believe it.
There was all these memes
about me and this couch and
I think like, Robin
Williams even tweeted it
and said I look like Ms. Doubtfire, like,
it was like, this whole
thing, so I just like, cried,
and now I love it.
Like now, it's like, sick.
Like, I look back and I'm like,
"Wow, they had the vision,
this is like, sick."
I just remember the
Olsen twins came up to me
and loved my outfit and my gloves,
and so none of the critics mattered
because the Olsen twins
approved, and I loved it.
Oh, latex, I love latex.
This was in Australia, I'll
always remember where I was
and what I was doing.
Giuseppe Zanotti shoes and
Atsuko Kudo, or something,
and I was really into this hair length.
I think I am again.
Oh, my first Vogue cover.
So, I remember Kanye told
me that Anna wants to meet
with him and I in New York,
and I had just had North,
and so I brought her,
and we go there, and she
presents us with the idea
of being on the cover,
and I was like, shaking.
So, I was just like,
"Listen, I'm in shock."
Because she said nobody could know.
So, I was like, I want to
get up and scream right now,
but no one can know, so I
don't want to make a big deal
or everyone in this room will
know what's just happening.
We shot it at my mom's house,
and just being on set with Annie Leibovitz
and Grace Coddington styling it,
I think I took a moment
and tried not to tear up
and just like, took deep breaths,
but I just, I went in and
had like, three cookies
and I like, stuffed my face
at the end of the shoot
and was just like, "We did it!"
Like, I can't even believe
that this was happening.
I think my mom was
there and was even like,
crying at one point.
I mean, we all were just so
excited that Anna believed in
me and Kanye and, you know,
we're the first interracial
couple on the cover of Vogue
and I think people started to
take me seriously in fashion,
and I remember just sitting
in Glam thinking like,
this is just, I can't
believe this is happening.
It was such a surreal moment for me.
Lanvin, Alber Elbaz gave
me this dress afterwards
with the shoes, and I
have it in my archive,
and it's so special to me.
Oh my gosh, okay, this is when I feel like
we fashionable made it, I did, you know,
because I was not that cool before,
and so, this is in Paris,
my bachelorette big dinner party
with all my girls, wearing Balmain.
This was like, the height,
I have an entire Balmain
archive from this era.
It was so amazing.
This dress really means a lot to me.
Blonde in Paris, I loved this.
This trip to Paris was so much fun.
This was like Givenchy,
Riccardo Tisci era like,
I was so excited.
I would let them just
dress me up like a doll,
I didn't even care.
I knew between Riccardo,
Kareen, and Kayne,
they would make me look like
the chicest person ever,
and they did, look at
this look, I loved it.
Awe, this Vetements dress
with the clear Yeezy heels,
going to Kanye's concert, I
think at Madison Square Garden.
The tricky thing about the
sequins is it always does
that reflection on your
face, so there is that
weird face reflection, but I
had to make North this dress
because she saw it in my
closet and it was so sparkly
so we remade it for her,
and she absolutely loved it.
Oh, Miami, you could tell we're in Miami
by what I'm wearing.
I'm wearing a diamond Cartier choker.
I loved this power mesh.
My friend Simone came in and styled it,
because I didn't have anything to wear,
with some Yeezy heels,
and this was like, such a thing.
I remember, there were so
many knock offs of this dress,
and it was so sheer in Miami.
Like, I can't believe I wore that.
Ah, I think this was my favorite era,
platinum blonde hair, Yeezy tones,
Yeezy clothes, Yeezy campaign.
This was like, so effortless, so cool.
You know, Kanye had been
designing lots of looks
with really comfy sweats and
heels and had this whole vision
that sweats will just
be like, the new vibe.
I always trust his vision,
I think he thinks just like,
or like, sees like, years ahead,
and so it really is interesting to see,
and he always will come to me and be like,
"Okay, I know what's gonna
be like, next in fashion."
And I remember, he brought me like,
a Margiela jacket and a
Balmain jacket in like, 2008,
I had no idea what that was,
and he was like, "I'm gonna
introduce you to like,
"really cool designers and
I'll be your ghost stylist."
And I was like, "Okay, like,
I'm down for a ghost stylist."
And that's how it really started,
and so I always say like, my
best stylist of my best looks
always are the ones that he puts together.
This campaign was shot in
the back of his office.
We would just change looks like, 30 times,
and just, we knew the
paparazzi was out there.
We'd go to the gas station,
we'd go to the, you know, supermarket,
wherever we could go, knowing
that the paparazzi would just
follow our every move, they
would just put out photos
and that would be the whole
Yeezy campaign, very genius.
Okay, so this was the Lacma event.
I was wearing an old Tom Ford Gucci suit.
This was like, the classic
example of why I invented
SKIMS body tape.
This was probably black
packing tape that was used,
or like gaffer's tape, and
I didn't tape it to me,
like, I just taped my boobs up,
and then I didn't even connect it,
I just figured like, I
will be very careful,
and it worked, and I love the blonde hair.
This blonde hair makes me really miss it.
Okay, more Yeezy, this
is at the Yeezy office,
Yeezy head to toe, boots, bike shorts.
I remember, everyone made fun
of me for these bike shorts,
literally, and was like,
a puffer and bike shorts?
Like, what is going on?
And then of course, everyone
was wearing it like,
two years later.
I got roasted for like, two years on this,
but I loved it.
Oh, this is Kylie's 21st birthday party.
I love the mix of the colors.
I got the bag in Japan.
This is a Yeezy dress that he made,
and these are Louboutins,
and I just love the wet hair.
I was really in shape here,
this was like, a year ago,
gotta get there again.
People's Choice Awards.
This was in a Gautier dress.
This image is a huge reason why
adding SKIMS shade range
was really important to me,
because you can clearly see
the shapewear underneath,
that it was just too light for me,
so I did a whole SKIMS video
where I put on the shade
that actually matches me, and
it looks completely sheer,
but it's fully lined in the shapewear.
I love a high snatched pony,
it really does give you a
little lift on your face
when you need it.
It's always one of my favorite looks.
Oh my god, so this dress here,
I was going with Kris to receive an award.
We literally look like, I don't know,
we look like we're going
to the Oscars or something.
This is Terry Mugler from the archive,
and this was the start
of our relationship,
the House of Mugler and Mr.
Mugler let me wear this dress.
I never thought I would ever
fit in a dress like that
because the original
model was a lot smaller
on top than me, but we made
it work, I was so so shocked.
The bracelets, everything, even
down to the old Mugler shoe.
This was like, one of my
favorite, favorite looks,
like I love it.
I know it's like, kind
of crazy and risque,
but I love it.
We look sharp,
and oh my god, so,
the beginning of my relationship
with Mugler really led
to this moment of what
I had been waiting for
and dreamed of, working
with Manfred Mugler,
and having him have this
vision of me wet and dripping
out of the ocean, coming from like,
California onto the Met
carpet, and the wet hair,
wet-looking makeup, everything
about it was just dripping
and he is such a genius,
so the fact that I was
able to work with him,
I mean, such a dream come true.
All right, so I think that's it.
This was so much fun to
go through these looks.
I love to see old looks or current looks.
It's always fun, I cherish every
single phase that I've had,
so I can't wait, it's not over,
I cannot wait for another decade of...
looks.
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