Kim Kardashian’s Mini-Me Has Notes on Her Met Gala Style
As Kim Kardashian prepared to don archival Schiaparelli at this year’s Met Gala, with a gown composed of no less than 50,000 cultured pearls set in gold, 10-year-old daughter North West made herself comfortable on the nearby settee. Ever the budding fashion scion, North offered creative director Daniel Roseberry her candid thoughts on the look taking shape before them. “The pearls look fake,” North gently critiqued upon inspection of a trial strand, “it’s looking like… beachy.”
“These are very expensive, real pearls,” Mommy dearest clarified, as Roseberry jokingly bemoaned that his “worst nightmare” was unfolding. Yet North remained politely steadfast in her conviction that “I like the pearls, I just don’t like that it looks like from the dollar store.” And with that singularly unfiltered remark, a mini media mogul was born.
As Kimberly later rationalized to the camera in signature Kardashian koan, “I’m trying to teach her, that like, you don’t need to just jump in and annihilate people for no reason. There’s a way to soften it up and not hurt people’s feelings.” But North’s precocious eye is clearly hereditary. What else would one expect from a girl whose earliest ensembles were Balmain and Givenchy? “Coming out of the hotel with North is just so much fun,” said the mother of four. ”I just love that we’re having this moment and we can talk about it. She really is into it all.”
And North’s budding authority extends beyond her mom’s black-tie looks. She also favors Kim’s 2019 Thierry Mugler “wet dress” as the standout of her Met Gala repertoire thus far. Contrastingly, she “didn’t really like” the Balenciaga ensemble that infamously obscured Kim’s face and form in all-black jersey. “It looked like you were wearing a plastic bag and you’re suffocating,” North attested. Kim’s 2013 floral Givenchy gown – a red carpet revelation at the time, as it hugged her baby bump during her first pregnancy with North – was likewise subject to the kindergartner’s veto: “I really don’t like that one.”
But on fashion’s big night this May, North offered Kim her blessing along with a pre-gala massage. And she continued to shower her one-of-a-kind mother with support upon arriving to the star-studded event. North’s Bitmap mint green dad sneakers may have contrasted with her mom’s gilded glamour, but she understands Kim’s passion for fashion on a profoundly personal level. So as North matures into a discerning front row fixture, we eagerly await her thoughts on what will surely be another jaw-dropping Kardashian Met Gala look next year. The connoisseur has spoken.
